2-4 Setting Up the System
Startup
Press the power button to start up your system. The power lamp lights
green to indicate that the system is on. The NEC startup screen appears.
At the bottom of this screen, messages like the following appear:
Press <F2> key if you want to run Setup
Press ESC to display POST
Note
These messages are part of your system’s Power-On Self-Test
(POST). Your computer is checking your hardware for any changes since
the last startup. To see the messages displayed during POST, press ESC.
If you want to go into the Setup Utility, press
F2
.
One beep indicates that the system has successfully completed the power-
on test. After about 5 seconds, Windows starts up.
If a problem occurs, a series of beeps may sound. If this happens
repeatedly after powering on, power off the system and turn to Chapter 6,
“Solving System Problems.” This chapter provides helpful hints on
obvious system problems.
Note
If the system displays a message indicating that system settings
have changed, run the BIOS Setup utility (see Chapter 3, “Configuring the
System”).
On systems loaded with the Windows NT
®
4.0 operating system, press
Ctrl
Alt
Del
when prompted on-screen to do so. The log-on box appears
for entering a password.
Shutdown
Follow these steps to shut down (power off) your computer.
1.
Save your work. See the documentation that comes with your
application.
2.
Exit the application program.
3.
Make sure that the hard drive, diskette drive, and any other drives are
not in use. A lit device lamp indicates that the device is in use.