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Using security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Shutting down your operating system
Turning off your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 4. Configuring your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the IBM Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the SCSISelect Utility program (some models) . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Intel Boot Agent Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 5. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Desktop model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tower model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting external options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Chapter 6. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Power-on self-test (POST). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Small computer system interface (SCSI) messages (some models)
Diagnostic programs and error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Other diagnostic programs
Troubleshooting charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Intel Boot Agent messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Recovering your operating system and preinstalled software. . . . . . . . 106
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Desktop Management Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Anti-intrusion features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Component protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Locking the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Starting the IBM Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
IBM Setup Utility main menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Starting the SCSISelect Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SCSISelect menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Starting the Intel Boot Agent Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Intel Boot Agent Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
System reliability considerations
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Major components of the desktop model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
System board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing options in a desktop model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Major components of the tower model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
System and PCI extender boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Installing options in a tower model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Input/output connector locations
Input/output connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Starting the diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Viewing the test log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Diagnostic error message tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Software error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Troubleshooting the Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Ethernet controller messages
Recovering or installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Recovering the operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Using the Recovery Repair diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Using ConfigSafe and the Save Our System (SOS) feature . . . . . . . 108
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