User manual GIGABYTE GA-GF2560

[. . . ] Disable PS/2 mouse interface (optional). Auto detect ports for keyboard & mouse followed by a port & interface swap (optional). Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips. 0Eh 10h 12h Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R/W-able or not. [. . . ] Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R/W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD & DMI support. Use walking 1's algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry. Also set real-time clock power status, and then check for override. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Description GA-GF2560 Post Code Definition 11/14/2005 1 POST (hex) 14h 16h 18h 1Bh Description Program chipset default values into chipset. Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers. Initial Early_Init_Onboard_Generator switch. Detect CPU information including brand, SMI type (Cyrix or Intel) and CPU level (586 or 686). If no special specified, all H/W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR & S/W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR. 1Dh 1Fh 21h 23h Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch. Load keyboard matrix (notebook platform) HPM initialization (notebook platform) 1. a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute. If CMOS checksum fails, use default value instead. Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_IO switch. not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility. Initialize PS/2 Mouse Prepare memory size information for function call: INT 15h ax=E820h Turn on L2 cache Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup & Auto-configuration table. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to "AUTO". 6Fh 73h 1. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. (Optional Feature) Enter AWDFLASH. EXE if : -AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ GA-GF2560 Post Code Definition 11/14/2005 3 POST (hex) -ALT+F2 is pressed 75h 77h 7Ah 7Fh Description Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM. . . . . Detect serial ports & parallel ports. Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported. -If errors occur, report errors & wait for keys -If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue: Clear EPA or customization logo. E8POST. ASM 82h starts 1. [. . . ] -If errors occur, report errors & wait for keys -If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue: Clear EPA or customization logo. E8POST. ASM 82h starts 1. Recover the text fond used by EPA logo (not for full screen logo) 3. If password is set, ask for password. 83h 84h 85h Save all data in stack back to CMOS Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 1. Clear noise of IRQs. 93h 94h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti-Virus code 1. [. . . ]