Abit IT7-MAX2 User Manual page 45

Hardware Setup
Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup & Auto-configuration
6B
table
1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices
6D
2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to
"AUTO"
1. Initialize floppy controller
6F
2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware
(Optional Feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if:
73 -AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive
-ALT+F2 is pressed
75 Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM ...
77 Detect serial ports & parallel ports.
7A Detect & install co-processor
Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported
7F -If errors occur, report errors & wait for keys
-If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue: Clear EPA or customization logo
1. Call chipset power management hook
82 2. Recover the text fond used by EPA logo (not for full screen logo)
3. If password is set, ask for password
83 Save all data in stack back to CMOS
84 Initialize ISA PnP boot devices
1. USB final Initialization
2. NET PC: Build SYSID structure
3. Switch screen back to text mode
4. Set up ACPI table at top of memory
85
5. Invoke ISA adapter ROMs
6. Assign IRQs to PCI devices
7. Initialize APM
8. Clear noise of IRQs
93 Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti-Virus code
1. Enable L2 cache
2. Program boot up speed
3. Chipset final initialization
94 4. Power management final initialization
5. Clear screen & display summary table
6. Program K6 write allocation
7. Program P6 class write combining
1. Program daylight saving
95
2. Update keyboard LED & typematic rate
1. Build MP table
2. Build & update ESCD
96 3. Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h
4. Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick
5. Build MSIRQ routing table
FF Boot attempt (INT 19h)
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