7 accessing cmos feature bits – Compaq 4000N User Manual

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Chapter 8 BIOS ROM

Compaq Deskpro 4000N and 4000S Personal Computers

First Edition - September 1997

8-16

8.4.7

ACCESSING CMOS FEATURE BITS

The BIOS function INT 15, AX=E845h is a tri-modal call for accessing areas in non-volatile
memory used to store variables for various features.

INPUT:

EAX

= E845h

BL

= 0, Read
= 1, Write

BH

= Value Read/to Write

CX

= Feature Bits Number (refer to description box below)

DS:SI

= Pointer to buffer passing multiple byte features

OUTPUT:
(Successful)

CF

= 0

EAX

= Reserved

BH

= Value read (if a read was specified)

(Failure)

CF

= 1

AH

= 86h, Function not supported

CX

Function

Default

Value

0000h

PCI 2.1 Mode (Enabled)

1b

0001h

Erase Eaze Keyboard (off)

00b

0002h

Comm/IR Port Designation (Comm port)

0b

0003h

No Rejection of SETs By PnP (reject SETs)

0b

0004h

PCI VGA Snoop (snoop disabled)

0b

0005h

PCI Bus Mastering BIOS Support (disabled)

0b

0006h

Auto Prompt for Auto Setup (prompt for F1, F2, F10)

00b

0007h

Mode 2 Configuration Support (enabled)

1b

0008h

Secondary Hard Drive Controller Enabled (enabled)

1b

0009h

Secondary Hard Drive Controller IRQ (IRQ15)

11b

000Ah

Custom Drive Type #1

40 bits, all 0s

000Bh

Custom Drive Type #2

40 bits, all 0s

000Ch

Custom Drive Type #3

40 bits, all 0s

000Dh

Custom Drive Type #4

40 bits, all 0s

000Eh

POST Verbose/Terse or “Silent Boot” Mode (Terse)

1b

000Fh

Drive Translation Mode (translate)

0b

0010h

Mfg. Process Number Bytes

30 bits, [1]

0011h

Administrator Password

72 bits, [1]

0012h

Power-On Password

32 bits, [1]

0013h

Ownership Tag

640 bits, [1]

0014h

Warm Boot Password Mode (disabled)

0b

0015h

Hood Lock (enabled)

1b

0016h

Hood Removal (disabled)

00b

0017h

USB Security (disabled)

0b

0018h

Configurable Power Supply (legacy mode)

0b

0019h

QuickBoot Mode (full boot always)

00000b

001Ah

BBS IPL Order

76543210h

NOTE:

For full bit definitions refer to the

Compaq BIOS Technical Reference Guide.

[1] Determined at runtime.

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