The power-on self test (post), The power-on self test (post) -2 – chiliGREEN X8100 User Manual

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BIOS Utilities

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

The Power-On Self Test (POST)

If you enable the Boot-time Diagnostic Screen in the Setup Utility, 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).

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 disappear and the system will load
the operating system. Once that starts, you can’t get into Setup without rebooting.

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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
the Boot-time Diagnos-
tic Screen is disabled
(see page

5 - 9

as per the

default setting), the POST
screen will not appear.

Figure 5 - 1

POST Screen

CPU = 1 Processors Detected, Cores per Processor = 4
Intel(R) Core(TM) CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz
2040M System RAM Passed
256 KB L2 Cache per Processor Core
6144K L3 Cache Detected
System BIOS shadowed
Video BIOS shadowed

Press to enter SETUP