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POST Codes (continued)
POST #
Designation
C0
Turn ON/OFF Cache
C1
Memory presence
C2
Early Memory Initialization
C3
Extended Memory Initialization
C4
Special Display Switch Handling
C5
Early Shadow
C6
Cache Programming
C7
Reserved
C8
Special Speed Switching
C9
Special Shadow Handling
CA
Very Early Initialization
CB-CF
Reserved
D0
Power Management Full speed
D1
Power Management -- Doze
mode
D2
Power Management --Sleep
mode
D3
Power Management – Suspend
mode
D4-DF
Debug
E0
Reserved
E1-EE
Setup Page
EF
Shadow Error
F0-FE
Reserved
FF
Boot
OEM Specific - Cache control.
OEM Specific - Test to size on-
board memory test.
OEM Specific - Board Initialization.
OEM Specific - Turn ON
extended memory DRAM select.
OEM Specific - Display/Video switch handling so that display switch
errors never occur.
OEM Specific - Early Shadow
enable for fast boot.
OEM Specific - Routine for
programming which region are
cacheable.
Reserved
OEM Specific - Routine to handle speed switching.
OEM Specific - Normal Shadow routine.
OEM Specific – Initialize hardware before any other hardware
initialization.
Reserved
Trying to go back or into full speed mode.
Trying to go or in Doze mode.
Trying to go or in Sleep mode.
Trying to go or in Suspend mode.
Available POST codes for use by source code customers during
development.
Reserved
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In POST 6 to signal a Shadow Error.
Reserved
The system is now booted or waiting for an OS.
F-7
BIOS Setup Error Codes
Description
Boot Block: First POST.
Boot Block: Search for Boot
Block Signature "*BBSS*".
Boot Block: Expand compressed
BIOS
Boot Block: Early Shadow
System BIOS.
Boot Block: Cache Sizing
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