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BIOS Utilities

5 - 2 The Power-On Self Test (POST)

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The Power-On Self Test (POST)

Each time you turn on the computer, the system takes a few seconds to conduct a
POST, including a quick test of the on-board RAM (memory). The screen below
will appear if you have enabled the Boot-time Diagnostic Screen (see

“Boot-time

Diagnostic Screen: (Advanced Menu)” on page 5 - 10

).

As the POST proceeds, the computer will tell you if there is anything wrong. If there
is a problem that prevents the system from booting, it will display a system summary
and prompt you to run Setup. If there are no problems, the Setup prompt will disap-
pear and the system will load the operating system. Once that starts, you can’t get
into Setup without rebooting.

POST Screen

1.BIOS information
2.CPU type
3.Memory status
4.Enter Setup prompt

appears only during
POST

Note: The POST screen
as pictured right is for
guideline purposes only.
The POST screen on
your computer may ap-
pear slightly different. If
you disable the Boot-
time Diagnostic Screen
,
the POST screen will not
appear.

Figure 5 - 1

POST Screen

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CPU = 1 Processors Detected, Cores per Processor = 2

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU

T5250 @ 1.50GHz

1015M System RAM Passed

2048 KB L2 Cache

System BIOS shadowed

Video BIOS shadowed

Fixed Disk 0: FUJITSU MHW2100BH

ATAPI CD-ROM: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7530B

Mouse intialized

Press to enter SETUP

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