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1. SCREEN INDICATIONS AND OPERATIONS
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When the power is turned on, POST is executed. The BIOS messages
listed below may be displayed. Refer to the table below to solve any
problems you may encounter.
BIOS message *1 Description
Diskette drive A[B] error E An error occurred on floppy drive A[B].
Entering SETUP… I Preparation to activate BIOS/SETUP is underway.
Fixed Disk x failure E The hard disk is faulty.
Mouse initialized I The pointing device was initialized.
Operating system not found E The OS cannot be found. Check if the drive is set
correctly.
Press <F1> to resume, <F2> to SETUP E This message is displayed if an error occurs in POST
execution. Pressing the <F1> key activates the OS.
Pressing the <F2> key activates BIOS/SETUP.
Press <F2> to enter SETUP I Pressing the <F2> key activates BIOS/SETUP.
Previous boot incomplete — Default configuration
used
E The previous activation was unsuccessful. So, de-
fault values are used partly for activation.
System BIOS shadowed I The system BIOS was shadowed.
Video BIOS shadowed I The video BIOS was shadowed.
System CMOS checksum bad — run SETUP E The contents of the CMOS RAM contain an error.
Start over again from BIOS/SETUP.
UMB upper limit segment address: xxxx I The upper segment of UMB is xxxx.
xxxxxxxK Extended RAM Passed I The extended RAM has been checked.
xxxxxxxK System RAM Passed I The system RAM has been checked.
*1 BIOS message type: [E] for error. [I] for information.
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BIOS Messages