User`s guide

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Connecting the components
Use the following guidance to connect the components together. It
is important that you take each step in the order indicated.
1. Before connecting any components, ensure that the AC power
supply is switched off or disconnected, and that the system
unit, the monitor, and any peripherals are turned off.
2. Connect the components’ signal cables to their respective ports
on the system unit: keyboard, mouse, monitor, audio (where
appropriate) and any other peripherals. Where appropriate,
connect the computer to the network.
3. Connect the various power cords: monitor, system unit and
any other peripherals to nearby, grounded AC power outlets.
Then switch on or connect the AC power supply.
Turning on the PC
To turn on the computer, simply press the P
OWER
button. The
colour of the Power Mode indicator turns from [red] to [green].
Remember that the monitor has its own power button or switch; see
the monitor’s User Guide for details.
Power-on self-test (POST)
Whenever the computer is turned on, a power-on self-test (POST)
routine tests various hardware components, and compares the actual
configuration of the computer with that recorded in its permanent
memory. During this time, BIOS sign-on and POST messages may
be displayed. These messages are not significant unless they report
errors – see the BIOS Setup & POST chapter.
Booting the operating system
Provided that POST succeeds without discovering any serious errors
or configuration discrepancies, the computer attempts to find an
operating system; that is, it attempts to ‘boot’.
Mitsubishi server PCs are typically supplied with either
Windows NT, or MS-DOS/Netware (or equivalent), already in