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5.2.5.1 Finding the RSDP on IA-PC SystemsOSPM finds the Root System Description Pointer (RSDP) structure by searching physical memory rangeson 16-byte boundaries for a valid Root System Description Pointer structure signature and checksum matchas follows: The first 1 KB of the Extended BIOS Data Area (EBDA). For EISA or MCA systems, the EBDA can be found in the two-byte location 40:0Eh on the BIOS data area. The BIOS read-only memory space between 0E0000h and 0FFFFFh.