Powering On Your System - NEC I-Select TW100 User Manual

I-Select TS100 / I-Select TW100 User Guide - Setting Up Your System

Powering On your System

Power on your system as follows.
1. Make sure all external devices, such as a video display, keyboard, and mouse
(optional) have been connected, and the power cords are connected.
2. Power on the video display and any other external devices.
control unit such as an UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply)
make sure that the power control unit is powered on.
3. Press lightly on the front connectors door to open it.
4. Press the POWER switch to power on the system. The POWER lamp lights
green. If it is not lit, ensure the ac power cord is connected to a functional ac
power source.
After a few seconds your system begins the internal Power-On Self Tests (POST).
POST automatically checks the system board, CPU(s), memory, keyboard, mouse, and
most installed peripheral devices. POST also displays the start messages of the BIOS
setup utility during execution.
The POST check results should be checked in the following cases:
When the system is being used for the first time.
When the system appears to fail.
When the system beeps many times between power-on and OS start-up.
When an error message appears on the screen.
refer to subsection POST Error Codes and Messages in Chap-
ter 5 of this Guide.
If the power cord is connected to a power control device
such as a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), make sure
that the power control device is powered.
Do not turn off the system until characters following the
Boot-BIOS logo display on the screen.
Note:
If the system power cord(s) is connected to a power
Note:
For error messages that appear on the display unit,
Caution
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