Contents 3

Contents

1 About Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Accessing System Features During Startup. . . . . . . . 9
Front-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Back-Panel Features and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 14
NIC Indicator Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power and System Board Status Codes . . . . . . . . . 17
Collecting System Event Log for Investigation . . . . . 18
POST Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Post Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Other Information You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2 Using the System Setup Program . . . . . . 37
Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System Setup Options at Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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