POST Indicators
POST | that | are | being | performed | as | the |
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system | is preparing to load the | operating system. The POST indicators are | words |
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that | display | on | the | system | console. Each | time | that | the | system | starts a | different | step | |||||||||
in the | POST, a POST indicator word | appears on the console. Each | word is | an |
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indicator of | the tests | that | are | being | performed. |
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The | POST | screen displays the following words: |
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Memory |
| Memory test |
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Keyboard |
| Initialize | the | keyboard | and mouse. The time period for pressing | a | key | to | |||||||||||||
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| access | the | System | Management Services, | or | to | boot | from | a default | boot |
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| list | is | now | open. See | “POST | Keys” | on | page 7 | for | more information. |
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Network |
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SCSI |
| Adapters | are being | initialized |
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Speaker |
| Sounds | an | audible | tone | at | the end | of | POST |
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