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>Log virtual POST codes to a text file for a physical motherboard I'm troubleshooting to see where it's hanging up I went as far as simulating defects by modif
by rasz 2y ago
>Log virtual POST codes to a text file for a physical motherboard I'm troubleshooting to see where it's hanging up
I went as far as simulating defects by modifying individual hardware blocks in 86Box source code, recompiling, and checking resulting POST code because that seemed faster than carefully tracing BIOS :)
"Modified 86Box to break RTC always returning 0 or 0xff. POST_7 freeze." https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1041079#p1041079 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1041079#p1041079
- accrual 2y agoThat's awesome, rasz! It's amazing how 86box allows us to peer into hardware we otherwise couldn't easily access. 8)
- rasz 2y agoI was blown away how easy and fast whole process was. I posted about my plan at 14:33 and results at 16:55. I even commented at the time how "setting up build env and compiling 86Box was a breeze".