Specifications
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Getting Started
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Use this option to enable or disable the message ‘Press F2
to enter Setup.’ The default is enabled. Even if you disable
the message, you can always press F2 during the boot
process to enter the Setup Menu.
POST Errors
Use this option to stop the boot if, during the process, the
system encounters boot failure errors. Otherwise, the
system will continue to attempt to boot despite most
startup error messages that display. The default is enabled.
The following errors halt the system when the POST
Errors option is enabled:
1. Fixed disk error
• No drive connected
• Configured for 0 cylinders
• Controller reset failed
• Drive not ready
• Track 0 seek timed out
• Drive initialization failed
• Drive recalibration failed
• Last track seek failed
2. Video error
• Color/Mono switch not set correctly (not applicable to
the EPC-30)
3. Timer error
• System timer (0) failed
4. I/O chip error
• I/O conflicts exist for serial and parallel ports, hard
disk (any or all)
5. Other error
• Embedded Shadowed region exceeded DFFFF
• IRQ conflict, unsupported COM port configuration,
keyboard locked
NOTE: The system displays an error message but will not
halt if it encounters RTC, CMOS, or configuration errors
from the previous POST.