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Updated: September 2015
 
 

Default BIOS POST Events

At system startup, the BIOS performs a power-on self-test that checks the hardware on your server to ensure that all components are present and functioning properly. The following table identifies the events that can occur during BIOS POST, as well as specifies whether these event can prevent the host from powering-on.

Table 3  BIOS POST Events
Event
Cause
Boot continues on host?
User password violation
Attempt to enter password fails three times
No
Setup password violation
Attempt to enter password fails three times
No
Correctable ECC
Memory Correctable ECC error detected
Does not apply
Uncorrectable ECC
Memory Uncorrectable ECC error detected
Does not apply
No system memory
No physical memory detected in the system
No
No usable system memory
All installed memory has experienced an unrecoverable failure
No
Hard disk controller failure
No disk controller found
Yes
Keyboard failure
Keyboard cannot be initialized
Yes
Boot media failure
No removable boot media is found
Yes
No video device
No video controller is found
No
Firmware (BIOS) ROM corruption
BIOS checksum fails and the boot block is not corrupted
No
System restart
System boot initiated
Yes
Initiated by hard reset
Boot process started by hard reset
Yes
Memory initialization
Memory sizing is occurring
System firmware progress
Does not apply
Primary processor initialization
Primary CPU initialization
System firmware progress
Does not apply
Initiated by warm reset
Boot process started by warm reset
Does not apply
Embedded controller management
Management controller initialization
Does not apply
Secondary processor(s) initialization
Secondary CPU initialization asserted
System firmware progress
Does not apply
Video initialization
When BIOS initializes keyboard
Does not apply
Keyboard controller initialization
When BIOS initializes keyboard
Does not apply
Option ROM initialization
BIOS initializes Option ROMs
System firmware progress
Does not apply
Option ROM space exhausted
BIOS cannot copy an option to the memory
Yes
User initiated system set up
User initiated access to BIOS Setup utility
System firmware progress
Does not apply
User initiated boot to OS
System boot initiated
System firmware progress
Does not apply
No bootable media
Nothing to boot from
No
PXE server not found
Boot error - PXE server not found
F12 key was pressed but BIOS fails to boot from PXE server
No
ACPI Power state
Soft-off power applied
Does not apply

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