POST Test Information for Diagnosis With and Without POST Card! What do the POST beeps mean? This section contains information on the following: IBM AMI Phoenix DTK/ERSO XT BIOS MR BIOS Mylex 386 System BIOS Quadtel AT Compatible BIOS [From: Shaun Burnett (burnesa@cat.com)] POST (Power-On Self Test) beeps signal something is wrong with your system. The meaning of these beeps is BIOS dependent. Below are the audio codes for IBM, AMI, and Phoenix BIOS's. IBM Beep(s) Errant device No beep Power supply, system board 1 short beep System OK 2 short beeps POST Error displayed on monitor Repeating short beeps Power supply, system board 3 long beeps 3270 keyboard card 1 long, 1 short beeps System board 1 long, 2 short beeps Display adapter (MDA, CGA) 1 long, 3 short beeps EGA Continuous beep Power supply, system board AMI Beep(s) Failure 1 short DRAM refresh 2 short Parity circuit 3 short Base 64K RAM 4 short System timer 5 short Processor 6 short Keyboard controller Gate A20 error 7 short Virtual mode exception error 8 short Display memory R/W test 9 short ROM BIOS checksum 1 long, 3 short Non-fatal--Conventional/extended memory 1 long, 8 short Non-fatal--Display/retrace test PHOENIX Beep Fatal Failures* Beep code Non-Fatal Failures* code 1-1-3 CMOS write/read (or real- 4-2-1 Timer tick interrupt test time clock read/write) (or in progress) 1-1-4 ROM BIOS checksum 4-2-2 Shutdown test (or in progress) 1-2-1 Programmable interval timer 4-2-3 Gate A20 failure 1-2-2 DMA initialization 4-2-4 Unexpected interrupt in protected mode 1-2-3 DMA page register write/read 4-3-1 RAM test in progress or address failure > FFFFh 1-2-4 SRAM test and configuration 4-3-3 Interval timer Channel 2 (or test) 1-3-1 RAM refresh verification 4-3-4 Time-of-day clock (or test) 1-3-3 1st 64kb RAM chip or data 4-4-1 Serial port (or test) line failure, multibit 1-3-4 First 64K RAM odd/even logic 4-4-2 Parallel port (or test) 1-4-1 Address line failure first 4-4-3 Math coprocessor (or test) 64K RAM 1-4-2 Parity failure first low 1-1-2 System-board select 64K RAM 2-1-1 Bit 0 first 64K RAM low 1-1-3 Extended CMOS RAM 2-1-2 Bit 1 first 64K RAM 2-1-3 Bit 2 first 64K RAM 2-1-4 Bit 3 first 64K RAM 2-2-1 Bit 4 first 64K RAM 2-2-2 Bit 5 first 64K RAM 2-2-3 Bit 6 first 64K RAM 2-2-4 Bit 7 first 64K RAM 2-3-1 Bit 8 first 64K RAM 2-3-2 Bit 9 first 64K RAM 2-3-3 Bit 10 first 64K RAM 2-3-4 Bit 11 first 64K RAM 2-4-1 Bit 12 first 64K RAM 2-4-2 Bit 13 first 64K RAM 2-4-3 Bit 14 first 64K RAM 2-4-4 Bit 15 first 64K RAM 3-1-1 Slave DMA register 3-1-2 Master DMA register 3-1-3 Master interrupt mask register failure 3-1-4 Slave interrupt mask register failure 3-2-4 Keyboard controller test failure 3-3-4 Screen initialization 3-4-1 Screen retrace 3-4-2 Search for video ROM in progress (not failure) * Unless otherwise noted. [From: Will Spencer (will@gnu.ai.mit.edu)] DTK/ERSO XT BIOS 1 short - Begin POST and End POST 1 long, 1 short - Floppy Disk Drive or Controller Failure Continuous short - Parity Error in First 64K RAM Continuous tone - First 64K RAM failure 1 long - Keyboard Failed or Locked, Interrupt or other system board error long short, long short, long short - Video Initialization Failure, or Invalid Video Switch Setting MR BIOS :POST Code 1A Beep Codes low high, low high low high high - Real Time Clock is Not Updating :POST Code 03 Beep Codes low high, low low low - ROM BIOS Checksum Test :POST Code 04 Beep Codes low high, high low low - Page Register Test (Ports 81-8F) :POST Code 05 Beep Codes low high, low high low - 8042 Keyboard Controller Selftest :POST Code 07 Beep Codes low high, high high low - Memory Refresh Circuit Test :POST Code 08 Beep Codes low high, low low high - Master (16bit) DMA Controller Failure low high, high low high - Slave (8 bit) DMA Controller Failure :Post Code 0A Beep Codes low high, low low low low - Memory Bank 0 Pattern Test Failure low high, high low low low - Memory Bank 0 Parity Circuitry Failure low high, low high low low - Memory Bank 0 Parity Error low high, high high low low - Memory Bank 0 Data Bus Failure low high, low low high low - Memory Bank 0 Address Bus Failure low high, high low high low - Memory Bank 0 Block Access Read Failure low high, low high high low - Memory Bank 0 Block Access Read/Write Failure :POST Code 0B Beep Codes low high, high high high low - Master 8259 (Port 21 ) Failure low high, low low low high - Slave 8259 (Port A1) Failure :POST Code 0C Beep Codes low high, high low low high - Master 8259 (Port 20) Interrupt Address Error low high, low high low high - Slave 8259 (Port A0) Interrupt Address Error low high, high high low low - 8259 (Port 20/A0) Interrupt Address Error low high, low low high high - Master 8259 (Port 20) Stuck Intercept Error low high, high low high high - Slave 8259 (Port A0) Stuck Intercept Error low high, low high high high - System Timer 8254 CH0/IRQ0 Interrupt Failure :POST Code 0D Beep Codes low high, high high high high - 8254 Channel 0 Test and Initialization :POST Code 0E Beep Codes low high, low low low low high - 8254 Channel-2 (Speaker) Failure low high, high low low low high - 8254 OUT2 (Speaker Detect) Failure :POST Code 0F Beep Codes low high, low high low low high - CMOS RAM Read/Write Test Failure low high, high high low low high - RTC Periodic Interrupt / IRQ8 Failure :POST Code 10 Beep Codes low high, low low high low high - Video Initialization and (Cold-Boot) Signon Message :POST Code 12 Beep Codes low high, high low high low high - Keyboard Controller Failure :POST Code 17 Beep Codes low high, low low low high high - A20 Test Failure Due to 8042 Timeout low high, high low low high high - A20 Gate Stuck in Disabled State :POST Code 19 Beep Codes low high, low high high low high - Memory Parity Error low high, high high high low high - IO Channel Error Mylex 386 System BIOS long - Begin POST Beep Code 2 long - Video Card Bad or No Video Card long, short, long - Keyboard Controller Error long, 2 short, long - Keyboard Error long, 3 short, long - Programmable Interrupt Controller (8259-1) Error long, 4 short, long - Programmable Interrupt Controller (8259-1) Error long, 5 short, long - DMA Page Register Error long, 6 short, long - RAM Refresh Error long, 7 short, long - RAM Data Test Error long, 8 short, long - RAM Parity Error long, 9 short, long - DMA Controller 1 Error long, 10 short, long - CMOS RAM Failure long, 11 short, long - DMA Controller 2 Error long, 12 short, long - CMOS RAM Battery Failure long, 13 short, long - CMOS Checksum Failed long, 14 short, long - BIOS ROM Checksum Failed several long beeps - Multiple failures Quadtel AT Compatible BIOS 3 short - Any Failure Q) 7.2 What do the POST codes mean? This section contains information on the following: IBM Award Modular BIOS Mylex 386 System BIOS Quadtel AT Compatible BIOS MR BIOS Checkpoint Codes for AMI BIOS (pre-4/9/90) AMI BIOS AMI Color BIOS (after 2/1/91) EuroBIOS [From: zz96sr@sdacs.ucsd.edu (Steve Rusk)] All personal computer error codes for the Power On Self Test, General Diagnostics, and Advanced Diagnostics consist of a device number followed by two digits other than 00. (The device number plus 00 indicates successful completion of the test.) This list is a compilation from various sources, including USENET's Info-IBMPC Digest, IBM Technical Reference Manuals, and IBM Hardware, Maintenance and Service manuals. 01x Undetermined problem errors. 02x Power supply errors. 1xx System board errors. 101 System board error - Interrupt failure. 102 System board error - Timer failure. 103 System board error - Timer interrupt failure. 104 System board error - Protected mode failure. 105 System board error - Last 8042 command not accepted. 106 System board error - Converting logic test. 107 System board error - Hot NMI test. 108 System board error - Timer bus test. 109 Direct memory access test error. 121 Unexpected hardware interrupts occurred. 131 Cassette wrap test failed. 152 161 System Options Error-(Run SETUP) [Battery failure]. 162 System options not set correctly-(Run SETUP). 163 Time and date not set-(Run SETUP). 164 Memory size error-(Run SETUP). 199 User-indicated configuration not correct. 2xx Memory (RAM) errors. 201 Memory test failed. 202 Memory address error. 203 Memory address error. 3xx Keyboard errors. 301 Keyboard did not respond to software reset correctly, or a stuck key failure was detected. If a stuck key was detected, the scan code for the key is displayed in hexadecimal. For example, the error code 49 301 indicates that key 73, the PgUp key, has failed (49 hex = 73 decimal). 302 User-indicated error from the keyboard test, or AT keylock is locked. 303 Keyboard or system unit error. 304 Keyboard or system unit error; CMOS does not match system. 4xx Monochrome monitor errors. 401 Monochrome memory test, horizontal sync frequency test, or video test failed. 408 User-indicated display attributes failure. 416 User-indicated character set failure. 424 User-indicated 80 X 25 mode failure. 432 Parallel port test failed (monochrome adapter). 5xx Color monitor errors. 501 Color memory test failed, horizontal sync frequency test, or video test failed. 508 User-indicated display attribute failure. 516 User-indicated character set failure. 524 User-indicated 80 X 25 mode failure. 532 User-indicated 40 X 25 mode failure. 540 User-indicated 320 X 200 graphics mode failure. 548 User-indicated 640 X 200 graphics mode failure. 6xx Diskette drive errors. 601 Diskette power-on diagnostics test failed. 602 Diskette test failed; boot record is not valid. 606 Diskette verifysd function failed. 607 Write-protected diskette. 608 Bad command diskette status returned. 610 Diskette initialization failed. 611 Timeout - diskette status returned. 612 Bad NEC - diskette status returned. 613 Bad DMA - diskette status returned. 621 Bad seek - diskette status returned. 622 Bad CRC - diskette status returned. 623 Record not found - diskette status returned. 624 Bad address mark - diskette status returned. 625 Bad NEC seek - diskette status returned. 626 Diskette data compare error. 7xx 8087 or 80287 math coprocessor errors. 9xx Parallel printer adapter errors. 901 Parallel printer adapter test failed. 10xx Reserved for parallel printer adapter. 11xx Asynchronous communications adapter errors. 1101 Asynchronous communications adapter test failed. 12xx Alternate asynchronous communications adapter errors. 1201 Alternate asynchronous communications adapter test failed. 13xx Game control adapter errors. 1301 Game control adapter test failed. 1302 Joystick test failed. 14xx Printer errors. 1401 Printer test failed. 1404 Matrix printer failed. 15xx Synchronous data link control (SDLC) communications adapter errors. 1510 8255 port B failure. 1511 8255 port A failure. 1512 8255 port C failure. 1513 8253 timer 1 did not reach terminal count. 1514 8253 timer 1 stuck on. 1515 8253 timer 0 did not reach terminal count. 1516 8253 timer 0 stuck on. 1517 8253 timer 2 did not reach terminal count. 1518 8253 timer 2 stuck on. 1519 8273 port B error. 1520 8273 port A error. 1521 8273 command/read timeout. 1522 Interrupt level 4 failure. 1523 Ring Indicate stuck on. 1524 Receive clock stuck on. 1525 Transmit clock stuck on. 1526 Test indicate stuck on. 1527 Ring indicate not on. 1528 Receive clock not on. 1529 Transmit clock not on. 1530 Test indicate not on. 1531 Data set ready not on. 1532 Carrier detect not on. 1533 Clear to send not on. 1534 Data set ready stuck on. 1536 Clear to send stuck on. 1537 Level 3 interrupt failure. 1538 Receive interrupt results error. 1539 Wrap data miscompare. 1540 DMA channel 1 error. 1541 DMA channel 1 error. 1542 Error in 8273 error checking or status reporting. 1547 Stray interrupt level 4. 1548 Stray interrupt level 3. 1549 Interrupt presentation sequence timeout. 16xx Display emulation errors (327x, 5520, 525x). 17xx Fixed disk errors. 1701 Fixed disk POST error. 1702 Fixed disk adapter error. 1703 Fixed disk drive error. 1704 Fixed disk adapter or drive error. 1780 Fixed disk 0 failure. 1781 Fixed disk 1 failure. 1782 Fixed disk controller failure. 1790 Fixed disk 0 error. 1791 Fixed disk 1 error. 18xx I/O expansion unit errors. 1801 I/O expansion unit POST error. 1810 Enable/Disable failure. 1811 Extender card warp test failed (disabled). 1812 High order address lines failure (disabled). 1813 Wait state failure (disabled). 1814 Enable/Disable could not be set on. 1815 Wait state failure (disabled). 1816 Extender card warp test failed (enabled). 1817 High order address lines failure (enabled). 1818 Disable not functioning. 1819 Wait request switch not set correctly. 1820 Receiver card wrap test failure. 1821 Receiver high order address lines failure. 19xx 3270 PC attachment card errors. 20xx Binary synchronous communications (BSC) adapter errors. 2010 8255 port A failure. 2011 8255 port B failure. 2012 8255 port C failure. 2013 8253 timer 1 did not reach terminal count. 2014 8253 timer 1 stuck on. 2016 8253 timer 2 did not reach terminal count, or timer 2 stuck on. 2017 8251 Data set ready failed to come on. 2018 8251 Clear to send not sensed. 2019 8251 Data set ready stuck on. 2020 8251 Clear to send stuck on. 2021 8251 hardware reset failed. 2022 8251 software reset failed. 2023 8251 software "error reset" failed. 2024 8251 transmit ready did not come on. 2025 8251 receive ready did not come on. 2026 8251 could not force "overrun" error status. 2027 Interrupt failure - no timer interrupt. 2028 Interrupt failure - transmit, replace card or planar. 2029 Interrupt failure - transmit, replace card. 2030 Interrupt failure - receive, replace card or planar. 2031 Interrupt failure - receive, replace card. 2033 Ring indicate stuck on. 2034 Receive clock stuck on. 2035 Transmit clock stuck on. 2036 Test indicate stuck on. 2037 Ring indicate stuck on. 2038 Receive clock not on. 2039 Transmit clock not on. 2040 Test indicate not on. 2041 Data set ready not on. 2042 Carrier detect not on. 2043 Clear to send not on. 2044 Data set ready stuck on. 2045 Carrier detect stuck on. 2046 Clear to send stuck on. 2047 Unexpected transmit interrupt. 2048 Unexpected receive interrupt. 2049 Transmit data did not equal receive data. 2050 8251 detected overrun error. 2051 Lost data set ready during data wrap. 2052 Receive timeout during data wrap. 21xx Alternate binary synchronous communications adapter errors. 2110 8255 port A failure. 2111 8255 port B failure. 2112 8255 port C failure. 2113 8253 timer 1 did not reach terminal count. 2114 8253 timer 1 stuck on. 2115 8253 timer 2 did not reach terminal count, or timer 2 stuck on. 2116 8251 Data set ready failed to come on. 2117 8251 Clear to send not sensed. 2118 8251 Data set ready stuck on. 2119 8251 Clear to send stuck on. 2120 8251 hardware reset failed. 2121 8251 software reset failed. 2122 8251 software "error reset" failed. 2123 8251 transmit ready did not come on. 2124 8251 receive ready did not come on. 2125 8251 could not force "overrun" error status. 2126 Interrupt failure - no timer interrupt. 2128 Interrupt failure - transmit, replace card or planar. 2129 Interrupt failure - transmit, replace card. 2130 Interrupt failure - receive, replace card or planar. 2131 Interrupt failure - receive, replace card. 2133 Ring indicate stuck on. 2134 Receive clock stuck on. 2135 Transmit clock stuck on. 2136 Test indicate stuck on. 2137 Ring indicate stuck on. 2138 Receive clock not on. 2139 Transmit clock not on. 2140 Test indicate not on. 2141 Data set ready not on. 2142 Carrier detect not on. 2143 Clear to send not on. 2144 Data set ready stuck on. 2145 Carrier detect stuck on. 2146 Clear to send stuck on. 2147 Unexpected transmit interrupt. 2148 Unexpected receive interrupt. 2149 Transmit data did not equal receive data. 2150 8251 detected overrun error. 2151 Lost data set ready during data wrap. 2152 Receive timeout during data wrap. 22xx Cluster adapter errors. 24xx Enhanced graphics adapter errors. 29xx Color matrix printer errors. 2901 2902 2904 33xx Compact printer errors. [From: Will Spencer (will@gnu.ai.mit.edu)] Award Modular BIOS 01 - Processor Test 1: Processor Status Verification 02 - Determine Post Type 03 - Clear 8042 Keyboard Controller 04 - Reset 8042 Keyboard Controller 05 - Get Manufacturing Status 06 - Initialize Chips (DMA, 8259's) 07 - Processor Test 2: Read/Write/Verify Registers with Data Pattern FF and 00 08 - Initialize CMOS Timer 09 - EPROM Checksum 0A - Initialize Video Controller Register 6845 0B - Test Timer (8254) Channel 0 0C - Test Timer (8254) Channel 1 0D - Test Timer (8254) Channel 2 0E - Test CMOS Shutdown Byte 0F - Text Extended CMOS 10 - Test DMA Channel 0 11 - Test DMA Channel 1 12 - Test DMA Page Registers 13 - Test Keyboard Controller 14 - Test Memory Refresh 15 - Test 1st 64K of System Memory 16 - Setup Interrupt Vector Table 17 - Setup Video I/O Operations 18 - Test Video Memory 19 - Test 8259 Mask Bits - Channel 1 1A - Test 8259 Mask Bits - Channel 2 1B - Test CMOS Battery Level 1C - Test CMOS Checksum 1D - Set Configuration from CMOS 1E - Size System Memory 1F - Test Found System Memory 20 - Test Stuck 8259 Interrupt Bits 21 - Test Suck NMI Bits (Parity I/O Check) 22 - Test 9259 Working 23 - Test Protected Mode 24 - Size Extended Memory 25 - Test Found Extended Memory 26 - Test Protected Mode Exceptions 27 - Setup Cache Control or Shadow RAM 28 - Setup 8242 29 - Reserved 2A - Initialize Keyboard 2B - Initialize Floppy Drive and Controller 2C - Detect and Initialize COM Ports 2D - Detect and Initialize LPT Ports 2E - Initialize Hard Drive and Controller 2F - Detect and Initialize Math Coprocessors 30 - Reserver 31 - Detect and Initialize Option ROMs 3B - Initialize Secondary Cache w/OPTi Chipset (486 only) CA - Micronics Cache Initialization CC - NMI Handler Shutdown EE - Unexpected Processor Exceptiom FF - INT 19 Boot Attempt Mylex 386 System BIOS 01 - CPU Test 02 - DMA Page Register Test 03 - Keyboard Controller Test 04 - BIOS ROM Checksum 05 - Send Keyboard Command Test 06 - CMOS RAM Test 08 - RAM Refresh Test 09 - First 64K Memory Test 0A - DMA Controller Test 0B - Initialize DMA 0C - Interrupt Test 0D - Determine RAM Size 0E - Initialize Video of EGA/VGA Checksum 10 - Search for Monochrome Card 11 - Search for Color Card 12 - Word Splitter and Byte Shifter Test 13 - Keyboard Test 14 - RAM Test 15 - Timer Test 16 - Initialize Output Port of Keyboard Controller 17 - Keyboard Interrupt Test Quadtel AT Compatible BIOS 02 - Flag Test 04 - Register Test 06 - System Hardware Initialization 08 - Initialize Chip Set Registers 0A - BIOS ROM Checksum 0C - DMA Page Register Test 0E - 8254 Timer Test 10 - 8254 Timer Initialization 12 - 8237 DMA Controller Test 14 - 8237 DMA Initialization 16 - Initialize 8259/Reset Coprocessor 18 - 8259 Interrupt Controller Test 1A - Memory Refresh Test 1C - Base 64KB Address Test 1E - Base 64KB Memory Test 20 - Base 64KB Test (Upper 16 bits) 22 - 8742 Keyboard Self Test 24 - MC146818 CMOS Test 26 - Start First Protected Mode Test 28 - Memory Sizing Test 2A - Autosize Memory Chips 2C - Chip Interleave Enable Test 2E - First Protected Mode Test Exit 30 - Unexpected Shutdown 32 - System Board Memory Size 34 - Relocate Shadow Ram if Configured 36 - Configure EMS System 38 - Configure Wait States 3A - ReTest 64K Base RAM 3C - CPU Speed Calculation 3E - Get Switches From 8042 40 - Configure CPU Speed 42 - Initialize Interrupt Vectors 44 - Verify Video Configuration 46 - Initialize Video System 48 - Test Unexpected Interrupts 4A - Start Second Protected Mode Test 4C - Verify LDT Instruction 4E - Verify TR Instruction 50 - Verify LSL Instruction 52 - Verify LAR Instruction 54 - Verify VERR Instruction 56 - Unexpected Exception 58 - Address Line 20 Test 5A - Keyboard Ready Test 5C - Determine AT or XT Keyboard 5E - Start Third Protected Mode Test 60 - Base Memory Test 62 - Base Memory Address Test 64 - Shadow Memory Test 66 - Extended Memory Test 68 - Extended Address Test 6A - Determine Memory Size 6C - Display Error Messages 6E - Copy BIOS to Shadow Memory 70 - 8254 Clock Test 72 - MC146818 Real Time Clock Test 74 - Keyboard Stuck Key Test 76 - Initialize Hardware Interrupt Vectors 78 - Math Coprocessor Test 7A - Determine COM Ports Available 7C - Determine LPT Ports Available 7E - Initialize BIOS Data Area 80 - Determine Floppy/Fixed Controller 82 - Floppy Disk Test 84 - Fixed Disk Test 86 - External ROM Scan 88 - System Key Lock Test 8A - Wait for F1 Key Pressed 8C - Final System Initialization 8E - Interrupt 19 Boot Loader B0 - Unexpected Interrupt MR BIOS (The post codes for MR BIOS are located with the post beeps) Checkpoint Codes for AMI BIOS Release date 4/9/90 and after Code Meaning 01 NMI disabled and 286 register test about to start. 02 286 register test passed. 03 ROM BIOS checksum (32K at F800:0) passed. 04 Keyboard controller test with and without mouse passed. 05 Chipset initialization over, DMA and Interrupt controller disabled. 06 Video disabled and system timer test begin. 07 CH-2 of 8254 initialization half way. 08 CH-2 of timer initialization over. 09 CH-1 of timer initialization over. 0A CH-0 of timer initialization over. 0B Refresh started. 0C System timer started. 0D Refresh link toggling passed. 10 Refresh on and about to start 64K base memory test. 11 Address line test passed. 12 64K base memory test passed. 15 Interrupt vectors initialized. 17 Monochrome mode set. 18 Color mode set. 19 About to look for optional video ROM at segment C000 and give control to the optional video ROM if present. 1A Return from optional video ROM. 1B Shadow RAM enable/disable completed. 1C Display memory read/write test for main display type as set in the CMOS setup program over. 1D Display memory read/write test for alternate display type complete if main display memory read/write test returns error. 1E Global equipment byte set for proper display type. 1F Video mode set call for mono/color begins. 20 Video mode set completed. 21 ROM type 27256 verified. 23 Power on message displayed. 30 Virtual mode memory test about to begin. 31 Virtual mode memory test started. 32 Processor executing in virtual mode. 33 Memory address line test in progress. 34 Memory address line test in progress. 35 Memory below 1MB calculated. 36 Memory above 1MB calculated. 37 Memory test about to start. 38 Memory below 1MB initialized. 39 Memory above 1MB initialized. 3A Memory size display initiated. This will be updated when the BIOS goes through the memory test. 3B About to start below 1MB memory test. 3C Memory test below 1MB completed and about to start above 1MB test. 3D Memory test above 1MB completed. 3E About to go to real mode. 3F Shutdown successful and processor in real mode. 40 CACHE memory on and about to disable A20 address line. 41 A20 address line disable successful. 42 486 internal cache turned on. 43 About to start DMA controller test. 50 DMA page register test complete. 51 DMA unit-1 base register test about to start. 52 DMA unit-1 base register test complete. 53 DMA unit-2 base register test complete. 54 About to check F/F latch for unit-1 and unit-2. 55 F/F latch for both units checked. 56 DMA unit 1 and 2 programming over and about to initialize 8259 interrupt controller. 57 8259 initialization over. 70 About to start keyboard test. 71 Keyboard controller BAT test over. 72 Keyboard interface test over, mouse interface test started. 73 Global data initialization for keyboard/mouse over. 74 Display 'SETUP' prompt and about to start floppy setup. 75 Floppy setup over. 76 Hard disk setup about to start. 77 Hard disk setup over. 79 About to initialize timer data area. 7A Timer data initialized and about to verify CMOS battery power. 7B CMOS battery verification over. 7D About to analyze POST results. 7E CMOS memory size updated. 7F Look for key and get into CMOS setup if found. 80 About to give control to optional ROM in segment C800 to DE00. 81 Optional ROM control over. 82 Check for printer ports and put the addresses in global data area. 83 Check for RS232 ports and put the addresses in global data area. 84 Coprpcessor detection over. 85 About to display soft error messages. 86 About to give control to system ROM at segment E000. 00 System ROM control at E000 over now give control to Int 19h boot loader. Checkpoint Codes for AMI BIOS Release date prior to 4/9/90 Code Meaning 01 NMI disabled & 286 reg. test about to start 02 286 register test over 03 ROM checksum OK 04 8259 initialization OK 05 CMOS pending interrupt disabled 06 Video disabled & system timer counting OK 07 CH-2 of 8253 test OK 08 CH-2 delta count test OK 09 CH-1 delta count test OK 0A CH-0 delta count test OK 0B Parity status cleared 0C Refresh & system timer OK 0D Refresh link toggling OK 0E Refresh period ON/OFF 50% OK 10 Confirmed refresh ON & about to start 64K memory 11 Address line test OK 12 64K base memory test OK 13 Interrupt vectors initialized 14 8042 keyboard controller test OK 15 CMOS read/write test OK 16 CMOS checksum/battery check OK 17 Monochrome mode set OK 18 Color mode set OK 19 About to look for optional video ROM 1A Optional video ROM control OK 1B Display memory read/write test OK 1C Display memory read/write test for alternate display OK 1D Video retrace check OK 1E Global equipment byte set for video OK 1F Mode set call for Mono/Color OK 20 Video test OK 21 Video display OK 22 Power on message display OK 30 Virtual mode memory test about to begin 31 Virtual mode memory test started 32 Processor in virtual mode 33 Memory address line test in progress 34 Memory address line test in progress 35 Memory below 1MB calculated 36 Memory size computation OK 37 Memory test in progress 38 Memory initialization over below 1MB 39 Memory initialization over above 1MB 3A Display memory size 3B About to start below 1MB memory test 3C Memory test below 1MB OK 3D Memory test above 1MB OK 3E About to go to real mode (shutdown) 3F Shutdown successful and and entered in real mode 40 About to disable gate A-20 address line 41 Gate A-20 line disabled successfully 42 About to start DMA controller test 4E Address line test OK 4F Processor in real mode after shutdown 50 DMA page register test OK 51 DMA unit-1 base register test about to start 52 DMA unit-1 channel OK, about to begin CH-2 53 DMA CH-2 base register test OK 54 About to test f/f latch for unit-1 55 f/f latch test both unit OK 56 DMA unit 1 & 2 programmed OK 57 8259 initialization over 58 8259 mask register check OK 59 Master 8259 mask register OK, about to start slave 5A About to check timer and keyboard interrupt level 5B Timer interrupt OK 5C About to test keyboard interrupt 5D ERROR! timer/keyboard interrupt not in proper level 5E 8259 interrupt controller error 5F 8259 interrupt controller test OK 70 Start of keyboard test 71 Keyboard BAT test OK 72 Keyboard test OK 73 Keyboard global data initialization OK 74 Floppy setup about to start 75 Floppy setup OK 76 Hard disk setup about to start 77 Hard disk setup OK 79 About to initialize timer data area 7A Verify CMOS battery power 7B CMOS battery verification done 7D About to analyze diagnostic test results for memory 7E CMOS memory size update OK 7F About to check optional ROM C000:0 80 Keyboard sensed to enable setup 81 Optional ROM control OK 82 Printer global data initialization OK 83 RS-232 global data initialization OK 84 80287 check/test OK 85 About to display soft error message 86 About to give control to system ROM E000:0 87 System ROM E000:0 check over 00 Control given to Int-19, boot loader AMI BIOS 01 - 286 Register Test Failed 02 - ROM BIOS Checksum (32KB at F800:0) Failed 03 - ROM BIOS Checksum (32KB at F800:0) Passed 04 - 8259 Interrupt Controller Initialization 05 - Chipset Initialization Over, DMA & Interrupt Controller Disabled 06 - Video Disabled and System Timer Test Begin 07 - CH-2 of 8254 Initialization Half Way 08 - 8254 CH-2 Timer Test to be Completed 09 - 8254 CH-1 Timer Test to be Completed 0A - 8254 CH-0 Timer Test to be Completed 0B - DRAM Refresh Failure 0C - System Timer Started 0D - Refresh Link Toggling Passed 0E - Refresh Period ON/OFF 50% OK 10 - Refresh ON and About to Start 64KB Base Memory Test 11 - Address Line Test Passed 12 - 64KB Base Memory Test Passed 13 - Interrupt Vectors Initialized 14 - 8042 Keyboard Controller Test Passed 15 - CMOS Read/Write Test Passed 16 - CNOS Checksum and Battery Check Passed 17 - Monochrome Mode Set 18 - Color Mode Set 19 - Give Control to the Optional Video ROM at Segment C0 if present 1A - Return from Optional Video ROM 1B - Display Memory Read/Write Test Passed 1C - Alternate Display Memory Read/Write Test Passed 1D - Video Retrace Check Passed 1E - Global Equipment Byte Set for Proper Display Type 1F - Video Mode Set Call for Mono/Color Begins 20 - Video Mode Set Completed 21 - ROM Type Verified, Video Display OK 22 - Power On Message Displayed 23 - Power On Message Displayed 30 - Virtual Mode Memory Test About to Begin 31 - Virtual Mode Memory Test Started 32 - Processor Executing in Virtual Mode 33 - Memory Address Line Test in Progress 34 - Memory Address Line Test in Progress 35 - Memory Below 1MB Calculated 36 - Memory Above 1MB Calculated, Memory Size Computation OK 37 - Memory Test About to Start 38 - Memory Below 1MB Initialized 39 - Memory Above 1MB Initialized 3A - Memory Size Display Initiated 3B - About to Start Below 1MB Memory Test 3C - Memory Test Below 1MB Completed 3D - Memory Test Above 1MB Completed 3E - About to go to Real Mode (Shutdown) 3F - Shutdown Successful and Processor in Real Mode 40 - Cache Memory ON and About to Disable A20 Address Line 41 - Gate A-20 Line Disabed Successfully 42 - 486 Internal Cache Turned ON 43 - About to Start DMA Controller Test 4E - Address Line Test Passed 4F - Processor in Real Mode After Shutdown 50 - DMA Page Register Test Complete 51 - DMA Unit-1 Base Register Test About to Start 52 - DMA Unit-1 Base Register Test Complete 53 - DMA Unit-2 Base Register Test Complete 54 - About to Check F/F Latch for Unit-1 and Unit-2 55 - F/F Latch for Both Units Checked 56 - DMA Unit-1 and 2 Programming Over 57 - 8259 Initialization Over 58 - 8259 Mask Register Check Passed 59 - Master 8259 Mask Register Passed 5A - About to Check Timer and Keyboard Interrupt Level 5B - Timer Interrupt Passed 5C - About to Test Keyboard Interrupt 5D - Error! Timer/Keyboard Interrupt Not in Proper Level 5E - 8259 Interrupt Controller Error 5F - 8259 Interrupt Controller Test Passed 70 - About to Start Keyboard Test 71 - Keyboard Controller BAT Test Over 72 - Keyboard Interface Test Over, Mouse Interface Test Started 73 - Global Data Initialization for Keyboard/Mouse Over 74 - Display "Setup" Prompt and About to Start Floppy Setup 75 - Floppy Setup Over 76 - Hard Disk Setup About to Start 77 - Hard Disk Setup Over 79 - About to Initialize Timer Data Area 7A - Time Data Area Initialized and About to Verify CMOS Battery Power 7B - CMOS Battery Verification Over 7D - About to Analyze POST Test Results 7E - CMOS Memory Size Updated 7F - Look for Key and Get into CMOS Setup if Found 80 - About to Give Control to Optional ROM in Segment C800 to DE00 (Setup) 81 - Optional ROM Control Over 82 - Check for Printer Ports and put the Addresses in Global Data Area 83 - Check for RS232 Ports and Put the Addresses in Global Data Area 84 - Co-processor Detection Over 85 - About to Display Soft Error Messages 86 - About to Give Control to System ROM at Segment E000 87 - System ROM E000:0 Check Over AMI Color BIOS after 2/1/91 00 - Going to Give Control to INT 19H Boot Loader 01 - Processor Register Test About to Start, and NMI to be Disabled 02 - Power On Delay Starting 03 - Any Initialization Before Keyboard BAT is in Progress 04 - Reading Keyboard SYS Bit, to Check Soft Reset/Power On 05 - Going to Enable ROM. i.e. Disable Shadow RAM/Cache if Any 06 - Calculating ROM BIOS Checksum 07 - Going to Issue the BAT Command to Keyboard Controller 08 - Going to Verify the BAT Command 09 - Keyboard Command Byte to be Written Next 0A - Going to Write Command Byte Data 0B - Going to Issue Pin-23,24 Blocking/Unblocking Command 0C - NOP Command of Keyboard Controller to be Issued Next 0D - CMOS Shutdown Register Test to be Done Next 0E - Going to Calculate CMOS Checksum, and Update DIAG Byte 0F - CMOS Initialization to begin (If "INIT CMOS IN EVERY BOOT IS SET") 10 - CMOS Status Register About to Init for Date and Time 11 - Going to Disable DMA and Interrupt Controllers 12 - About to Disable Video Display and Init Port-B 13 - Chipset Init/Auto Memory Detection About to begin 14 - 8254 Timer Test About to Start 15 - 8254 CH-2 Timer Test to be Completed 16 - 8254 CH-1 Timer Test to be Completed 17 - 8254 CH-0 Timer Test to be Completed 18 - About to Start Memory Refresh 19 - Memory Refresh Test to be Done Next 1A - Going to Check 15 Micro Second On/Off Time 1B - Base 64K Memory Test About to Start 20 - Address Line Test to be Done Next 21 - Going to do toggle Parity 22 - Going for Sequential Data R/W Test 23 - Any Setup Before Interrupt Vector Init About to Start 24 - Interrupt Vector Initialization About to begin 25 - Going to Read I/O Port of 8042 for Turbo Switch (if any) 26 - Going to Initialize Global Data for Turbo Switch 27 - Any Initialization After Interrupt Vector to be Done Next 28 - Going for Monochrome Mode Setting 29 - Going for Color Mode Setting 2A - About to go for toggle Parity Before Optional ROM Check 2B - About to do any Setup Required Before Optional Video ROM Check 2C - About to Look for Optional Video ROM and Give Control 2D - About to do any Processing after Video ROM Returns Control 2E - If EGA/VGA Not Found, Then do Display Memory R/W Test 2F - Display Memory R/W Test About to begin 30 - About to Look for the Retrace Checking 31 - About to do Alternate Display Memory R/W Test 32 - About to Look for the Alternate Display Retrace Checking 33 - Verification of Display Type with Switch Setting and Actual Card to begin 34 - Display Mode to be Set Next 35 - BIOS ROM Data Area About to be Checked 36 - Going to Set Cursor for Power On Message 37 - Going to Display the Power On Message 38 - Going to Read New Cursor Position 39 - Going to Display the Reference String 3A - Going to Display the Hit Message 3B - Virtual Mode Memory Test About to Start 40 - Going to Verify from Video Memory 41 - Going to Prepare the Descriptor Tables 42 - Going to Enter in Virtual Mode for Memory Test 43 - Going to Enable Interrupts for Diagnostics Mode 44 - Going to Initialize Data to Check Memory Remap at 0:0 45 - Check for Memory Remap at 0:0 and Find the total System Memory Size 46 - About to go For Writing Patterns to Test Memory 47 - Going to Write Patterns in Base 640K Memory 48 - Going to Find Out Amount of Memory Below 1M Memory 49 - Going to Find Out Amount of Memory Above 1M Memory 4A - Going for BIOS ROM Data Area Check 4B - Going to Check and to Clear Memory Below 1M for Soft Reset 4C - Going to Clear Memory Above 1M 4D - Going to Save the Memory Size 4E - About to Display the First 64K Memory Test 4F - Going for Sequential and Random Memory Test 50 - Going to Adjust Memory Size for Relocation/Shadow 51 - Memory Test Above 1M to Follow 52 - Going to Prepare to go Back to Real Mode 53 - Going to Enter in Real Mode 54 - Going to Restore Registers Saved During Preparation for Shutdown 55 - Going to Disable Gate A20 Address Line 56 - BIOS ROM Data Area About to be Checked 57 - BIOS ROM Data Area Check to be Completed 58 - Going to Clear Hit Message 59 - About to Start DMA and Interrupt Controller Test 60 - About to Verify from Display Memory 61 - About to go For DMA #1 Base Register Test 62 - About to go For DMA #2 Base Register Test 63 - About to go For BIOS ROM Data Area Check 64 - BIOS ROM Data Area Check to be Completed 65 - About to Program DMA Unit 1 and 2 66 - 8259 Interrpt Controller Initialization 67 - About to Start Keyboard Test 80 - About to Issue Keyboard Reset Command 81 - About to Issue Keyboard Controller Interface Test Command 82 - About to Write Command Byte and Init Circular Buffer 83 - About to Check for Lock Key 84 - About to Check for Memory Size Mismatch with CMOS 85 - About to Display Soft Error and Check for Password or Bypass Setup 86 - About to do Programming Before Setup 87 - Going to CMOS Setup Program 88 - About to do Programming After Setup 89 - Going to Display Power On Screen Message 8A - About to Display Message, Mouse Check and Initialization Next 8B - About to do Main and Video BIOS Shadow 8C - Setup Options Programming After CMOS Setup About to Start 8D - Going for Hard Disk, Floppy Reset 8E - About to go For Floppy Check 8F - Floppy Setup to Follow 90 - Test for Hard Disk Presence to be Done 91 - Hard Disk Setup to Follow 92 - About to go for BIOS ROM Data Area Check 93 - BIOS ROM Data Area Check to be Completed 94 - Going to Set Base and Extended Memory Size 95 - Going to Verify From Display Memory 96 - Going to do Any Init Before C800 Optional ROM Control 97 - Optional ROM Check and Control Will Be Done Next 98 - Give Control to Required Processing After Optional ROM Returns Control 99 - Going to Setup Timer Data Area and Printer Base Address 9A - Going to Set the RS-232 Base Address 9B - Going to do Any Initialization Before Co-Processor Test 9C - Going to Initialize the Coprocessor Next 9D - Going to do Any Initialization After Co-Processor Test 9E - Going to Check Extd Keyboard, Keyboard ID and Num-Lock 9F - Keyboard ID Command to be Issued A0 - Keyboard ID Flag to be Reset A1 - Cache Memory Test to Follow A2 - Going to Display Any Soft Errors A3 - Going to Set the Keyboard Typematic Rate A4 - Going to Program Memory Wait States A5 - Screen to be Cleared Next A6 - Going to Enable Parity and NMI A7 - Do Initialization Required Before Giving Control to Optional ROM at E000 A8 - E000 ROM to Get Control Next A9 - Going to do Any Initialization Required After E000 Optional ROM Control AA - Going to Display the System Configuration Post Codes for EuroBIOS v4.71 03 DMA Page registers OK 04 DMA Page registers failed 05 Keyboard did reply 06 Keyboard did not reply 07 Keyboard self-test passed 08 Keyboard self-test failed 09 8042 was able to read links 0A 8042 was unable to read links 0B RATMON/DIAG link OK 0C Keyboard accepted 60h command 0D Keyboard did not accept 60h 0E Keyboard parameter accepted 0F Keyboard parameter not accepted 10 Able to read keyboard command byte 11 Unable to read keyboard command byte 12 Keyboard command byte came back OK 13 Keyboard command byte came back corrupt 14 RAM refresh clock ticking correctly 15 RAM refresh clock not ticking correctly 16 RAM bit test passed 17 RAM bit test failed 18 RAM parity OK 19 RAM parity error 1A CMOS RAM passed 1B CMOS RAM failed 1C CMOS RAM battery OK 1D CMOS RAM battery faulty 1E CMOS RAM checksum passed 1F CMOS RAM checksum failed 20 CMOS RAM battery fault bit set 21 DMA controllers passed 22 DMA controller 1 failed 23 DMA controller 2 failed 24 Protected mode entered safely 25 RAM test completed 26 ROM checksum correct 27 ROM checksum incorrect 28 Protected mode exit successful 29 Keyboard power-up reply received 2A Keyboard power-up reply not received 2B Keyboard disable command accepted 2C Keyboard disable command not accepted 2D No video display 2E Reported errors 2F About to halt 30 Protected mode entered safely 31 RAM test complete 32 PIC 1 (master) passed 33 PIC 1 (master) failed 34 PIC 2 (slave) passed 35 PIC 2 (slave) failed 36 Chipset initialised OK 37 Chipset initilize failed 38 Shadowed BIOS OK 39 Shadowed BIOS failed 3A Shadowed video BIOS OK 3B Shadowed video BIOS failed END