ASUS PC Diagnostics Guide Motherboard self-diagnostics is a diagnostic tool designed to test the following on your computer: • System Information. • System Devices. • System Stress. The System Information Collection detects the essential operating system and devices information. The System Devices Test detects and reports any errors on the physical devices such as the current system status and performance.
• Click "close" to exit the setup
Function introduction: Run the shortcut on your desktop to start ASUS PC Diagnostics: ASUS PC Diagnostics is a diagnostic tool designed to test the following on your computer: System Information. System Devices. System Stress. The System Information Collection detects the essential operating system and devices information. The System Devices Test detects and reports any errors on the physical devices such as the current system status and performance.
ASUS PC Diagnostics tests and displays information on the physical devices and operating system on your computer. These information include: Operating system information This information includes such as Name, Version, and Installation date. CPU information This information includes such as Manufacturer, Model, CPU Clock Speed, Cache, CPU functional features, Driver version, and Current CPU usage.
This information includes such as Name, Serial number, Capacity, Firmware version, Interface type, Supported features (DMA, LBA), and ATA/ATAPI version. Audio Device information This information includes such as Manufacturer, Model, Audio resources, and Driver version. 1394 Controller information This information includes such as Name, Resources, and Driver version. COM Port information This information includes such as Provider type, Max. Baud Rate, Resources, and Driver version.
System Devices Test ASUS PC Diagnostics checks the physical devices installed on your computer, which can be done either through Auto or Interactive test. Auto Test Auto Test automatically checks and creates reports on any errors on the system components. Click an Auto Test below to get more details.
o Network Adapter o Audio Device o Keyboard/Mouse o Hard Disk Drive o Monitor o Display Adapter o Camera System Devices Test Main Screen (Click the items to get more information.) CPU Note: This is an auto test. CPU Test items: CPU Speed Test Calculates the actual CPU speed/frequency.
Detects if the current CPU supports MMX technology and, when it does, starts testing the MMX instructions. SSE Test Detects if the current CPU supports SSE technology and, when it does, starts testing the SSE instructions. SSE2 Test Detects if the current CPU supports SSE2 technology and, when it does, starts testing the SSE2 instructions. Register Test Uses a set of parameters to test the stability of the CPU internal registers. FPU (Floating-Point Unit) Test Tests the CPU FPU instructions.
Memory Stability Test Uses a set of parameters to test the stability of the memory modules. o Address test, walking ones o Address test, own address o Moving inversions, ones&zeros o Moving inversions, 8 bits pattern o Moving inversions, random pattern o Block move, 64 bits moves o Moving inversions, 32 bits pattern o Random number sequence o Modulo 20, ones&zeros When the memory stability test is completed, the test report is automatically created.
Hard Disk Drive Note: This is an interactive test. Hard Disk Drive Test items: SMART Status Test Tests and displays the hard disk drive's SMART (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) status, which allows you to check the health status of the hard disk drive. Note: The test only runs when the target hard disk drive supports the SMART technology. Note: If the hard disk drive is in RAID mode, it's SMART status can not be got. SMART Status Test Screen (Click the items to get more information.
HDD Read Speed Test HDD Read Speed Test Screen (Click the items to get more information.
Display Adapter Note: This is an interactive test. Note: Before starting the video test, ensure that the hardware acceleration is set to a level that this video test supports. See the figure below.
Video Test items: Texture Mapping Test Tests if the display adapter supports the texture mapping function. Fixed Transformation and Lighting Test Note: This test only runs when you have installed DirectX 9.0 or later version on your computer. This test, putting a large number of calculations on the GPU, is to test the strength of the GPU. This test determines the GPU's capacity to handle a heavy load. AVI File Playback Test When you run this test, a video clip with background music appears.
Network Adapter Note: This is an interactive test. Network Adapter Test items: TCP/IP Test Tests if the TCP/IP protocol is properly configured. Network Connection Status Test Note: This test launches the ASUS website through the PING command. These three reasons may cause the test to fail: (1) The current network connection is abnormal. (2) The ASUS official website is not accessible. (3) The firewall blocked the PING command. Note: You can configure the proxy settings during the network test.
Network Adapter Test Screen (Click the items to get more information.) Monitor Note: This is an interactive test. Monitor Test items: Solid Color Test Sets the screen to solid red, green, blue, black, and white to test if there are dead pixels (bright or dark spots).
Note: The Respiratory Effects Test checks the CRT monitor's Respiratory Effects. Note: During the above tests, you have to click Pass/Fail to send the result to the sub tester. Monitor Test Screen (Click the items to get more information.) Audio Device Note: This is an interactive test. Audio Device Test items: Recording Test After you start the test, click Record to start recording, and then click Play to play the recording.
Note: Before you start recording, ensure that your computer's microphone is turned on. Recording Test Screen (Click the items to get more information.) Multimedia Playback Test After you start the test, click Open button to select a music file, and then click Play button to play the music. Based on the playback quality, click Passed/Failed to send the result to the sub tester. Recording Test Screen (Click the items to get more information.
Keyboard/Mouse Note: This is an interactive test. Keyboard/Mouse Test items: Keyboard Test After you start the test, press a key on the keyboard. Ensure that the key shown on the test screen is the same as the one you pressed. Note: This test only starts when you use a 105-key standard keyboard. If some of the keys on your keyboard cannot be found on the test screen, do not test the keys. Keyboard Test Screen (Click the items to get more information.
Mouse Test The Mouse Test includes the clicking, scrolling and dragging tests. Mouse Test Screen (Click the items to get more information.
COM Port Note: This is an auto test. Serial Port Test items: Loopback Test After setting the Serial Port to the Loopback mode, tests the stability of the Serial Port with different baudrates including 115200 bps,57600 bps,38400 bps,19200 bps,9600 bps,4800 bps,2400 bps, and 1200 bps. Note: The actual max. test baudrates vary with devices. Control Pins Test Tests if the signal status of pins of the Serial Port are correct. Note: If the current Serial Port is in use, it can not be tested.
Parallel Port Note: This is an auto test. Parallel Port Test items: TFIFO Mode Test After setting the Parallel Port to the TFIFO mode, tests the stability of its data transmission. Note: This test is only for a Parallel Port supporting the ECP mode. If the current Parallel Port does not support the ECP mode, the result of this test shows Not Tested. Note: If the current Parallel Port is in use, it can not be tested. Please remove the device from the Parallel Port before testing.
USB Test items: Lists the USB Host Controllers and the USB devices. PCI(E) Note: This is an auto test. PCI(E) Test items: Detects the connection status, the connection bandwidth, and the manufacturer ID, device ID, device type and other information of the PCI / PCIE slots. Camera Note: This is an interactive test. Camera Test Items: Tests if the camera is working properly.
System Stress Test The ASUS PC Diagnostics checks the system stability using specially designed stress testers to test the main components such as the CPU, memory, and display adapter. The System Stress Test includes: CPU Stress Test Memory Stress Test Display Adapter Stress Test System Stress Test Main Screen (Click the items to get more information.
Runs the high-precision Pi calculation on each logical CPU to test the stability of the CPU under heavy load. If the test runs normally in the specified period or before you stop it, the test is successful. Memory Stress Test Memory Stress Test items: Tests the stability of the memory modules. Uses a variety of parameters and approaches to test the stability of the memory modules.
Value For such a test as the Memory Read/Write Speed Test with a value as the result, there will be a test result value which indicates a certain performance characteristics of the device. Force Quit This test is stopped by the user. Internal Error One or more non-device-related errors (such as insufficient system memory) are detected when testing. Not Tested This item is not tested. Incorrect connection The device is not properly connected.
