IBM INTELLISTATION E PRO 6204, User Manual

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Chapter 3. Operating your computer
This chapter provides information for the day-to-day use of your computer.
Turning on your computer
Do the following to start your computer:
1. Turn on all peripheral devices first.
2. Press the power-control button on your computer. For the location of the power-
control button, see “Computer controls and indicators” on page 8.
What you see and hear when you start up your computer depends on the features
installed and the settings in the IBM Setup Utility program.
If power-on self-test (POST) detects a problem, there might be a series of beeps or no
beep, and a numeric error message might appear on the screen. Write down any
beep series and error code numbers with descriptions, then see “Troubleshooting
charts” on page 92 for the explanation of error codes.
During startup, the following messages might be displayed briefly:
• To start the Product Recovery Program, Press F11
• Hit <F2> if you want to run SETUP
•
Press CTRL+A for SCSISelect Utility
(some models only)
To use these features, press the appropriate function key or keys quickly. The
messages appear for only seconds. For more information about these messages,
see “Using the IBM Setup Utility program” on page 27 and “Using the SCSISelect
Utility program (some models)” on page 32.
During startup, you might not see Hit <F2> if you want to run SETUP . If you want
to see the prompt, see instructions for displaying the prompt in “Using the IBM Setup
Utility program” on page 27.
The IBM Setup Utility program will help you configure your computer with passwords,
PCI adapter configuration, and other options. The IBM Setup Utility menu is
displayed at the top of the screen. To navigate the menu and screen items, follow the
directions on the right of the screen.
The operating system and application programs initiate from the hard disk drive. If
your computer is attached to a network, the computer will begin attaching to any LANs
and remote applications to which you have access. A network administrator can also
"wake up" your computer (start it remotely) to download programs or gather
information about computer performance. For more information see, “Wake on LAN”
on page 21.
Using video features
Your computer has an accelerated graphics port (AGP) graphics adapter that renders
2D or 3D image quality and that uses a standard video protocol for displaying text and
graphic images on a monitor screen. The adapter supports a variety of video modes.
Video modes are different combinations of resolution, refresh rate, and color defined
by a video standard for displaying text or graphics.