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MaxiLife Test Sequence and Error Messages
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| The main menu is displayed when any of the LCD buttons are pressed | |||||||||||||||||
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| Workstation is turned off). The Main Menu comprises three | |||||||||||||||||
| System Info, Boot Steps and Diagnostics. | |||||||||||||||||
a”u½ | Obtains information from the BIOS and the system’s Serial EEPROM from a | |||||||||||||||||
| previously successful boot. This information includes: product name, BIOS | |||||||||||||||||
| version, serial number, number of processors and speed, size of memory for | |||||||||||||||||
| each socket. The following diagram shows how the System Info obtains its | |||||||||||||||||
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BIOS
LCD Status Panel
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Shows the | ||||
| The POST code is provided by the BIOS and is displayed on the LCD panel | |||
| as soon as it is available. If the system stops during the startup, the last | |||
| successful boot step POST code is displayed on the LCD. When Boot Steps | |||
| is selected, the POST step will be shown on the LCD status panel during the | |||
| subsequent boot processes. | |||
| To ensure that MaxiLife is ready to display the first POST codes as soon as | |||
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| booted with the Boot Steps option selected. The following diagram shows | |||
| how Boot Steps obtains its information from the BIOS, and then displays a | |||
| POST error if needed. |
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This is a toggle item, which is indicated with a check mark
“Write
POST Code”
MaxiLife
BIOS
“Write
POST
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