Appendix B: Award BIOS POST Codes
B-3
POST (hex) Description
2Ah
Reserved
2Bh
Reserved
2Ch
Reserved
2Dh
1. Initialize multi-language.
2. Put information on screen display, including Award title, CPU type, CPU speed,
etc.
2Eh
Reserved
2Fh
Reserved
30h
Reserved
31h
Reserved
32h
Reserved
33h
Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips.
34h
Reserved
35h
Reserved
36h
Reserved
37h
Reserved
38h
Reserved
39h
Reserved
3Ah
Reserved
3Bh
Reserved
3Ch
Test 8254
3Dh
Reserved
3Eh
Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1.
3Fh
Reserved
40h
Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2.
41h
Reserved
42h
Reserved
43h
Test 8259 functionality.
44h
Reserved
45h
Reserved
46h
Reserved
47h
Initialize EISA slot.
48h
Reserved
49h
1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page.
2. Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU.
4Ah
Reserved
4Bh
Reserved