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Apollo III PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User’s Guide 68
Bootblock Code Checkpoint Codes
Code Description
E0h Verify the bootblock BIOS checksum. Disable the internal
cache, DMA, and interrupt controllers. Initialize the
system timer. Start memory refresh.
E1h Initialize the chipset registers. Set the BIOS size to 128K.
Make the 512 KB base memory available.
E2h Test the base 64 KB of system memory. Send the BAT
command to the keyboard controller. Make sure that
<Ctrl> <Home> was pressed. Verify the main system
BIOS checksum.
E3h The main system BIOS is good. Transfer control to the
main system BIOS.
E4h Start the memory test.
E5h The memory test is over. Initialize the interrupt vector
table.
E6h Initialize the DMA and interrupt controllers.
E7h Determine the CPU internal clock frequency.
E8h Initialize the I/O chipset, if any.
E9h Program the CPU clock-dependent chip set parameters.
EAh Enable the timer and the floppy diskette interrupt. Enable
the internal cache. Copy the bootblock BIOS and pass
control to the bootblock BIOS in the 0000h segment.
EDh Initialize the floppy drive.
EEh Look for a diskette in drive A:. Read the first sector of the
diskette.
EFh Floppy read error.
F0h Search for AMIBOOT.ROM in the root directory of the
floppy diskette in drive A:.
F1h The AMIBOOT.ROM file is not in the root directory.
F2h Read the FAT. Analyze the FAT to find the clusters
occupied by the AMIBOOT.ROM.
F3h Start reading the AMIBOOT.ROM file, cluster by cluster.
F4h The AMIBOOT.ROM file is not the correct size.
F5h Disable the internal cache. Raise the Vpp. Enable Flash
write and reset the Flash ROM.
FBh Detect the flash type.
FCh Start erasing flash blocks.
FDh Program the Flash ROM in the E0000-EFFFFh region.
FEh Start programming Flash at F0000-FFFFF region.
FFh Flash programming is successful. The computer reboots.
A Specifications
Item Description
CPU Intel Pentium 75, 90, 100, 120, 133, 150, 166, 180,
200 MHz or higher speed CPU
Upgrade CPU Intel P54C series, P54CT, or P55C with an optional
split voltage regulator module.
Chipset Intel 82430HX, including CPU interface controller,
advanced cache controller, integrated DRAM
controller, synchronous ISA bus controller, PCI local
bus interface, and integrated power management unit.