3
Starting and Testing
This chapter tells you how to:
• Turn on your workstation
• Use the power-up and system self-tests
• Check your workstation configuration
• Boot the workstation software if your workstation has factory-installed
software
• Boot the workstation software if your workstation is on a network
• Boot the workstation software if you are installing it from an external
drive
• Turn off your workstation
3.1 Turning On Your Workstation
To turn on your workstation:
1. Press the 1 on the on/off switch on the back of the system unit.
2. If necessary, turn on your monitor.
• If the monitor gets its power through the system unit, it will go on
when you turn on the system unit.
• If the monitor is plugged into a wall outlet, press the 1 on its on/off
switch to turn it on.
3. As soon as you’ve turned on the system unit, the following things happen:
• A green indicator light glows on the front of the system unit.
• A green indicator light flashes quickly twice on the front of the
monitor.
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