Phoenix BIOS Text Error Messages

Phoenix BIOS Post Procedures

Phoenix XT 2.52 PnP BIOS Post Codes

Phoenix BIOS Plus or v1.0 BIOS Post Codes

Phoenix UMC chipset PCI BIOS Post Codes

Phoenix PCI BIOS Post Codes

Phoenix ISA/EISA/MCA v3.07 BIOS Post Codes

Phoenix 4.0 BIOS Post Codes

Phoenix 4.0 Release 6.0 BIOS Post Codes

Phoenix BIOS Text Error Messages:

Diskette drive A
error

Drive A: is present but fails the POST diskette tests. Check that the drive is defined with the
proper diskette type in Setup and that the disk is installed correctly

Extended RAM
Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset: nnn
failed at offset: nnn
Failing Bits: nnnn

The hexadecimal number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM address that failed the memory
test. Each 1 in the map indicates a failed bit

Fixed Disk 0 Failure

Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly. Check to see if fixed disk is installed
properly. Run Setup to be sure the fixed disk type is correctly identified

Fixed Disk 1 Failure

Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly. Check to see if fixed disk is installed
properly. Run Setup to be sure the fixed disk type is correctly identified

Fixed Disk Controller Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly. Check to see if fixed disk is installed
Failure
properly. Run Setup to be sure the fixed disk type is correctly identified
Incorrect Drive A:
type - run Setup

Type of diskette for drive A: not correctly identified in Setup

Invalid NVRAM
media type

Problem with NVRAM (CMOS) access

Keyboard controller
The keyboard controller failed test. Try replacing the keyboard
error
Keyboard error

Keyboard not working

Keyboard error nn

BIOS discovered a stuck key and displays the scan code nn for the stuck key

Keyboard locked Unlock key switch

Unlock the system to proceed

Monitor type does

not match CMOS Run Setup

Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup

Operating system
not found

Operating system cannot be located on either A: or C:. Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and
drive A: are properly identified

Parity Check 1

Parity error found in the system bus. BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on
screen. If it cannot locate the address, it displays ???

Parity Check 2

Parity error found in the I/O bus. BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on
screen. If it cannot locate the address, it displays ???

Press <F1> to
resume, <F2> to
Setup

Displayed after any recoverable error message. Press F1 to start the boot process or F2 to
enter Setup and change any settings

Real-time clock
error

Real-time clock fails BIOS test. Might require motherboard repair

Shadow RAM failed

Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64KB block at which the error was detected
at offset: nnnn
System battery is
The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead. Replace the battery and run
dead - Replace and
Setup to reconfigure the system
run Setup
System cache error
RAM cache failed the BIOS test. BIOS disabled the cache
- Cache disabled
System CMOS
System CMOS RAM has been corrupted or modified incorrectly. Perhaps by an application
checksum bad - run program that changes data stored in CMOS. Run Setup and reconfigure the system either by
Setup
getting the default values or making your own selections
System RAM failed
at offset: nnnn

System RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64KB block at which the error was detected

System timer error

The timer test failed. Requires repair of system motherboard

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Phoenix BIOS Post Procedures:

CPU

Check internal operations i.e. ALE/IRQ status, Request, LA and memory read/write

CMOS RAM

Test with walking bit pattern

ROM BIOS

Perform checksum on ROM BIOS where all bits are added and compared to a factory set total

PIT

Check to ensure interrupt requests are properly executed

DMA

Check DMA from CPU to memory without BIOS. Also check page registers

Base 64K

Check first 4K block

Serial and Parallel

Ports

I/O data areas for any devices found are assigned but are not tested

PIC

Check that proper interrupt request levels are addressed

Keyboard Controller

Check 8240 for proper operation, including scan code response and Gate A20 which allows
CPU operation in protected mode

CMOS

Check data within CMOS and compare to BIOS information. Failure of the extended area is
often due to wrong data setup. Constant failure after resetting CMOS is either battery CMOS
chip or RTC

Video Controller

Test and initialize controller and ROM on the video adapter

RTC

Check to ensure proper frequencies are on proper lines for the Video Color CPU and DMA
frequency. Check RTC and PIT or the system crystal if a failure occurs

CPU

Return from protected mode. CPU is put into protected mode and returns to the POST at the
point indicated by the CMOS ROM data area byte 0F. Failure here is normally due to the CPU,
keyboard controller, CMOS chip or an address line

PIC

Test counter 2

NMI

Check for non maskable interrupt request vector for active status. Failure is normally due to
the CMOS but could also be the BIOS IRQ or CPU chips

Keyboard

Check for NumLock and/or Caps and Shift keys

Mouse

Initialize through the keyboard controller. This is only done if a mouse is present and it is
initialized in this way

RAM Above 64K

Test in 64KB blocks with a walking bit pattern and parity enabled

Fixed and Floppy

Controllers

Test for proper response to BIOS calls

Shadow RAM Areas Look in CMOS for settings on which adapter or system ROM's are to be shadowed
Option ROM

Look for ROM signatures of 55AA in extended memory then initialize the ROM and halt testing
while internal checks are carried out

External Cache

Check controller chip for external cache

CPU Internal Cache The CPU's internal cache is tested

Hardware Interrupts Initialize and test video, floppy, hard I/O adapters, serial and parallel ports
Cassette

Test internal or external cassette drives

Boot Code Errors

Errors occurring after this point are normally a corrupt boot record

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Phoenix XT 2.52 PnP BIOS Post Codes:

01

Test 8253 timer

02

First 64K RAM failed

03

First 1K parity check failed

04

Initialize 8259 interrupt controller

05

Second 1K RAM test, BIOS data area, failed

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Phoenix BIOS Plus or v1.0 BIOS Post Codes:

01

CPU register test in progress

02

CMOS read/write failure

03

ROM BIOS checksum failure

04

Programmable interval timer failure

05

DMA initialization failure

06

DMA page register read/write failure

08

RAM refresh verification failure

09

First 64K RAM test in progress

0A

First 64K RAM chip or data line failure multi-bit

0B

First 64K RAM odd/even parity logic failure

0C

Address line failure in first 64K RAM

0D

Parity failure in first 64K RAM

10

Bit 0 first 64K RAM failure

11

Bit 1 first 64K RAM failure

12

Bit 2 first 64K RAM failure

13

Bit 3 first 64K RAM failure

14

Bit 4 first 64K RAM failure

15

Bit 5 first 64K RAM failure

16

Bit 6 first 64K RAM failure

17

Bit 7 first 64K RAM failure

18

Bit 8 first 64K RAM failure

19

Bit 9 first 64K RAM failure

1A

Bit a(10) first 64K RAM failure

1B

Bit B(11) first 64K RAM failure

1C

Bit C(12) first 64K RAM failure

1D

Bit D(13) first 64K RAM failure

1E

Bit E(14) first 64K RAM failure

1F

Bit F(15) first 64K RAM failure

20

Slave DMA register failure

21

Master DMA register failure

22

Master interrupt mask register failure

23

Slave interrupt mask register failure

25

Interrupt vector loading in progress

27

8042 keyboard controller test failure

28

CMOS power failure/checksum calculation in progress

29

CMOS configuration validation in progress

2B

Screen memory test failure

2C

Screen initialization failure

2D

Screen retrace test failure

2E

Search for video ROM in progress

30

Screen believed running with video ROM

31

Mono monitor believed operational

32

Color monitor (40 columns) believed operational

33

Color monitor (80 columns) believed operational

34

Timer tick interrupt in progress or failed (non-fatal)

35

Shutdown failure (non-fatal)

36

Gate A20 failure (non-fatal)

37

Unexpected interrupt in protected mode (non-fatal)

38

Memory high address line failure at 01000-0A000 (non-fatal)

39

Memory high address line failure at 100000-FFFFFF (non-fatal)

3A

Timer chip counter 2 failed (non-fatal)

3B

Time of day clock stopped

3C

Serial port test

3D

Parallel port test

41

System board select bad

42

Extended CMOS RAM bad

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Phoenix UMC chipset PCI BIOS Post Codes:

02

Verify real mode operation

04

Get CPU type

06

Initialize system hardware

08

Initialize chipset registers with initial POST values

09

Set in POST flag

0A

Initialize CPU registers

0C

Initialize cache to initial POST values

0E

Initialize I/O

10

Initialize power management

11

Load alternate registers with initial POST values

12

Jump to user patch 0

14

Initialize keyboard controller

16

BIOS ROM checksum

18

8254 programmable interrupt timer initialization

1A

8237 DMA controller initialization

1C

Reset 8259 programmable interrupt controller

20

Test DRAM refresh

22

Test 8742 keyboard controller

24

Set ES segment register to 4GB

26

Enable address line A20

28

Autosize DRAM

2A

Clear 512K base memory

2C

Test 512K base address lines

2E

Test 512K base memory

30

Test base address memory

32

Test CPU bus clock frequency

34

Test CMOS RAM

35

Test chipset register initialize

36

Test check resume

37

Reinitialize the chipset

38

Shadow system BIOS ROM

39

Reinitialize the cache

3A

Autosize the cache

3C

Configure advanced chipset registers

3D

Load alternate registers with CMOS values

3E

Read hardware configuration from keyboard controller

40

Set initial CPU speed

42

Initialize interrupt vectors

44

Initialize BIOS interrupts

46

Check ROM copyright notice

47

Initialize manager for PCI options ROM's

48

Check video configuration against CMOS

49

Initialize PCI bus and devices

4A

Initialize all video adapters

4C

Shadow video BIOS ROM

4E

Display copyright notice

50

Display CPU type and speed

52

Test keyboard

54

Set key click if enabled

56

Enable keyboard

58

Test for unexpected interrupts

5A

Display prompt "Press F2 to Enter Setup"

5C

Test RAM between 512K and 640K

5E

Test base memory

60

Test expanded memory

62

Test extended memory address lines

64

Jump to user patch 1

66

Configure advanced cache registers

68

Enable external and CPU registers

69

Set up power management

6A

Display external cache size

6C

Display shadow message

6E

Display non-disposable segments

70

Display error messages

72

Check for configuration messages

74

Test real time clock

76

Check for keyboard errors

7A

Enable keylock

7C

Setup hardware interrupt vectors

7E

Test coprocessor if present

80

Disable onboard I/O ports

82

Detect and install external RS232 ports

84

Detect and install external parallel ports

86

Reinitialize onboard I/O ports

88

Initialize BIOS data areas

8A

Initialize extended BIOS data area

8C

Initialize floppy drive controller

8E

Hard disk autotype configuration

90

Initialize hard disk controller

91

Initialize local bus hard disk controller

92

Jump to user patch 2

94

Disable A20 address lines

96

Clear huge ES segment register

98

Search for option ROM's

9A

Shadow options ROM's

9C

Setup power management

9E

Enable hardware interrupts

A0

Set time of day

A2

Check key lock

A4

Initialize typematic rate

A8

Erase F2 prompt

AA

Scan for F2 keystroke

AC

Enter setup

AE

Clear in-POST flag

B0

Check for errors

B2

POST done

B4

One beep

B6

Check password (optional)

B8

Clear global descriptor table

BC

Clear parity checkers

BE

Clear screen (optional)

C0

Try to boot with interrupt 19

D0

Interrupt handler error

D2

Unknown interrupt error

D4

Pending interrupt error

D6

Initialize option ROM error

D8

Shutdown error

DA

Extended block move

DC

Shutdown 10 error

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Phoenix PCI BIOS Post Codes:

02

If the CPU is in protected mode, turn on gate A20 and pulse the reset line. Forces a shutdown 0.

04

On cold boot, save the CPU type information value in the CMOS

06

Reset DMA controllers; Disable video; Clear pending interrupts from real time clock; Setup port B
register

08

Initialize chipset control registers to power on defaults

0A

Set a bit in the CMOS that indicates POST; used to determine if the current configuration causes the
BIOS to hang. If true, default BIOS values set on next POST

0C

Initialize I/O module control registers

0E

External CPU caches initialized; Cache registers set to default values

10/12/14

Verify response from 8742 keyboard controller

16

Verify BIOS ROM checksums to zero

18

Initialize all three 8254 programmable interrupt timers

1A

Initialize DMA command register; Initialize 8 DMA channels

1C

Initialize 8259 programmable interrupt controller; ICW4 needed; Cascade and edge triggered mode

20

Test DRAM refresh by polling refresh bit in post B

22

Test 8742 keyboard controller; Self test send to keyboard controller and awaiting results; Read the
switch inputs from the 8742 keyboard controller and write the keyboard controller command byte

24

Set ES segment register to 4GB

26

Enable address line A20

28

Autosize DRAM

2A

Clear first 64K of RAM

2C

Test RAM address lines

2E

Test first 64K bank of memory by checking chip address line test and RAM test

30/32

Find true CPU speed (MHz)

34

Clear CMOS diagnostic byte (register E); Check real time clock and verify battery; Checksum the CMOS
and verify for corruption

36/38/3A

External cache is autosized and its configuration for enabling later in POST

3C

Configure advanced cache features; Configure external cache's configurable parameters

3E

Read hardware configuration from keyboard controller

40

Set system power-on speed to the rate determined by the CMOS; If the CMOS is invalid, use a lower
speed

42

Initialize interrupt vectors 0-77h to the BIOS general interrupt handler

44

Initialize interrupt vectors 0-20h to proper values from the BIOS interrupt tables

46

Check copyright message checksum

48

Check video configuration

4A

Initialize both monochrome and color graphics video adapters

4C/4E

Display copyright message

50

Display CPU type and speed

52

Test for the self-test code if a cold start; Keyboard performs a self-test and sends and AA if successful

54

Initialize keystroke clicker during POST

56

Enable keyboard

58

Test for unexpected interrupts; Check STI for hot interrupts; Test NMI for unexpected interrupts; Enable
parity checkers and read from memory checking for unexpected interrupt

5A

Display prompt "Press F2 to Enter Setup"

5C

Determine and test the amount of memory available; Save total size to BIOS variable called
bdaMemorySize

5E

Perform address of base memory

60

Determine and test the amount of extended memory available; Save the total size in the CMOS at
CMOSExtended

62

Perform and address line test on A0 to the amount of memory available

68

External and CPU caches, if present, are enabled

6A

Display cache size on screen if non-zero

6C

Display BIOS shadow status

6E

Display the starting offset of the non-disposable section of the BIOS

70

Check flags in CMOS and in the BIOS data area to see if any errors have been detected during the POST

72

Check status bits for configuration errors

74

Test real time clock if the battery has lost power

76

Check status bits for keyboard errors; Errors are displayed

78

Check for stuck keys on the keyboard; Errors are displayed

7A

Enable keylock

7C

Setup hardware interrupt vectors

7E

Test coprocessor if present

80/82

Detect and install RS232 ports

84

Detect and install parallel ports

86/88

Initialize timeouts/key buffer/soft reset flags

8A

Initialize extended BIOS data area and initialize the mouse

8C

Initialize the floppy disks and display error message if failure was detected

8E

Hard disk autotype detection

90

If the CMOS RAM is valid and intact and fixed disks are defined, call the fixed disk initialization routine
to initialize the fixed disk system and take over the appropriate interrupt vectors

92/94

Disable gate A20 address line

96/98

Scan for ROM BIOS extensions

9E

Enable hardware interrupts

A0

Set time of day

A2

Setup numlock indicator

A4

Initialize typematic rate

A6

Initialize hard disk autoparking

A8

Erase F2 prompt

AA

Scan for F2 keystroke

AC

Check to see if SETUP should executed

AE

Clear ConfigFailedBit and InPostBit in CMOS

B0

Check for POST errors

B2

Set/clear status bits to reflect POST complete

B4

One beep

B6

Check for password before boot

B8

Clear global descriptor table

BA

Initialize the screen saver

BC

Clear parity error latch

BE

Clear screen

C0

Try to boot with interrupt 19

D0/D2

If an interrupt occurs before interrupts vectors have been initialized, interrupt handler will check if 8259
programmable interrupt timer caused the interrupt and which one; If error is unknown, InterruptFlag
will be FF, otherwise, it will hold the IRQ number that occurred

D4

Clear pending timer and keyboard interrupts and transfer control to the double word address located at
RomCheck

D6/D8/DA Return from extended block move

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Phoenix ISA/EISA/MCA v3.07 BIOS Post Codes:

01

CPU register test in progress

02

CMOS read/write failure

03

ROM BIOS checksum failure

04

Programmable interval timer failure

05

DMA initialization failure

06

DMA page register write/read failure

08

RAM refresh verification failure

09

First 64K RAM test in progress

0A

First 64K RAM chip or data line failure multi-bit

0B

First 64K RAM odd/even logic failure

0C

Address line failure in first 64K RAM

0D

Parity failure in first 64K RAM

0E

Fail-safe timer failure

0F

Software NMI post failure

10

Bit 0 first 64K RAM failure

11

Bit 1 first 64K RAM failure

12

Bit 2 first 64K RAM failure

13

Bit 3 first 64K RAM failure

14

Bit 4 first 64K RAM failure

15

Bit 5 first 64K RAM failure

16

Bit 6 first 64K RAM failure

17

Bit 7 first 64K RAM failure

18

Bit 8 first 64K RAM failure

19

Bit 9 first 64K RAM failure

1A

Bit A first 64K RAM failure

1B

Bit B first 64K RAM failure

1C

Bit C first 64K RAM failure

1D

Bit D first 64K RAM failure

1E

Bit E first 64K RAM failure

1F

Bit F first 64K RAM failure

20

Slave DMA register failure

21

Master DMA register failure

22

Master interrupt mask register failure

23

Slave interrupt mask register failure

25

Interrupt vector loading in progress

27

Keyboard controller test failure

28

CMOS power failure; checksum calculation in progress

29

CMOS RAM configuration validation in progress

2B

Screen memory test failure

2C

Screen initialization failure

2D

Screen retrace test failure

2E

Search for video ROM in progress

30

Screen believed running with video ROM

31

Mono monitor believed operational

32

Color monitor (40 columns) believed operational

33

Color monitor ( 80 columns) believed operational

34

No time tick

35

Shutdown test in progress or failure

36

Gate A20 failure

37

Unexpected interrupt in protected mode

38

Memory high address line failure at 01000-0A000; RAM test in progress or address failure >FFFh

39

Memory high address line failure at 100000-FFFFFF

3A

Interval timer channel 2 test or failure

3B

Time of day clock test or failure

3C

Serial port test or failure

3D

Parallel port test or failure

3E

Math coprocessor test

3F

Cache test (Dell)

41

System board select bad (Micro Channel only)

42

Extended CMOS RAM bad (Micro Channel only)

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Phoenix 4.0 BIOS Post Codes:

02

Verify real mode

04

Get CPU type

06

Initialize system hardware

08

Initialize chipset registers with initial POST values

09

Set in POST flag

0A

Initialize CPU registers

0C

Initialize cache to initial POST values

0E

Initialize I/O

10

Initialize power management

11

Load alternate registers with initial POST values

12

Jump to UserPatch0

14

Initialize keyboard controller

16

BIOS ROM checksum

18

8254 programmable interrupt timer initialization

1A

8237 DMA controller initialization

1C

Reset 8254 programmable interrupt timer

20

Test DRAM refresh

22

Test 8742 keyboard controller

24

Set ES segment register to 4GB

28

Autosize DRAM

2A

Clear 512K base RAM

2C

Test 512K base address lines

2E

Test 512K base memory

32

Test CPU bus-clock frequency

37

Reinitialize the chipset

38

Shadow system BIOS ROM

39

Reinitialize the cache

3A

Autosize cache

3C

Configure advanced chipset registers

3D

Load alternate registers with CMOS values

40

Set initial CPU speed

42

Initialize interrupt vectors

44

Initialize BIOS interrupts

46

Check ROM copyright notice

48

Check video configuration against CMOS

49

Initialize PCI bus and devices

4A

Initialize all video adapters in system

4C

Shadow video BIOS ROM

4E

Display copyright notice

50

Display CPU type and speed

52

Test keyboard

54

Set key click if enabled

56

Enable keyboard

58

Test for unexpected interrupts

5A

Display prompt "Press F2 to Enter Setup"

5C

Test RAM between 512K and 640K

60

Test expanded memory

62

Test extended memory address lines

64

Jump to UserPatch1

66

Configure advanced cache registers

68

Enable external and CPU caches

6A

Display external cache size

6C

Display shadow message

6E

Display non-disposable segments

70

Display error messages

72

Check for configuration errors

74

Test real time clock

76

Check for keyboard errors

7C

Setup hardware interrupts vectors

7E

Test coprocessor if present

80

Disable onboard I/O ports

82

Detect and install external RS232 ports

84

Detect and install external parallel ports

86

Re-initialize on-board I/O ports

88

Initialize BIOS data area

8A

Initialize extended BIOS data area

8C

Initialize floppy controller

90

Initialize hard disk controller

91

Initialize local bus hard disk controller

92

Jump to UserPatch2

94

Disable A20 address line

96

Clear huge ES segment register

98

Search for option ROM's

9A

Shadow option ROM's

9C

Setup power management

9E

Enable hardware interrupts

A0

Set time of day

A2

Check key lock

A8

Erase F2 prompt

AA

Scan for F2 keystroke

AC

Enter setup

AE

Clear in-POST flag

B0

Check for errors

B2

POST done; prepare to boot operating system

B4

One beep

B6

Check password (optional)

B8

clear global descriptor table

BC

Clear parity checkers

BE

Clear screen (optional)

BF

Check virus and backup reminders

C0

Try to boot interrupt 19

D0

Interrupt handler error

D2

Unknown interrupt error

D4

Pending interrupt error

D6

Initialize option ROM error

D8

Shutdown error

DA

Extended block move

DC

Shutdown 10 error

E2

Initialize the chipset

E3

Initialize refresh counter

E4

Check for forced flash

E5

Check HW status of ROM

E6

BIOS ROM is ok

E7

Do a complete RAM test

E8

Do OEM initialization

E9

Initialize interrupt controller

EA

Read in bootstrap code

EB

Initialize all vectors

EC

Boot the flash program

ED

Initialize the boot device

EE

Boot code was read ok

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Phoenix 4.0 Release 6.0 BIOS Post Codes:

02

Verify real mode

03

Disable non-maskable interrupt (NMI)

04

Get CPU type

06

Initialize system hardware

07

Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM

08

Initialize chipset with initial POST values

09

Set IN POST flag

0A

Initialize CPU registers

0B

Enable CPU cache

0C

Initialize caches to initial POST values

0E

Initialize I/O component

0F

Initialize the local bus IDE

10

initialize power management

11

Load alternate registers with initial POST values

12

Restore CPU control word during warm boot

13

Initialize PCI bus mastering devices

14

Initialize keyboard controller

16

BIOS ROM checksum

17

Initialize cache before memory autosize

18

8254 programmable interrupt timer initialization

1A

8237 DMA controller initialization

1C

Reset programmable interrupt controller

20

Test DRAM refresh

22

Test 8742 keyboard controller

24

Set ES segment register to 4GB

26

Enable gate A20 line

28

Autosize DRAM

29

Initialize POST memory manager

2A

Clear 512KB base RAM

2C

RAM failure on address line xxxx

2E

RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus

2F

Enable cache before system BIOS shadow

30

RAM failure on data bits xxxx of high byte of memory bus

32

Test CPU bus clock frequency

33

Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager

36

Warm start shut down

38

Shadow system BIOS ROM

3A

Autosize cache

3C

Advanced configuration of chipset registers

3D

Load alternate registers with CMOS values

41

Initialize extended memory for RomPilot

42

Initialize interrupt vectors

45

POST device initialization

46

Check ROM copyright notice

47

Initialize I20 support

48

Check video configuration against CMOS

49

Initialize PCI bus and devices

4A

Initialize all video adapters in system

4B

QuietBoot start (optional)

4C

Shadow video BIOS ROM

4E

Display BIOS copyright notice

4F

Initialize MultiBoot

50

Display CPU type and speed

51

Initialize EISA board

52

Test keyboard

54

Set key click if enabled

55

Enable USB devices

58

Test for unexpected interrupts

59

Initialize POST display service

5A

Display prompt "Press F2 to enter SETUP"

5B

Disable CPU cache

5C

Test RAM between 512KB and 640KB

60

Test extended memory

62

Test extended memory address lines

64

Jump to UserPatch1

66

Configure advanced cache registers

67

Initialize Multi Processor APIC

68

Enable external and CPU caches

69

Setup system management mode (SMM) area

6A

Display external L2 cache size

6B

Load custom defaults (optional)

6C

Display shadow area message

6E

Display possible high address for UMB recovery

70

Display error messages

72

Check for configuration errors

76

Check for keyboard errors

7C

Set up hardware interrupt vectors

7D

Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring

7E

Initialize coprocessor if present

80

Disable onboard super I/O ports and IRQ's

81

Late POST device initialization

82

Detect and install external RS232 ports

83

Configure non-MCD IDE controllers

84

Detect and install external parallel ports

85

Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices

86

Reinitialize onboard I/O ports

87

Configure motherboard configurable devices (optional)

88

Initialize BIOS data area

89

Enable non-maskable interrupts (NMI's)

8A

Initialize extended BIOS data area

8B

Test and initialize PS/2 mouse

8C

Initialize floppy controller

8F

Determine number of ATA drives (optional)

90

Initialize hard disk controllers

91

Initialize local bus hard disk controllers

92

Jump to UserPatch2

93

Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards

95

Install CD ROM for boot

96

Clear huge ES segment register

97

Fixup multi processor table

98

Search for option ROM's

99

Check for SMART drive (optional)

9A

Shadow option ROM's

9C

Set up power management

9D

Initialize security engine (optional)

9E

Enable hardware interrupts

9F

Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives

A0

Set time of day

A2

Check key lock

A4

Initialize typematic rate

A8

Erase F2 prompt

AA

Scan for F2 key stroke

AC

Enter setup

AE

Clear boot flag

B0

Check for errors

B1

Inform RomPilot about the end of POST

B2

POST done - prepare to boot operating system

B4

One short beep

B5

Terminate QuietBoot (optional)

B6

Check password

B7

Initialize ACPI BIOS

B9

Prepare boot

BA

Initialize DMI parameters

BB

Initialize PnP option ROM's

BC

Clear parity checkers

BD

Display multiboot menu

BE

Clear screen

BF

Check virus and backup reminders

C0

Try to boot with interrupt 19

C1

Initialize POST Error Manager (PEM)

C2

Initialize error logging

C3

Initialize error display function

C4

Initialize system error handler

C5

PnP dual CMOS (optional)

C6

Initialize notebook docking (optional)

C7

Initialize notebook docking late

C8

Force check (optional)

C9

Extended checksum (optional)

CA

Redirect Int 15h to enable remote keyboard

CB

Redirect Int 13 to Memory Technologies Devices such as ROM, RAM, PCMCIA, and serial disk

CC

Redirect Int 10h to enable remote serial video

CD

Re-map I/O and memory for PCMCIA

CE

Initialize digitizer and dispaly message

D2

Unknown interrupt
The following are for boot block in Flash ROM

E0

Initialize the chipset

E1

Initialize the bridge

E2

Initialize the CPU

E3

Initialize the system timer

E4

Initialize system I/O

E5

Check force recovery boot

E6

Checksum BIOS ROM

E7

Go to BIOS

E8

Set Huge Segment

E9

Initialize Multi Processor

EA

Initialize OEM special code

EB

initialize PIC and DMA

EC

Initialize Memory type

ED

Initialize Memory size

EE

Shadow Boot Block

EF

System memory test

F0

Initialize interrupt vectors

F1

Initialize Run Time Clock

F2

Initialize video

F3

Initialize System Management Menager

F4

Output one beep

F5

Clear Huge Segement

F6

Boot to mini DOS

F7

Boot to Full DOS