åAre the keyboard and display cables connected correctly?
åIs the display turned on? Are the brightness and contrast of the display adjusted correctly? If your display has brightness and contrast controls, adjust them.
åIf you still donÕt see anything on your screen, restart your computer. Press and hold the computerÕs power button for 5 or 6 seconds, until the computer turns off. Press it again to turn on the computer.
åIf you see a blinking question mark on the screen or a series of flashes from the status light, see Chapter 4, ÒTroubleshooting,Ó on page 53.
Putting Your Mac Pro to Sleep or Shutting It Down
When you finish working, you can put your Mac Pro to sleep or shut it down.
Putting Your Mac Pro to Sleep
If you will be away from your Mac Pro for only a short time, put the computer to sleep. When the computer is in sleep, the displayÕs screen is dark. You can quickly wake the computer from sleep and bypass the startup process.
To put the computer to sleep, do one of the following: å Choose Apple ( ) > Sleep.
åPress the power button on the front of your Mac Pro.
åChoose Apple ( ) > System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and set a sleep timer.
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