HP Brio ba300 hp brio ba300, technical reference manual (product description) - Page 30

BIOS overview, Checkpoint, POST Routine Description

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BIOS overview 30 Checkpoint Code 32h 33h 34h 35h 36h 37h 38h 39h 3Ah 3Ch 3Dh 40h 42h 44h 45h 47h 48h 49h 4Ah 4Bh 4Ch 4Eh 50h 51h 52h 54h 56h 59h 5Ah 5Bh 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Ch POST Routine Description Test CPU bus-clock frequency Initialize POST Dispatch Manager Test CMOS RAM Initialize alternate chipset registers Warm start shutdown Reinitialize the chipset (MB only) Shadow system BIOS ROM Reinitialize the cache (MB only) Autosize cache Configure advanced chipset registers Load alternate registers with CMOS values Set initial CPU speed Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize BIOS interrupts POST device initialization Initialize manager for PCI Option ROMs (Rel. 5.1 and earlier) Check video configuration against CMOS Initialize PCI bus and devices Initialize all video adapters in system Display QuietBoot screen Shadow video BIOS ROM Display BIOS copyright notice Display CPU type Initialize EISA board Test keyboard Set key click if enabled Enable keyboard Initialize POST display service Display prompt "Press F2 to enter SETUP" Disable CPU cache Test RAM between 512 and 640 KB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area Display external L2 cache size Display shadow-area message

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BIOS overview
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32h
Test CPU bus-clock frequency
33h
Initialize POST Dispatch Manager
34h
Test CMOS RAM
35h
Initialize alternate chipset registers
36h
Warm start shutdown
37h
Reinitialize the chipset (MB only)
38h
Shadow system BIOS ROM
39h
Reinitialize the cache (MB only)
3Ah
Autosize cache
3Ch
Configure advanced chipset registers
3Dh
Load alternate registers with CMOS values
40h
Set initial CPU speed
42h
Initialize interrupt vectors
44h
Initialize BIOS interrupts
45h
POST device initialization
47h
Initialize manager for PCI Option ROMs (Rel. 5.1 and earlier)
48h
Check video configuration against CMOS
49h
Initialize PCI bus and devices
4Ah
Initialize all video adapters in system
4Bh
Display QuietBoot screen
4Ch
Shadow video BIOS ROM
4Eh
Display BIOS copyright notice
50h
Display CPU type
51h
Initialize EISA board
52h
Test keyboard
54h
Set key click if enabled
56h
Enable keyboard
59h
Initialize POST display service
5Ah
Display prompt “Press F2 to enter SETUP”
5Bh
Disable CPU cache
5Ch
Test RAM between 512 and 640 KB
60h
Test extended memory
62h
Test extended memory address lines
64h
Jump to UserPatch1
66h
Configure advanced cache registers
67h
Initialize Multi Processor APIC
68h
Enable external and CPU caches
69h
Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area
6Ah
Display external L2 cache size
6Ch
Display shadow-area message
Checkpoint
Code
POST Routine Description