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To turn on the system, first turn on your monitor, printer, and
any other peripheral devices you have installed. Then press the
power button on the computer’s front panel. The green power
light goes on and the system begins its power-on self test.
Each time you turn on the system, the self test checks the
system board, memory, keyboard, and certain installed
peripheral devices. During the memory test, the screen
displays the amount of memory that it has tested. The self test
can take up to 60 seconds to complete. If you do not want to
wait for the memory test to complete, you can stop it by
pressing ESC. (The computer does not test memory after you
press Ctrl Alt Del.)
It is unlikely that any errors will occur during testing. If the self
test does find an error, it may display an error message or emit
a series of beeps (called beep codes). See Chapter 7 for a
description of error messages, beep codes, and troubleshooting
procedures for your system.
After a moment you see the following prompt:
Press <Fl> to run Setup
If you want to start the Setup program, press F1. You have
from two to five seconds to press F1 before the prompt
disappears and the system boots.
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