Macrovision Corporation T200V, User Manual

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BIOS Utilities
The Power-On Self Test (POST) 5 - 3
5
The Power-On Self Test (POST)
Each time you turn on the computer, the system takes a few seconds to con-
duct a POST, including a quick test of the RAM.
However you will only see
the POST screen as illustrated in
Figure 5 - 1
if you have “ Enabled ” the
Boot-Time Diagnostic option (see “Boot-time Diagnostic Screen: (Ad-
vanced Menu)” on page 5 - 11 ).
As the POST proceeds, the computer will tell you if there is anything wrong.
If there is a problem which prevents the system from booting, it will display a
system summary and prompt you to run
Setup .
If there are no problems, the Setup prompt will disappear and the system will
load the operating system. Once that starts, you can’t get into Setup without
rebooting.
POST Screen &
Phoenix Firstware
Note that you may not
see the
POST screen as
illustrated in Figure 5 -
1 , if the Boot-Time Di-
agnostic option is disa-
bled.
If you have enabled the
Boot-Time Diagnostic
option then the Phoenix
FirstWare Utilities
menu will not appear.
At any time during the
boot process you can
press the
F2 key to enter
the Setup configuration
utility.