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USER'S MANUAL
Of
AMD 890GX & AMD SB850
Based
M/B for Socket AM3
AMD Processor
NO. G03-HA12-F
：
Rev
1.0
Release date: October, 2010
Trademark:
* Specifications and information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are
subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
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- Page 1 USER'S MANUAL AMD 890GX & AMD SB850 Based M/B for Socket AM3 AMD Processor NO. G03-HA12-F ： Release date: October, 2010 Trademark: * Specifications and information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
- Page 2 Environmental Protection Announcement Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure environment protection of mother earth, please recycle.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENT ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY INSTRUCTION ............iii USER’S NOTICE ......................iv MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION .................iv COOLING SOLUTIONS ....................iv CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF AMD 890GX MOTHERBOARDS FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD ................1 1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD ..........2 SPECIFICATION ......................3 PERFORMANCE LIST....................4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM.................... -
Page 4: Environmental Safety Instruction
4-12 AMD PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION ..........44 4-13 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION ............. 47 4-14 HAMMER UNIQUE OVERCLOCK TOOL ..............50 4-15 G.P.I FUNCTION LED DISPLAY ................57 APPENDIX I……………………………………………………………………………………………..58 APPENDIX II…………………………………………………………………………………………….60 Environmental Safety Instruction Avoid the dusty, humidity and temperature extremes. Do not place the product in any area where it may become wet. -
Page 5: User's Notice
USER’S NOTICE COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER. THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE 890GX MOTHERBOARD AND WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT WILL CHANGE, CORRECT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. -
Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction Of Amd 890Gx Motherboards Features Of Motherboard
The AMD 890GX Series motherboards deliver outstanding value and performance for gamers, with a true bandwidth design for Multi-GPU configurations. This high bandwidth architecture in the AMD 890GX chipset is with the flexibility for single or dual card configurations. The AMD 890GX chipset provides one PCI-Express 2.0x16@ 16 lanes graphics slot and one PCI-Express 2.0x16@ 4 lanes graphics slot... -
Page 7: 1-1.1 Special Features Of Motherboard
meet the future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your non-stop business computing. Some special features--- CPU Smart Fan / CPU Vcore 7-shift / OC-CON / Debug Port / E.R.P. -
Page 8: Specification
Spec Description ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.5cm x23cm Design AMD 890GX North Bridge Chipset Chipset AMD SB 850 South Bridge Chipset Support AMD AM3 CPU : Phenom™ II X 6, Phenom™ II X 4, Phenom™ II X3 , Phenom™ II X2 processor; Athlon™ II X4; Athlon™... -
Page 9: Performance List
Performance List The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.) Performance Test Report 955 AM3+... -
Page 10: Layout Diagram
USB3.0 Connecto CHA FAN RJ-45 Over USB2.0 ATA 133 IDE Connectors Conn. (IDE1) (UL1) AMD 890GX Chipset Audio Connector (J1) PCI Express 2.0 x1 DDRIII 128Mb GPU Memory Gigabit LAN Chip AMD SB 850 Chipset PCI Express 2.0 x16 by 16-lane... - Page 11 Jumpers 跳线 名称 描述 KB/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-Pin Block JP2/ JP3/ JP4/ JP5 PE1/Mini-PCIE function select 3-Pin Block JBAT Clear CMOS Header 2-Pin Block Connectors Connector Name Description ATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block ATX12V1 ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block Power Connector 4-Pin Block...
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Page 12: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
Hardware Installation Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or WARNING! other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards. Hardware installation Steps Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps: 1. -
Page 13: Install Cpu
Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector Locate JBAT and short pins 1-2 for a few seconds, if shorted with the jump cap, short for a few seconds then pull out the hat. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector Note: When should clear CMOS 1. -
Page 14: About Amd Am3 Cpu Installation
2-3-2 About AMD AM3 CPU Installation This motherboard provides a socket AM3 surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket, referred to as the mPGA socket supports AMD AM3 processor. The CPU that comes with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent overheating. -
Page 15: Expansion Cards
Memory modules must be the same type, same size, same frequency for dual channel function. Install DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is not difficult, you can refer to figure below to see how to install a 240-Pin DDRIII 800/ 1066 / 1333 SDRAM module. -
Page 16: Expansion Slots
2-5-3 Expansion Slots AMD 890GX Series motherboard series offer one PCI-Express 2.0x16@ 16 lanes graphics slot and one PCI-Express 2.0x16@ 4 lanes. One PCI Express2.0 x1 I/O slot tackling the most demanding multimedia tasks nowadays. The AMD 890GX motherboards also carry two 32-bit PCI slot and one mini-PCIE slot to guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices. - Page 17 Power Connector (24-pin block): ATXPWR1 ATX Power Supply connector: This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows using soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole on the motherboard.
- Page 18 This is a new defined 8-pins connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply. The ATX Power Supply which fully supports Socket AM3 processor must including this connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption. Without this connector might cause system unstable because the power supply can not provide sufficient current for system.
- Page 19 The connectors are 4-pin connector that supports extra 12V / 5V power to your system (8) Primary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connecting the single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to your hard disk(s).
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Page 20: Headers
SATAIII-1 SATAIII-3 SATAIII-5 SATAIII-2 SATAIII-4 SATAIII-6 SATA III Connectors (10) D-Sub 15-pin Connector: VGA VGA is the 15-pin D-Subminiature female connector; it is for the display devices, such as the CRT monitor, LCD monitor and so on. (11) Digital Visual Interface: DVI1 This interface standard designed to maximize the visual quality of digital display devices such as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital projectors. - Page 21 Pin 1 USB Port Headers (3)Speaker connector: SPEAK1 This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker. See the figure below. (4) Power LED: PWR LED The Power LED is light on while the system power is on. Connect the Power LED from the system case to this pin.
- Page 22 (8) FAN Power Headers: SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2, CHAFAN (3-pin), CPUFAN (4-pin) These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA (4.2 Watts) or less, depending on the fan manufacturer, the wire and plug may be different. The red wire should be positive, while the black should be ground. Connect the fan’s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of connector.
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Page 23: Starting Up Your Computer
(11) Serial COM Port header: COM1 COM1 is the 9-pin block pin-header. The On-board serial port can be disabled through BIOS SETUP. Pin1 Serial COM Port 9-pin Block (12) HDMI-SPDIF Out header: HDMI_SPDIF The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder. - Page 24 5. The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light. The LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system is on. If it complies with green standards or if it is has a power standby feature. The system will then run power-on test.
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Page 25: Chapter 3 Introducing Bios
Chapter 3 Introducing BIOS The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard. This program is a bridge between motherboard and operating system. When you start the computer, the BIOS program will gain control. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic test called POST (power on self test) for all the necessary hardware, it detects the entire hardware device and configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization. -
Page 26: The Main Menu
Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window, press <Esc>. The Main Menu Once you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 3-1) will appear on the screen. -
Page 27: Standard Bios Features
This menu uses a minimal performance setting, but the system would run in a stable way. Load Optimal Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values these are setting for optimal performances system operations for performance use. BIOS Security Features This entry for setting Supervisor password and User password Save Changes and Exit Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. -
Page 28: Advanced Bios Features
System Time The time format is <hour><minute><second>. Onchip SATA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 While entering setup, BIOS auto detest the presence of IDE devices. This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices. LBA/Large Mode: The optional settings are Auto; Disabled. Block (Multi-Sector Transfer): The optional settings are: Disabled and Auto. -
Page 29: Advanced Chipset Features
ACPI APIC Support Include ACPI APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer list. MPS Revision This option is only valid for multiprocessor motherboards as it specifies the version of the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) that the motherboard will use. Quiet Boot The optional settings are Enabled and Disable. Disabled: Display normal POST message. -
Page 30: Onboard Vga Configuration
3-6-1 Onboard VGA Configuration Internal Graphics Mode The optional settings: Disabled; UMA; SIDEPORT; UMA+SIDEPORT. UMA Frame Buffer Size The optional settings: Auto; 32MB; 64MB,128MB,256MB, 512MB. SIDEPORT Clock Speed The optional settings are from 200MHz to 667MHz. GFX Engine Clock Override The optional settings are: Enable;... -
Page 31: Pci Express Configuration
3-6-2 PCI Express Configuration GFX Dual Slot Configuration The optional settings are: Auto; Enable; and Disabled. Port #02 Features ~ Port #03 Features Press Enter and set values in the sub-items as: Gen2 High Speed Mode, Link ASPM, and Link width. Port #04 Features~ Port #10 Features Press Enter and set values in the sub-items as Gen2 High Speed Mode, and Link ASPM. -
Page 32: Integrated Peripherals
3-7 Integrated Peripherals OnChip SATA Channel Press Enter to enable or disable CnChip SATA Channel. 0nChip SATA Type Press Enter to select the SATA type. The optional settings are: Native IDE; RAID; AHCI; Legacy IDE. Onboard PCI E Lan Use this item to enable or disable Onboard PCI E Lan. Onboard Lan BootROM The optional settings are: Disabled;... -
Page 33: Power Management Setup
The optional settings are: Former-Sts/Always On/Always off Power Management Features The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy saving while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. Suspend mode Use this item to select the ACPI state used for system suspend. -
Page 34: Miscellaneous Configuration
Miscellaneous Control Plug &Play O/S The optional settings are: No; Yes No: Let the BIOS configure all the devices in the system. Yes: Let the operating system configure Plug and Play devices, not required for boot if your system has a Plug and Play operating system. PCI Latency Timer Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer register. -
Page 35: Pc Health
3-10 PC Health This section shows the Status of you CPU, Fan, and Warning for overall system status. This is only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard. H/W Health Function, it displays information list below when set as below. The choice is either Enabled or Disabled. - Page 36 Core Enhancer Use this item to enable or disable the Core Enhancer. CPU Downcoring Use this item to choose CPU cores. CPU/HT Reference Clock Use this item to set CPU/HT Reference Clock. The optional setting range is:190~600 MHz. Processor Frequency Multiplier The optional settings are: Auto and a setting range from x4.0 (800 MHz )to x35.0 (7000 MHz).
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Page 37: Memory Configuration
Auto; 50mV to 350 mV. Warning:Setting some values too high may cause system to malfunction. Set Memory Voltage Use this item to set memory voltage. The optional setting range is from 1.49V to 2.25V. Warning:Setting some values too high may cause system to malfunction. CPU-NB Voltage 7-Shift Use this item to set value in CPU Vcore 7-Shift function. -
Page 38: Bios Security
Use this item to enable bank memory interleaving. Channel Interleaving The optional settings: Disabled; Address bits 6; Address bits 12; XOR of Address bits [2.:16,6]; XOR of Address bits [20:16,9]. Enable Clock to ALL DIMMs Enable unused clocks to DIMMS when memory slots are not populated. Mem CLK Tristate during C3 and Alt VID. -
Page 39: Load Standard/Optimal Defaults
memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password. To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the password. -
Page 40: Chapter 4 Driver & Free Program Installation
Pressing <OK> save the values you made previously and exit BIOS setup. Discard Changes and Exit When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Pressing <OK> to leave BIOS setting without saving previously set values. Notice! The BIOS options in this manual are for reference only. -
Page 41: Magic Install Supports Windows Xp/Vista/7
CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed, and which DRIVERS needed so that your system can function properly. We call this auto detect software MAGIC INSTALL. Magic Install supports Windows XP/Vista/7 Insert CD into your CD-ROM drive and the MAGIC INSTALL Menu should appear as below. -
Page 42: Ati Install Ati Integrated Driver Pack
Click DOTNET when Magic Install 2. Select “I have read and ACCEPT the terms of menu appears. the License Agreement”, and then click Install. Setup completed, click Exit. 4-2 ATI Install ATI Integrated Drive Pack 1. Click ATI when Magic Install menu appears. 2. -
Page 43: Sound Install Al888 Hd Audio Codec Driver
5. Click Accept to accept the License 6. Click Finish to complete the installation. Agreement to continue. SOUND Install ALCHD Audio Codec Driver 1. Click SOUND when Magic Install menu 2. Click Next When Realtek High Definition appears. Audio driver windows appear. 3. -
Page 44: Lan Install Gigabit Ethernet Nic Driver
7. Microphone effect setting. 8. 3D demo setting. Install Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver 1 Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appears 2. Click NEXT, install LAN and Fast Ethernet NIC Driver 3 Click install to begin the installation. 2. Installation completed, Click Finish.. 4-5 USB3.0 Install NEC USB3.0 Driver... - Page 45 1. Click USB3.0 when Magic Install Menu 2. Click “NEXT” to continue. appears. 3 Click “I accept the terms of the licence 4. Select destination folder, Click “Next”. agreement”, Click “Next”. 5. Click “install” to begin the installation. 6. Installation completed, Click “Finish”. 4-6 RAIDDISK Install ATI SATA Driver and Utility...
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Page 46: Raiddisk Install Ati Sata Driver And Utility
1 Click RAIDDisk when Magic Install menu 2. Copy the files to floppy disk and restart appears the computer with floppy disk as the first booting disk and then follow the steps shown on the screen to finish RAID function settings. Norton Install Norton 2010 Anti-virus Program 1 Click Norton when Magic Install menu 2. -
Page 47: Fusion Install Fusion Driver And Tools
3. Select if you want to restart the computer and then click “Finish”. 4-9 Fusion Install Fusion Drivers and Tools 1. Click Fusion when Magic Install menu 2. Click to accept the license agreement then appears. click Next. 3. Select installation folder then click Next. 4. - Page 48 1. Click OVER CLOCK when Magic Install 2. Click Next on AMD OverDriver installation menu appears wizard. 3. Choose “I accept the terms in the license 4. The information describes the installation, agreement”. Click Next after you finish reading it. 5.
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Page 49: How To Update Bios
The above driver screen and operation steps are for reference only NOTICE! because we might update the drivers or make modifications due to technological need and user’s benefits. We reserve these changes or upgrade without advanced notification. Please visit our website for possible driver upgrade. - Page 50 [figure2] press[1] key，showing the RAID，as the below figure [figure3] Press [2] key, the interface of RAID, as figure 4. RAID function: RAID 1/ RAID 0/ RAID 10 / RAID5/JBOD [figure4] Choose LD 1 then press[Ctrl+C] to building RAID. Take Raid0 for example, use [↑] [↓] to shift the cursor, press space key to change the...
- Page 51 choice, press [Ctrl-Y] to save. Set Assignment mode as [Y], press [Ctrl-Y] to save, and then figure 5 appeared. Enter array capacity , afterwards it will reminds you to erase the MBR. Choose [Ctrl-Y], figure 6 appeared. Press any key, finished the RAID. [figure5] [figure6] Press [3], delete the RAID mode, as figure 7.press [Delete] will delete the array.
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Page 52: Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction
Press [4], showing the information of controller, as figure 8. [figure8] Making RAID driver diskette before Install WindowsXP/Vista/7 Before you install the Windows OS, you will need to make a RAID driver diskette before you start to install the Operating System. How to make a RAID driver diskette? 1: Insert the diskette which is being formatted in floppy drive on a system which can start OS. - Page 53 Pro Magic Plus beforehand would allow you to instantly restore your system back by simply reboot your computer. Easy-to-use – Auto installation from CD ROM; Supports Mouse System Uninstall – Pro Magic provides a protection mode, which allows user to freely test any software.
- Page 54 ◇ Support for SCSI & SATA Hard disk Pro Magic Plus only supports SCSI hard disk with Windows XP or OS above Notice Before Installation 1. Before install Pro Magic Plus, turn off all anti-virus software. (Include BIOS anti-virus function) 2.
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Page 55: Hammer Unique Overclock Tool
4-14 Jetway Hammer Unique Overlock Tool Jetway hammer unique overlock tool provides update zone, overlock zone, monitor zone and system information zone. Four powerful function zones that allow you to overlock your system efficiently. Please copy this software in support DVD that came with the motherboard package. - Page 56 (as illustrated) ， 、 、 ＊According to your demand you can download: Manual Driver BIOS. Please update by yourself after downloading. 4-14-3 How to Use Jetway Hammer Unique Overlock Utility The three parts: Easy Mode, Manual Mode and Break Core could come into your eyesight when accessing to the overclock zone.
- Page 57 Then in information zone you will find CPU clock speed increase by10% (as illustrated). The CPU clock speed after overclocking 10% NOTE：The CPU clock speed increase to 3300Mhz after overclock 10% “Overclock 20%/30%”and“overclock 10%”have the same operation. ．Manual Mode Manual mode is specific to users who have experiences of overclocking. Click the “small triangle”...
- Page 58 Manual Mode Start-up values Load Default Target values Load Last Setting Save Setting Chipset Voltage Setting NOTE：Setting a voltage may damage the CPU and motherboard permanently. Please learn the range of voltage setting carefully. The dialogue box that reminds you whether continue overclocking will appear when you click the “small triangle”...
- Page 59 Users can close some CPU core for making the CPU work more stable. “Click”to enable “Core Enhancer” function Select one option to break core operations sequence：①Click blank space aside the tip “Core Enhancer” to conduct break core operation. Restart to realize this operation. ②Select one of options: “CPU Core 0-3 Enabled”...
- Page 60 ＊ The dialogue box which reminds you: “You should reboot to realize this function” will appear when selecting ne of options: “CPU Core 0-3 Enabled”. 4-14-4 Monitor Zone The function of Monitor zone is: generating alert when voltage﹑fan rotate speed ﹑CPU temperature is abnormal.
- Page 61 4-14-5 Information Zone Information zone includes four parts: Memory Info ﹑ CPU Info ﹑ HDD Info ﹑ Motherboard Info. You can learn relevant hardware information by moving mouse cursor on these four options. MB INFO CPU INFO Memory INFO HDD INFO...
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Page 62: Function Led Display
4-15 G.P.I. Function LED Display PWS_LED4 PWS_LED3 PWS_LED2 PWS_LED1 All LED off or glitter. It means the motherboard in the G.P.I mode. CPU works with the low power consumption. PWS_LED4 PWS_LED3 PWS_LED2 PWS_LED1 Three LED off or glitter. It means the motherboard is working on partial power saving mode. - Page 63 APPENDIX I Subject 1: Regarding the Application of 3-Phase or 3+1 Phase Power Supply Mold As a result of the increasing power consumption demand from many AMD CPUs in current market, we suggest not to use a CPU that demands more than 65W power consumption at work for an AMD CPU compliant board that comes with power supply design as 3 phase or 3+1 phase mold and MOSFET design as working in High SideX1 and Low SideX1 mold so as to avoid MOSFET getting...
- Page 64 Subject 2: Suggestion on choosing electric fan Both the amount of electric current to MOSFET and the heat produced from the motherboard go up as AMD’s CPU power consumption increases. In this case we recommend users select a CPU fan with air outlet towards MOSFET so that CPU fan can carry away heat produced by MOSFET, for better heat dissipation effects.
- Page 65 APPENDIX II Post BIOS Beep Code Number of Beeps Description Memory refresh timer error. Parity error in base memory (first 64KB block) Base memory read/write test error Motherboard timer not operational Processor error 8042 Gate A20 test error (cannot switch to protected mode) General exception error (processor exception interrupt error) Display memory error (system video adapter) AMIBIOS ROM checksum error...
- Page 66 module is moved to system memory and control is given to it. Determine whether to execute serial flash. The Runtime module is uncompressed into memory. CPUID information is stored in memory. Store the Uncompressed pointer for future use in PMM. Copying Main BIOS into memory.
- Page 67 during the POST portion of the BIOS: Checkpoint Description Disable NMI, Parity, video for EGA, and DMA controllers. Initialize BIOS, POST, Runtime data area. Also initialize BIOS modules on POST entry and GPNV area. Initialized CMOS as mentioned in the Kernel Variable "wCMOSFlags."...
- Page 68 Displaying sign-on message, CPU information, setup key message, and any OEM specific information. Initializes different devices through DIM. See DIM Code Checkpoints section of document for more information. USB controllers are initialized at this point. Initializes DMAC-1 & DMAC-2. Initialize RTC date/time. Test for total memory installed in the system.
- Page 69 Passes control to OS Loader (typically INT19h). OEM POST Error Checkpoints Checkpoints from the range 61h to 70h are reserved for chipset vendors & system manufacturers. The error associated with this value may be different from one platform to the next. DIM Code Checkpoints The Device Initialization Manager (DIM) gets control at various times during BIOS POST to initialize different system busses.
- Page 70 or leaves a sleep state. The following table describes the type of checkpoints that may occur during ACPI sleep or wake events Checkpoint Description First ASL check point. Indicates the system is running in ACPI mode. System is running in APIC mode. 01,02,03,04,05 Entering sleep state S1, S2, S3, S4, or S5.