Epson ActionPC 5000 User Manual page 26

Before you turn on your computer, be sure to read the
Important Safety Instructions at the beginning of this manual.
Follow these steps to turn on your system:
1. If there is a protective card in the diskette drive, remove it.
2. Turn on the monitor, printer, and any other devices
connected to the computer.
3. If you do not have a hard disk with an operating system
loaded on it, insert your main operating system diskette in
drive A.
4. Turn on the computer by pressing the power button on the
right side of the front panel.
The power indicator lights up, then the screen displays the
BIOS version number and copyright information. The
computer performs its power-on diagnostics, which are a
series of checks to make sure everything is working
correctly. During diagnostics, you see a message telling you
to press F2 to run the SETUP program. (Chapter 2 describes
starting and using SETUP.)
When the computer completes its testing, it displays a screen
describing the system's configuration. If necessary, press
the Pause key on the keyboard to view the configuration
screen. Then press any key to continue the startup process.
5. If your system is configured to automatically load a program
(such as Windows), you see the first menu or screen display
of that program. If not, you may see the operating system
prompt, such as C : \> or A: \>.
If there is no operating system installed on your computer,
you may see an error message. Ignore the message for now;
once you install the operating system, you will not see this
message.
Setting Up Your System 1-9