User Manual
Table Of Contents
- About this manual
- Chapter 1: Hardware Setup
- Chapter 2: Using your Notebook PC
- Chapter 3: Working with Windows® 10
- Chapter 4: Power-On Self-Test (POST)
- Chapter 5: Upgrading your Notebook PC
- Tips and FAQs
- Appendices
- DVD-ROM Drive Information
- Blu-ray ROM Drive Information
- Internal Modem Compliancy
- Overview
- Network Compatibility Declaration
- Non-Voice Equipment
- Federal Communications Commission Interference Statement
- FCC Radio Frequency (RF) Exposure Caution Statement
- IC Radiation Exposure Statement for Canada
- Déclaration d’Industrie Canada relative à l’exposition aux ondes radio
- Wireless Operation Channel for Different Domains
- UL Safety Notices
- Power Safety Requirement
- TV Notices
- REACH
- Macrovision Corporation Product Notice
- Prevention of Hearing Loss
- Nordic Lithium Cautions (for lithium-ion batteries)
- CTR 21 Approval (for Notebook PC with built-in Modem)
- ENERGY STAR complied product
- Global Environmental Regulation Compliance and Declaration
- Coating Notice
- ASUS Recycling/Takeback Services
- Rechargeable Battery Recycling Service in North America
- Regional notice for California
- Regional notice for Singapore
- Regional notice for India
- Notices for removable batteries
- Avis concernant les batteries remplaçables
- Simplified EU Declaration of Conformity
- RED RF Output table
- DVD-ROM Drive Information
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Notebook PC E-Manual
The Power-On Self-Test (POST)
The POST (Power-On Self-Test) is a series of software-controlled
diagnostic tests that run when you turn on or restart your Notebook PC.
The software that controls the POST is installed as a permanent part of
the Notebook PC’s architecture.
Using POST to access BIOS and Troubleshoot
During POST, you can access the BIOS settings or run troubleshooting
options using the function keys of your Notebook PC. You may refer to
the following information for more details.
BIOS
The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) stores system hardware
settings that are needed for system startup in the Notebook PC.
The default BIOS settings apply to most conditions of your Notebook
PC. Do not change the default BIOS settings except in the following
circumstances:
• Anerrormessageappearsonscreenduringsystembootupand
requests you to run the BIOS Setup.
• Youhaveinstalledanewsystemcomponentthatrequiresfurther
BIOS settings or updates.
WARNING! Using inappropriate BIOS settings may result to system
instability or boot failure. We strongly recommend that you change the
BIOS settings only with the help of a trained service personnel.
Accessing BIOS
Enter the BIOS settings by using any of the following methods: