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Chapter 2: Starting Up the System
2.1 Starting Up Your System
1. After all connections are made, close your computer case cover.
2. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case
according to your system user’s manual.
3. Turn on your peripheral in following order:
a. Your monitor.
b.
Other external peripheral (Printer, Scanner, External Modem etc…)
c.
Your system power. For ATX power supplies, you need to turn on the power supply and press
the ATX power switch on the front side of the case.
4. The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light. The LED on the monitor may light up
or switch between orange and green after the system is on. If it complies with green standards or if it
is has a power standby feature. The system will then run power-on test. While the tests are running,
the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional message will appear on the screen.
If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power. The system may
have failed on power-on test. Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for
assistance.
5. During power-on, press <Del> key to enter BIOS setup. Follow the instructions in BIOS SETUP.
6. If you wish to boot from a different bootable device other than the default arrangement under the BIOS,
you may press <F11> key during the system power-on (post); a menu with all detected bootable
devices which are attached to the system will be displayed. Then you may select the desired first
bootable device from this menu.
7.
Power off your computer:
You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switch off
the power switch. For ATX power supply, you can press ATX power switching after exiting or shutting
down your operating system. If you use Windows Operating Systems, click
“Start”
button, click
“Shut down”
and then click
“Shut down the computer”
The power supply should turn off after
windows shut down.
