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Chapter 3. Operating and caring for your computer This chapter provides information to help you in the day-to-day use and care of your computer. Starting your computer For instructions to start your computer, see "Starting your computer for the first time" on page 17. What you see and hear when you start up your computer depends on the features installed and the settings in the Configuration/Setup Utility program. If Power-on self test (POST) detects a problem, you hear multiple beeps (or no beep) and an error message might appear on the screen. Write down any error code numbers and descriptions. See Chapter 6, "Troubleshooting" on page 87 for more information. During POST, the following message appears: Press F12 for Network Boot Press F1 for Configuration/Setup If your computer is properly connected and configured to load a startup image from the network, a request is sent and a startup image is loaded into your computer. If the request is unsuccessful or there is no network connection, the operating system and application programs are loaded from the hard disk. Your computer can "wake up" and be started remotely over a network if it has a properly configured network connection. For more information, see "Wake on LAN" on page 29 and"Changing and viewing the startup sequence" on page 51 . If the system hardware configuration has changed or an error is detected, the Configuration/Setup Utility program menu might be displayed when you press Enter. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2000 25

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Chapter 3.
Operating and caring for your
computer
This chapter provides information to help you in the day-to-day use and
care of your computer.
Starting your computer
For instructions to start your computer, see “Starting your computer for the
first time” on page
17.
What you see and hear when you start up your computer depends on the
features installed and the settings in the Configuration/Setup Utility
program.
If Power-on self test (POST) detects a problem, you hear multiple beeps (or
no beep) and an error message might appear on the screen.
Write down
any error code numbers and descriptions.
See Chapter
6,
“Troubleshooting” on page
87 for more information.
During POST, the following message appears:
Press F12 for Network Boot
Press F1 for Configuration/Setup
If your computer is properly connected and configured to load a startup
image from the network, a request is sent and a startup image is loaded
into your computer.
If the request is unsuccessful or there is no network
connection, the operating system and application programs are loaded from
the hard disk.
Your computer can “wake up” and be started remotely over a network if it
has a properly configured network connection.
For more information, see
“Wake on LAN” on page
29 and“Changing and viewing the startup
sequence” on page
51 .
If the system hardware configuration has changed or an error is detected,
the Configuration/Setup Utility program menu might be displayed when
you press Enter.
Copyright IBM Corp. 2000
25