Appendix B: Award BIOS POST Codes
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Appendix B: Award BIOS POST Codes
This section lists the POST (Power On Self Testing) Codes for the Award BIOS.
POST (hex)
Description
CFh
Test CMOS R/W functionality.
C0h
Early chipset initialization:
-Disable shadow RAM
-Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below)
-Program basic chipset registers
C1h
Detect memory
-Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC.
-Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below)
C3h
Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM
C5h
Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000 shadow
RAM.
0h1
Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000:0
02h
Reserved
03h
Initial Superio_Early_Init switch.
04h
Reserved
05h
1. Blank out screen
2. Clear CMOS error flag
06h
Reserved
07h
1. Clear 8042 interface
2. Initialize 8042 self-test
08h
1. Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super
I/O chips.
2. Enable keyboard interface.
09h
Reserved
0Ah
"
Disable PS/2 mouse interface (optional).
"
Auto detect ports for keyboard & mouse followed by a port & interface swap
(optional).
"
Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips.
0Bh
Reserved
0Ch
Reserved
0Dh
Reserved
0Eh
Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R/W-able or not. If
test fails, keep beeping the speaker.
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