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Advantages of Power on Self TestPower On Self-Test (POST) is the process of using software or embedded firmware to perform start-up operations using algorithms to determine if the computer's components are fully functional and ready to use. Though the POST can take more time during boot-up, the process can help assure that damaged hardware does not destroy or manipulate a computer's files and data in a manner that is destructive. The POST can warn the user that it has detected a fault and can notify the user that the hardware fault has occurred and action needs to be taken to prevent any future or current data destruction.

Examples of Power On Self Tests include the "walking ones" test that is used to check ram chips as well as the data bus for errors. Patterns are written into ram and then read back to assure that the data remains accurate. Error Correction Code (ECC) testing on ram is also tested to assure that the memory controllers ECC mechanism is functioning correctly to automatically detect and correct single bit ram errors.

Many hard drives now have the ability to warn the computer before they are about to crash. For example, the S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology; often written as SMART) system is in place on many computers to help protect data by performing self-monitoring and then pre-warning the computer doing the POST that a fault has been detected.

POST is often implemented in the boot code or the BIOS of a computer's firmware. Many motherboards come with a BIOS that provides options for fast boot which often skips many of the power on self tests.

Companies that develop boot code are often responsible for designing the POST software as part of the boot up or start code.

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What is the first step in the boot process?

The first step in the booting process is POST (power-on self-test).


What is POST short for?

Power On Self Test


The letter s in the POST acronym stands for what?

Self (Power-On Self Test)


The acronym POST refers to what?

Power on self test


What is a full form of POST?

Power-on self-test


Is NIC a power on self test device?

yes


What does the abbreviation P.O.S.T stand for?

Power On Self-Test


Why should power on self test happen when no terminals are connected?

Power on self test in electronics equipment or computers is done to validate if all the critical parts of the device are working as desired when it is turned on. Any thing wrong internally or on an interface is typically reported as a failure on power on self test. What all is tested depends on how elaborately the power on self test has been designed. - Neeraj Sharma


How can you tell that a PC as successfully completed its power on self test?

For most computers this is signaled by a single "beep" after the self test.


When the POST test ran?

POST = Power On Self Test Kind of a dead giveaway...


What happens When you turn on the computer the boot routine will perform this test?

When you turn on the computer, it usually will perform the Power On Self Test, or POST.