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Socket 7 Power Switch Power-On Light Hard-Disk Drive Light Client (Workstation) LAN Light Diskette Eject Button Diskette Drive Light Starting Your Computer What you see and hear when you start up your computer depends upon the settings in the Start Options menu of the Configuration/Setup Utility Program. The default settings are Power On Status [Disabled] and Power On Self Test [Quick]. Note: There are other selections that might also change what is displayed. The following briefly describes what you see in the default mode when you turn on your computer: The IBM logo appears Press F1 for Configuration/Setup prompt appears - If any errors were detected during POST, they are displayed. If you have set a power-on password, a prompt appears on the screen. If you have set both power-on and administrator passwords, you can type either password at the password prompt. (Refer to "System Security" on page 45 for instructions on setting and using passwords.) Type your password at the prompt and press Enter. The first screen of your operating system or application program appears. If Power On Status is [Enabled], and POST finishes without detecting a problem, you hear one beep. If POST detects a problem when you start your computer, you hear multiple beeps or no beep. In most cases, an error code appears in the top-left corner of the screen, and in some cases a description of the error is displayed beside the code. (Note that the screen will sometimes display multiple error codes and 28 Using Your Personal Computer

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Socket 7
Socket 7
Hard-Disk
Drive Light
Diskette
Drive Light
Diskette
Eject Button
Client (Workstation)
LAN Light
Power Switch
Power-On Light
Starting Your Computer
What you see and hear when you start up your computer depends upon the
settings in the
Start Options
menu of the Configuration/Setup Utility Program.
The default settings are
Power On Status
[
Disabled
] and
Power On Self Test
[
Quick
].
Note:
There are other selections that might also change what is displayed.
The following briefly describes what you see in the default mode when you turn on
your computer:
±
The IBM logo appears
±
Press F1 for Configuration/Setup
prompt appears
–
If any errors were detected during POST, they are displayed.
±
If you have set a power-on password, a prompt appears on the screen.
If you
have set both power-on and administrator passwords, you can type either
password at the password prompt.
(Refer to “System Security” on page
45 for
instructions on setting and using passwords.)
Type your password at the
prompt and press
Enter
.
±
The first screen of your operating system or application program appears.
If
Power On Status
is [
Enabled
], and POST finishes without detecting a problem,
you hear one beep.
If POST detects a problem when you start your computer, you
hear multiple beeps or no beep.
In most cases, an error code appears in the top-left
corner of the screen, and in some cases a description of the error is displayed beside
the code.
(Note that the screen will sometimes display multiple error codes and
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Using Your Personal Computer