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AC
First ASL check point. Indicates the system is running in ACPI mode.
AA
System is running in APIC mode.
01, 02, 03, 04, 05
Entering sleep state S1, S2, S3, S4, or S5.
10, 20, 30, 40, 50
Waking from sleep state S1, S2, S3, S4, or S5.
9.8 Diagnostic
LEDs
All port 80 codes are displayed using the Diagnostic LEDs found on the back edge of the
baseboard. The diagnostic LED feature consists of a hardware decoder and four dual color
LEDs. During POST, the LEDs will display all normal POST codes representing the progress of
the BIOS POST. Each code will be represented by a combination of colors from the four LEDs.
The LEDs are capable of displaying three colors: Green, Red, and Amber. The POST codes are
divided into two nibbles, an upper nibble and a lower nibble. Each bit in the upper nibble is
represented by a Red LED and each bit in the lower nibble is represented by a green LED. If
both bits are set in the upper and lower nibbles then both Red and Green LEDs are lit, resulting
in an Amber color. If both bits are clear, then the LED is off.
In the below example, BIOS sends a value of ACh to the Diagnostic LED decoder. The LEDs
are decoded as follows:
Red bits = 1010b = Ah
Green bits = 1100b = Ch
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 77. POST Progress Code LED Example
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
9.8.1
Diagnostic LED POST Progress Codes
Table 78. Boot Block POST Progress Codes
Diagnostic LED
Decoder
G=Green, R=Red,
A=Amber
Hi
Low
Description
10h
Off Off Off R
The NMI is disabled. Start Power-on delay. Initialization code checksum
verified.
11h
Off Off Off A
Initialize the DMA controller, perform the keyboard controller BAT test, start
memory refresh, and enter 4 GB flat mode.