Technical information

What Happens after Power-On?
What Happens When Power Is Turned On?
One of the following prompts appears when the computer is turned on:
An operating system screen
An operating system screen appears when the computer is operating
correctly. The screen appearance may differ depending on your operating
system.
F2
F10
F1
This screen appears when an operating system is not found. It instructs you
to insert a self-starting diskette into the diskette drive and press F1 to start
the diskette. The order in which the computer checks the drives for an
operating system is set in the drive-startup sequence. See “Using the
Selectable Drive-Startup Sequence” on page 47 for more information.
.03.31
23:59:59
Month Day
Hour Month Second
Year
1995
This screen instructs you to set the date and time for the first time. Enter the
date and time (see page 44); then press Enter.
This screen indicates that a failure occurred during the power-on self-test
(POST). See page 207 for the necessary actions.
This icon appears when a power-on password is set. To start the computer,
enter the correct password.
This icon appears when a hard-disk password is set. To unlock the hard disk
drive, enter the correct password.
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