Epson Endeavor User Manual - Page 131

Error Messages, and press Enter . The screen displays the MS-DOS version

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1. Turn on your computer. 2. When the computer performs its power-on memory test, the version number of your video BIOS appears at the top of the screen. Next, the system BIOS version number appears in a window at the bottom of the screen. Quickly write down these version numbers. If you do not have enough time to do this, press [ctri l) Aiit [E] and try again. 3. When you see Press Del to start SETUP, press [El. Write down the necessary configuration information shown on the SETUP screens; then exit SETUP without changing your configuration. (See Chapter 2 of the Setup Guide for instructions.) 4. If you are using MS-DOS, at the command prompt type VER and press Enter . The screen displays the MS-DOS version number. Write it down. (If you are using another operating system, see the manuals that came with it for instructions on obtaining the version number.) Error Messages Your computer's built-in memory (ROM) contains a series of diagnostics programs, called power-on diagnostics, which your computer runs automatically every time you turn it on. These programs check internal devices such as ROM, RAM, the timer, the keyboard controller, and the hard disk drive. 6-2 Troubleshooting

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1.
Turn on your computer.
2.
When the computer performs its power-on memory test,
the version number of your video BIOS appears at the top
of the screen. Next, the system BIOS version number
appears in a window at the bottom of the screen. Quickly
write down these version numbers. If
you do not have
enough time to do this, press
[ctrl)
Ait
[E]
and try
ii
again.
3.
When you see Press
Del
to start
SETUP,
press
[El.
Write down the necessary configuration information shown
on the SETUP screens; then exit SETUP without changing
your configuration. (See Chapter 2 of the
Setup Guide
for
instructions.)
4.
If you are using
MS-DOS, at the command prompt type
VER
and press Enter . The screen displays the MS-DOS version
number. Write it down. (If you are using another operating
system, see the manuals that came with it for instructions
on obtaining the version number.)
Error Messages
Your computer’s built-in memory (ROM) contains a series of
diagnostics programs, called power-on diagnostics, which your
computer runs automatically every time you turn it on. These
programs check internal devices such as ROM, RAM, the timer,
the keyboard controller, and the hard disk drive.
6-2 Troubleshooting