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13 Early POST initialization of chipset registers.
24 Uncompress and initialize any platform specific BIOS modules.
30 Initialize System Management Interrupt.
2A Initialize different devices through DIM.
See “DIM code checkpoints” on page88 for more information.
2C Initialize different devices. Detects and initializes the video adapter
installed in the system that has optional ROMs.
2E Initialize all the output devices.
31 Allocate memory for ADM module and uncompress it. Give control to
ADM module for initialization. Initialize language and font modules for
ADM. Activate ADM module.
33 Initialize the silent boot module. Set the window for displaying text
information.
37 Displaying sign-on message, CPU information, setup key message, and
any OEM-specific information.
38 Initialize different devices through DIM. See “DIM code checkpoints” on
page 88 for more information.
39 Initialize DMAC-1 and DMAC-2.
3A Initialize RTC date/time.
3B Test for total memory installed in the system. Also, press DEL or ESC keys
to limit memory test. Display total memory in the system.
3C Mid-POST initialization of chipset registers.
40 Detect different devices (parallel ports, serial ports, and coprocessor in
CPU, and so on) successfully installed in the system and update the BDA,
EBDA, and so on.
50 Programming the memory hole or any kind of implementation that needs
an adjustment in system RAM size, if needed.
52 Updates CMOS memory size from memory found in memory test.
Allocates memory for Extended BIOS Data Area from base memory.
60 Initialize NUM-LOCK status and programs the KBD typematic rate.
75 Initialize Int-13 and prepare for IPL detection.
78 Initialize IPL devices controlled by BIOS and option ROMs.
7A Initialize remaining option ROMs.
7C Generate and write contents of ESCD in NVRam.
84 Log errors encountered during POST.
85 Display error to the user and gets the user response to error.
87 Execute BIOS setup if needed/requested.
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