Packard Bell MH4000 manual Monitoring Post while it is running

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Monitoring POST while it is running

Each time you turn on the system, the power-on self- test (POST) runs automatically and checks the system board, CPU, memory, keyboard, and most installed peripheral devices.

During the memory test, POST displays the amount of memory that it is able to access and test. Depending on the amount of memory, it may take several minutes to complete the memory test. When the memory test completes, the following is displayed:

Press F2 key if you want to run SETUP

If you do not press <F2>, the above message remains for a few seconds and the boot process continues.

When this message appears:

Press <Ctrl><A> for SCSISelect™ Utility!

Press <Ctrl+A> if you have installed SCSI devices in your system. When the utility appears, follow the instructions on your monitor to configure the SCSI host adapter settings and run the SCSI disk utilities. See Chapter 4, Configuring Your System.

If you choose not to run the SCSISelect Utility, the boot process continues.

If POST finds an error, it displays an error message and, in case there is a problem with the display, puts out a series of long and short beeps. Write down any beep code emitted. This information is useful to your service representative.

Refer to the BIOS User’s Information section in this chapter for a list of items to check for each error code and for an explanation of the error beep codes.

Table 6-1 lists keys active during POST and provides a description of errors that may occur.

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