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Starting Your Personal Computer

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Starting Your Personal Computer Note: If your computer is configured correctly, it can be started remotely over a network. For more information, see "Wake on LAN" on page 54. 1. Turn on all external devices, and then turn on your computer. Numbers showing the amount of memory being tested appear in the top-left corner of the screen until the total amount of memory in the system is reached. Your computer is running the power-on self-test (POST). Options for running a fast POST or accessing the Configuration/Setup Utility program appear in the lower-left corner of the screen. If POST finishes without detecting a problem, you hear one beep, and the first screen of your operating system or application program appears6 (if you have not set a power-on password). If you have set a power-on password, complete step 2. 2. 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 "Passwords" on page 40 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. Note: 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 descriptions.) Write down all error code numbers and descriptions. For information on what caused an error message to appear and what action to take, refer to "Solving POST Error Message Problems" on page 64 and "POST Message Charts" on page 67. If you hear no beep during POST, refer to "Troubleshooting Charts" on page 85. You might need to have your computer serviced. 6 IBM PCs with integrated Etnernet have special factory settings that affect the primary startup sequence. The computer tries to perform a remote program load (RPL) of the operating system. If RPL is unsuccessful, several messages might appear and then your computer loads the operating system from the hard disk drive. For information on the messages that might appear, see "Error Messages Specific to the Integrated Ethernet" on page 97. 20 Using Your Personal Computer

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Starting Your Personal Computer
Note:
If your computer is configured correctly, it can be started remotely over a
network.
For more information, see “Wake on LAN” on page
54.
1.
Turn on all external devices, and then turn on your computer.
Numbers showing the amount of memory being tested appear in the top-left
corner of the screen until the total amount of memory in the system is reached.
Your computer is running the power-on self-test (POST).
Options for running a
fast POST or accessing the Configuration/Setup Utility program appear in the
lower-left corner of the screen.
If POST finishes without detecting a problem, you hear one beep, and the first
screen of your operating system or application program appears
6
(if you have
not set a power-on password).
If you have set a power-on password, complete
step 2.
2.
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 “Passwords” on page
40 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.
Note:
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 descriptions.)
Write down all error code numbers and descriptions.
For
information on what caused an error message to appear and what action to
take, refer to “Solving POST Error Message Problems” on page
64 and
“POST Message Charts” on page
67.
If you hear no beep during POST, refer to “Troubleshooting Charts” on
page
85.
You might need to have your computer serviced.
6
IBM PCs with integrated Etnernet have special factory settings that affect the primary startup
sequence.
The computer tries to perform a remote program load (RPL) of the operating system.
If
RPL is unsuccessful, several messages might appear and then your computer loads the operating
system from the hard disk drive.
For information on the messages that might appear, see “Error
Messages Specific to the Integrated Ethernet” on page
97.
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Using Your Personal Computer