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3 Troubleshooting Your PC If Your PC Does Not Start Properly In the Setup program, go to the Security group, and the "Start-up Center" submenu. Change the IRQ setting for the setup item "Start from Modem". (Refer to "HP Setup Program", on page 54.) If a POST Error Message is Displayed The Power-On-System-Test (POST) can detect both an error and a change to the configuration. In either case, an error code and short description is displayed. Depending on the kind of error, you will have one or more of these choices available on screen: • Press to ignore the message and continue. • Press to run Setup and correct a system configuration error. HP recommends that you correct the error before proceeding, even if the PC appears to start successfully. • Press to accept (validate) the change and update Setup's configuration information. • Press to see more details about the message. After viewing these details, you will be returned to the original POST display screen. If the message is actually a change to the configuration you have made (for example, you have just removed some memory), you can then press to accept the change and update Setup's configuration information. Otherwise, press to ignore the message and continue, or press to run Setup and correct a system configuration error. (The number of choices you will have available are dependent on the kind of error.) English 35

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3
Troubleshooting Your PC
If Your PC Does Not Start Properly
In the Setup program, go to the Security group, and the “Start-up
Center” submenu. Change the IRQ setting for the setup item “Start
from Modem”. (Refer to
"HP Setup Program", on page 54.)
If a POST Error Message is Displayed
The Power-On-System-Test (POST) can detect both an error and a
change to the configuration. In either case, an error code and short
description is displayed. Depending on the kind of error, you will have
one or more of these choices available on screen:
•
Press
to ignore the message and continue.
•
Press
to run
Setup
and correct a system configuration
error
. HP
recommends that you correct the error before proceeding, even if
the PC appears to start successfully.
•
Press
to accept (validate) the change and update
Setup’s
configuration information.
•
Press
to see more details about the message. After viewing
these details, you will be returned to the original POST display
screen. If the message is actually a change to the configuration you
have made (for example, you have just removed some memory), you
can then press
to accept the change and update
Setup’s
configuration information. Otherwise, press
to ignore the
message and continue, or press
to run
Setup
and correct a
system configuration
error
. (The number of choices you will have
available are dependent on the kind of error.)