Intel X38ML Product Specification - Page 110

POST Code Checkpoints

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Error Reporting and Handling Intel® Server Board X38ML Since the red bits correspond to the upper nibble and the green bits correspond to the lower nibble, the two are concatenated to be ACh. LEDs Ach Result Table 48. POST Progress Code LED Example 8h Red Green 1 1 Amber MSB Red 0 Green 4h Green 1 Red 1 Red 2h Green 0 1h Red Green 0 0 Off LSB PCI Express* x16 Diagnostic LEDs Right edge of board MSB LSB Figure 27. Location of Diagnostic LEDs on the Intel® Server Board X38ML 6.3.2 POST Code Checkpoints Table 49. POST Code Checkpoints Diagnostic LED Decoder Checkpoint G=Green, R=Red, A=Amber MSB LSB Host Processor 0x10h OFF OFF OFF R 0x11h OFF OFF OFF A 0x12h OFF OFF G R 0x13h OFF OFF G A Chipset 0x21h OFF OFF R G Memory 0x22h OFF OFF A OFF 0x23h OFF OFF A G 0x24h OFF G R OFF 0x25h OFF G R G 0x26h OFF G A OFF 0x27h OFF G A G 0x28h G OFF R OFF PCI Bus 0x50h OFF R OFF R 0x51h OFF R OFF A 0x52h OFF R G R 0x53h OFF R G A Description Power-on initialization of the host processor (bootstrap processor) Host processor cache initialization (including AP) Starting application processor initialization SMM initialization Initializing a chipset component Reading configuration data from memory (SPD on FBDIMM) Detecting presence of memory Programming timing parameters in the memory controller Configuring memory parameters in the memory controller Optimizing memory controller settings Initializing memory, such as ECC init Testing memory Enumerating PCI busses Allocating resources to PCI busses Hot-Plug PCI controller initialization Reserved for PCI bus 98 Revision 1.3 Intel order number E15331-006

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Error Reporting and Handling
Intel® Server Board X38ML
Revision 1.3
Intel order number E15331-006
98
Since the red bits correspond to the upper nibble and the green bits correspond to the lower
nibble, the two are concatenated to be ACh.
Table 48. POST Progress Code LED Example
8h
4h
2h
1h
LEDs
Red
Green
Red
Green
Red
Green
Red
Green
Ach
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
Result
Amber
Green
Red
Off
MSB
LSB
Figure 27. Location of Diagnostic LEDs on the Intel
®
Server Board X38ML
6.3.2
POST Code Checkpoints
Table 49. POST Code Checkpoints
Diagnostic LED Decoder
G=Green, R=Red, A=Amber
Checkpoint
MSB
LSB
Description
Host Processor
0x10h
OFF
OFF
OFF
R
Power-on initialization of the host processor (bootstrap processor)
0x11h
OFF
OFF
OFF
A
Host processor cache initialization (including AP)
0x12h
OFF
OFF
G
R
Starting application processor initialization
0x13h
OFF
OFF
G
A
SMM initialization
Chipset
0x21h
OFF
OFF
R
G
Initializing a chipset component
Memory
0x22h
OFF
OFF
A
OFF
Reading configuration data from memory (SPD on FBDIMM)
0x23h
OFF
OFF
A
G
Detecting presence of memory
0x24h
OFF
G
R
OFF
Programming timing parameters in the memory controller
0x25h
OFF
G
R
G
Configuring memory parameters in the memory controller
0x26h
OFF
G
A
OFF
Optimizing memory controller settings
0x27h
OFF
G
A
G
Initializing memory, such as ECC init
0x28h
G
OFF
R
OFF
Testing memory
PCI Bus
0x50h
OFF
R
OFF
R
Enumerating PCI busses
0x51h
OFF
R
OFF
A
Allocating resources to PCI busses
0x52h
OFF
R
G
R
Hot-Plug PCI controller initialization
0x53h
OFF
R
G
A
Reserved for PCI bus
LSB
MSB
Diagnostic LEDs
Right edge of board
PCI Express* x16