Chapter 3. Operating Your Computer; Starting Your Computer; Using Video Features - IBM IntelliStation M Pro User Manual

Chapter 3. Operating Your Computer

This chapter provides information for the day-to-day use of your computer.

Starting your computer

If you are starting your computer for the first time, see "Starting your computer
the first time" on page 11. After you review that section, return to this page for
further instructions.
What you see and hear when you start up your computer depends on the features
installed and the settings in the BIOS 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 59 for the explanation of error codes.
During start up, the following messages might be displayed briefly:
v To start the Product Recovery Program, Press F11
v Hit <F2> if you want to run SETUP
v 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
"Starting your computer the first time" on page 11.
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
BIOS Setup Utility program" on page 23.
The BIOS Setup Utility program will help you configure your computer with
passwords, PCI adapter configuration, as well as other options. The BIOS 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 19.

Using video features

Your computer has an accelerated graphics port (AGP) graphics adapter 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.
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