do the following to start your computer.

    1.turn on all peripheral devices,such as printers,scanners,external scsi devices,and so on,first.

    2.press the power control button on your computer.for the location of the power control button,see "computer controls and indicators" on page 6.

    if you experience any problems during startup,such as numeric error codes or a series of beeps,see chapter 6,"solving problems,"on page 51 and "getting information,help, and service" on page 78 for more information.

    during start up,a message might be displayed to prompt you to press a function key to start other programs. these other programs might include the bios setup utility and scsiselect utility. see "using the bios setup utility program" on page 23 and "using the scsiselect utility program" on page 24 for information on these programs.