HP VECTRA VL800 - Manual (Page 15)

1 Setting Up and Using Your PC
Starting and Stopping Your PC
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Starting and Stopping Your PC
Starting Your PC for the First Time
If your PC has preinstalled software, it is initialized the first time you start
the PC. The software initialization process takes a few minutes. This
process sets up the software in your language and sets up your software to
use the hardware installed in your computer (you can change the settings
after the software has been initialized).
Starting Your PC
1 Before you start your PC, first switch on the display.
2 Start your PC in one of these ways:
• Press the power button on the front panel.
• Press the keyboard space bar (multimedia models only).
The keyboard power-on feature will work only if the appropriate
system board switch is set (the default setting is enabled).
When you switch on the computer, it carries out the Power-On-Self-
Test (POST) while the PC’s logo is displayed. If you wish to view the
details of this test, press the
Esc key. If there is an error in the POST,
the error will automatically be displayed.
3 If you have set a password in the PC’s Setup program, the password
prompt displays after the POST has completed. If the Password prompt
is displayed, type your password and press
Enter to be able to use the
PC.