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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 - 9

).

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

Phoenix SecureCore(tm) NB
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All Rights Reserved
Bios Revision: ********
KBC/EC Firmware Revision: ********
CPU = 1 Processors Detected, Cores per Processor = 2
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU

U9300 @ 1.20GHz

990M System RAM Passed
3072 KB L2 Cache
System BIOS shadowed
Video BIOS shadowed
Fixed Disk 0: FUJITSU MHY2120BH
ATAPI CD-ROM: TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633A
Mouse intialized

Press to enter SETUP

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