Toshiba Magnia 3100 User Guide - Page 63

POST Power On Self-Test

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Getting Started POST (Power On Self-Test) 41 POST (Power On Self-Test) When the power button on the front panel is pressed after the DC power button on the back of the server was turned on, the server is turned on and the "POST (Power On Self-Test)" (self-diagnosing function) is automatically executed. The motherboard, microprocessor, memory, keyboard and some of the peripheral devices are automatically checked by the POST. During the memory test, the storage capacity of the memory that is accessed and tested by the POST is shown on the display. The following message appears on the display depending on the setup status of the system. Press to enter SETUP If the key is pressed following the message, the BIOS setup utility is started up. If the key is not pressed, ignoring the message, the system continues the startup operation. If an error is detected by the POST, the operator is warned about it in one of the two different ways, depending on the kind of the error: one is by buzzer sound (beep code) in mid-course of testing, and the other is by an error code and error message appearing on the display after the POST is complete.

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Getting Started
POST (Power On Self-Test)
41
POST (Power On Self-Test)
When the power button on the front panel is pressed after the DC
power button on the back of the server was turned on, the server is
turned on and the “POST (Power On Self-Test)” (self-diagnosing
function) is automatically executed. The motherboard, micropro-
cessor, memory, keyboard and some of the peripheral devices are
automatically checked by the POST. During the memory test, the
storage capacity of the memory that is accessed and tested by the
POST is shown on the display.
The following message appears on the display depending on the
setup status of the system.
If the <F2> key is pressed following the message, the BIOS setup
utility is started up. If the <F2> key is not pressed, ignoring the
message, the system continues the startup operation.
If an error is detected by the POST, the operator is warned about it
in one of the two different ways, depending on the kind of the
error: one is by buzzer sound (beep code) in mid-course of testing,
and the other is by an error code and error message appearing on
the display after the POST is complete.
Press <F2> to enter SETUP