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Q) What is Hyperthreading? ===================================

(Hyper-Threading) A feature of certain Pentium 4 chips that makes one physical CPU appear as two logical CPUs. It uses additional registers to overlap two instruction streams in order to achieve an approximate 30% gain in performance. Multithreaded applications take advantage of the Hyper-Threaded hardware as they would on any dual-processor system; however, the performance gain cannot equal that of true dualprocessor CPUs. ============================================

Q) What is Superpipelining?

Superpipelined refers to a type of instruction pipeline technique used in the design of microprocessors and other digital electronic

devices to increase their performance. Traditional pipelined architectures have a single pipeline stage for each of: instruction fetch, instruction decode, memory read, ALU operation and memory write. A super-pipelined processor has a pipeline where each of these logical steps may be subdivided into multiple pipeline stages. ======================================
Beep Code Description

No Beeps 1 Short Beep 2 Short Beep Continuous Beep Repeating Short Beep One Long and one Short Beep One Long and Two Short Beeps One Long and Three Short Beeps. Three Long Beeps One Beep, Blank or Incorrect Display

No Power, Loose Card, or Short. Normal POST, computer is ok. No problem POST error, review screen for error code. See screen No Power, Loose Card, or Short. No Power, Loose Card, or Short. Motherboard issue. Video (Mono/CGA Display Circuitry) issue. Video (EGA) Display Circuitry. Keyboard / Keyboard card error. Video Display Circuitry. Related To System Board Memory Keyboard Monochrome Display Color/Graphics Display

Post Error Code 100 - 199 200 - 299 300 - 399 400 - 499 500 - 599

 POST

600 - 699 700 - 799 900 - 999

Floppy-disk drive and/or Adapter Math Coprocessor Parallel Printer Port

The computer POST (Power On Self Test) tests the computer, insuring that it meets the necessary system requirements and that all hardware is working properly before starting the remainder of the boot process. If the computer passes the POST the computer will have a single beep (with some computer BIOS manufacturers it may beep twice) as the computer starts and the computer will continue to start normally. However, if the computer fails the POST, the computer will either not beep at all or will generate a beep code, which tells the user the source of the problem. The steps of a POST Each time the computer boots up the computer must past the POST. Below is the common steps a POST performs each time your computer starts. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Test the power supply to ensure that it is turned on and that it releases its reset signal. CPU must exit the reset status mode and thereafter be able to execute instructions. BIOS checksum must be valid, meaning that it must be readable. CMOS checksum must be valid, meaning that it must be readable. CPU must be able to read all forms of memory such as the memory controller, memory bus, and memory module. The first 64KB of memory must be operational and have the capability to be read and written to and from, and capable of containing the POST code. I/O bus / controller must be accessible. I/O bus must be able to write / read from the video subsystem and be able to read all video RAM.

If the computer does not pass any of the above tests, your computer will receive an irregular POST. An irregular POST is a beep code that is different from the standard one or two beeps. This could be either no beeps at all or a combination of different beeps indicating what is causing the computer not to past the POST.

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