Owner's Manual

Running Dell Online Diagnostics in GUI Mode 27

Running Dell Online Diagnostics

in GUI Mode

This section provides step-by-step instructions on running Dell Online

Diagnostics in graphical user interface (GUI) mode.

Running Diagnostic Tests

To run diagnostic tests, perform the following steps:

Launch the application.

In the

Diagnostic Selection

section on the left, select the appropriate

option from the

Selection Options

drop-down menu.

• Select the

Group by connection

option to view the connections as

nodes with the corresponding devices and tests displayed under each

connection.

• Select the

Group by device

option to list the system devices. All of the

tests available for each device are displayed under the device.

NOTE: If a device is grayed out, the device does not have any tests

available. Configuration information for this device is displayed in the

Configuration tab

• Select the

Group by test

option to list all the available tests with the

corresponding devices displayed under each test.

Select the check boxes corresponding to the tests that you want to run.

In the

Diagnostic Information

section on the right, the

Tests Selected

tab

lists the currently selected diagnostic tests. Click

Run Tests

to execute the

selected tests

NOTE: The Warning row displays the non-critical icon to indicate that tests

with possible non-critical errors have been selected. Double-click the icon to

view the test warning.

NOTE: The tests are queued for execution in the order in which they were

selected. To stop tests from queuing, click the Stop button on the Queuing

Diagnostic Tests window.