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System Info, Boot Steps

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HP MaxiLife® Hardware Monitoring HP MaxiLife Test Sequence and Error Messages System Info Boot Steps Obtains information from the BIOS and the system's Serial EEPROM from a previously successful boot. This information includes: product name (HP Kayak XU, or XW), BIOS version, serial number, number of processors and speed, size of memory for each DIMM socket. The following diagram shows how the System Info obtains its information. System Info strings in EEPROM HP MaxiLife HP KAYAK XU Write BIOS LCD Status Panel DMI Table Shows the Power-On Self-Test (POST) codes during the system startup. The POST code is provided by the BIOS and is displayed on the LCD panel as soon as it is available. If the system stops during the startup, the last successful boot step POST code is displayed on the LCD. When Boot Steps is selected, the POST step will be shown on the LCD status panel during the subsequent boot processes. To ensure that HP MaxiLife is ready to display the first POST codes as soon as possible, the Pre-boot diagnostics are not executed when the system is booted with the Boot Steps option selected. The following diagram shows how Boot Steps obtains its information from the BIOS, and then displays a POST error if needed. System info Boot steps Next Go This is a toggle item, which is indicated with a check mark. HP MaxiLife "Write POST Code" "Write POST BIOS ERROR" HP KAYAK XU POST Code 24 Error! POST XXXX 11

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HP MaxiLife® Hardware Monitoring
HP MaxiLife Test Sequence and Error Messages
System Info
Obtains information from the BIOS and the system’s Serial EEPROM from a
previously successful boot. This information includes: product name (HP
Kayak XU, or XW), BIOS version, serial number, number of processors and
speed, size of memory for each DIMM socket.
The following diagram shows how the System Info obtains its information.
Boot Steps
Shows the Power-On Self-Test (POST) codes during the system startup. The
POST code is provided by the BIOS and is displayed on the LCD panel as soon
as it is available. If the system stops during the startup, the last successful
boot step POST code is displayed on the LCD. When Boot Steps is selected,
the POST step will be shown on the LCD status panel during the subsequent
boot processes.
To ensure that HP MaxiLife is ready to display the first POST codes as soon
as possible, the Pre-boot diagnostics are not executed when the system is
booted with the Boot Steps option selected.
The following diagram shows how Boot Steps obtains its information from
the BIOS, and then displays a POST error if needed.
System Info
strings in EEPROM
HP KAYAK XU
LCD Status Panel
BIOS
Write
HP MaxiLife
DMI Table
Error!
POST XXXX
System info
Boot steps
Next
Go
BIOS
“Write
POST
Code”
HP MaxiLife
HP KAYAK XU
POST Code 24
“Write
POST
ERROR”
This is a toggle item,
which is indicated
with a check mark.