Appendix C: POST Code Diagnostic LED Decoder
Intel® Server Board S3420GP TPS
Revision
2.4
Intel order number E65697-010
120
Table 75. Diagnostic LED POST Code Decoder
Checkpoint
Diagnostic LED Decoder
Description
O = On, X=Off
Upper Nibble
Lower Nibble
MSB
LSB
8h
4h
2h
1h
8h
4h
2h
1h
LED
#7 #6 #5 #4 #3 #2 #1 #0
Host Processor
0x04h
X X X X X O X X Early processor initialization (flat32.asm) where system BSP is selected
0x10h
X X X O X X X X Power-on initialization of the host processor (Boot Strap Processor)
0x11h
X X X O X X X O Host processor cache initialization (including AP)
0x12h
X X X O X X O X Starting application processor initialization
0x13h
X X X O X X O O SMM initialization
Chipset
0x21h
X X O X X X X O Initializing a chipset component
Memory
0x22h
X X O X X X O X Reading configuration data from memory (SPD on FBDIMM)
0x23h
X X O X X X O O Detecting presence of memory
0x24h
X X O X
X O X X Programming timing parameters in the memory controller
0x25h
X X O X X O X O Configuring memory parameters in the memory controller
0x26h
X X O X X O O X Optimizing memory controller settings
0x27h
X X O X X O O O Initializing memory, such as ECC init
0x28h
X X O X O X X X Testing memory
PCI Bus
0x50h
X O X O X X X X Enumerating PCI buses
0x51h
X O X O X X X O Allocating resources to PCI buses
0x52h
X O X O X X O X Hot Plug PCI controller initialization
0x53h
X O X O X X O O Reserved for PCI bus
0x54h
X O X O X O X X Reserved for PCI bus
0x55h
X O X O X O X O Reserved for PCI bus
0x56h
X O X O X O O X Reserved for PCI bus
0x57h
X O X O X O O O Reserved for PCI bus
USB
0x58h
X O X O O X X X Resetting USB bus
0x59h
X O X O O X X O Reserved for USB devices
ATA/ATAPI/SATA
0x5Ah
X O X O O X O X Resetting SATA bus and all devices
0x5Bh
X O X O O X O O Detecting the presence of ATA device
0x5Ch
X O X O O O X X Enable SMART if supported by ATA device
0x5Dh
X O X O O O X O Reserved for ATA
SMBUS
0x5Eh
X O X O O O O X Resetting SMBUS
0x5Fh
X O X O O O O O Reserved for SMBUS
Local Console
0x70h
X O O O X X X X Resetting the video controller (VGA)
0x71h
X O O O X X X O Disabling the video controller (VGA)
0x72h
X O O O X X O X Enabling the video controller (VGA)
Remote Console