PEAK 637 User's Guide
0A
1. Initialize the first 32 interrupt vectors with corresponding Interrupt handlers
Initialize INT no from 33-120 with Dummy(Suprious)
Interrupt Handler
2. Issue CPUID instruction to identify CPU type
3. Early Power Management initialization (OEM specific)
This POST code is for boot block
POST (hex)
Description
C0
1. Turn off OEM specific cache, shadow...
2. Initialize all the standard devices with default values standard devices
includes:
-DMA controller (8237)
-Programmable Interrupt Controller (8259)
-Programmable Interval Timer (8254)
-RTC chip
C1
Auto-detection of onboard DRAM & Cache
C3
Checking checksum of compressed code
C5
Copy the BIOS from ROM into E0000-FFFFF shadow RAM so that POST will go faster
01
Clear base memory 0~640K
0C
Initial interrupt vector 00-1FH
0D
Initial ISA VGA
41H
Enable FDD and detect media type
FFH
Boot from FDD
BIOS Default Drive Table
This is a current list of the drive type table contained in Setup.
Type
Size
Cylinders
(MB)
1
10
306
2
20
615
3
30
615
4
62
940
5
46
940
6
20
615
7
30
462
8
30
733
9
112
900
10
20
820
11
35
855
12
49
855
13
20
306
14
42
733
15
Reserved
16
20
612
17
40
977
18
56
977
19
59
1024
20
30
733
BIOS Setup
Heads
Sectors
4
17
4
17
6
17
8
17
6
17
4
17
8
17
5
17
15
17
3
17
5
17
7
17
8
17
7
17
4
17
5
17
7
17
7
17
5
17
Write
Land
Example Model
Precomp
Zone
128
305
TEAC SD510,
MMI 112, 5412
300
615
Seagate ST225, ST4026
300
615
512
940
512
940
None
615
Seagate ST125,
Tandon TM262
256
511
None
733
Tandon TM 703
None
901
None
820
None
855
None
855
128
319
Disctron 526, MMI M125
None
733
0
663
Microscience HH725,
Syquest 3250, 3425
300
977
None
977
512
1023
300
732
3-
23
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