Turning On the Computer

After you set up your system, you are ready to turn on the power. Follow these steps:

1.Turn your computer around so the front panel faces you. Place your monitor, printer, and other devices in a convenient arrangement.

2.If there is a protective card in the diskette drive, remove it now.

3.Turn on the monitor, printer, and any other devices connected to the computer.

4.Turn on the computer by pressing the power button on the right side of the front panel.

The screen displays a count of the system memory, and then the computer performs its power-on diagnostics, which are a series of checks that make sure everything is working correctly.

5.If necessary, use the controls on your monitor to adjust the brightness and contrast until you can easily see the characters on the screen.

If your system is configured to automatically load a program (such as Microsoft Windows or a word processing program), you see the first menu or screen display of that program. If not, you may see the operating system prompt, such as C:\> or A:\>.

If there is no operating system installed on your computer, you see an error message. Ignore the message for now; once you install the operating system, you will not see this message.

Now follow the instructions in the next section to configure your system using the SETUP program.

Setting Up Your System

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