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Turning on the computer – Epson EL 3S/33 User Manual

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Turning On the Computer

After you set up your system, you are ready to turn on the

power. Follow these steps:

1. Turn your computer around so the front panel faces you.

Place your monitor, printer, and other devices in a

convenient arrangement.

2. If there is a protective card in the diskette drive, remove it

now.

3. Turn on the monitor, printer, and any other devices

connected to the computer.

4. Turn on the computer by pressing the power button on the

right side of the front panel.

The screen displays a count of the system memory, and then

the computer performs its power-on diagnostics, which are

a series of checks that make sure everything is working

correctly.

5. If necessary, use the controls on your monitor to adjust the

brightness and contrast until you can easily see the

characters on the screen.

If your system is configured to automatically load a program

(such as Microsoft Windows or a word processing

program), you see the first menu or screen display of that

program. If not, you may see the operating system prompt,

such as C:\> or A:\>.

If there is no operating system installed on your computer,

you see an error message. Ignore the message for now; once

you install the operating system, you will not see this message.

Now follow the instructions in the next section to configure

your system using the SETUP program.

Setting Up Your System

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