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If you have a device with a bootable operating system but see this message
anyway, reboot and use BIOS Setup to make sure your boot device settings
are correct.
Hot Keys for POST
Table 3 lists the hot keys you can use during POST to access setup utilities and alter the normal
POST execution.
Table 3.
Hot Keys
To Do This:
Abort memory test during POST.
Resume after a POST error is displayed. (The
system pauses after displaying an error.)
Enter BIOS Setup during POST.
Boot to the service partition.
Boot from a network using Preboot Execution
Environment (PXE).
Remove the splash screen to view the diagnostic
messages during POST and display a menu for
selecting the boot device.
Enter the Adaptec SCSISelect Utility during POST.
* Press any of these keys when the prompt "Press <F2> to enter Setup..." is displayed.
Press These Keys:
<Space>
Press while BIOS is updating memory size on screen.
<F1>
<F2>*
<F4>*
<F12>*
<ESC>*
Note: Using BIOS Setup, you can enable the
Boot-Time Diagnostic Screen, in which case POST
does not display the splash screen.
Note: If you use the displayed menu to change the
boot device, the change affects the current boot only.
<Ctrl+A>*
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