Users Guide

You can run the Dell Diagnostics from either the utility partition on your hard-disk drive or from a diskette that you
create from the Dell OpenManage™ Server Assistant CD.
To run the diagnostics from the utility partition, follow these steps:
1. Start the utility partition by pressing <F10> during the power-on self-test (POST).
2. From the utility partition's main menu, select the Run System Diagnostics option from Run System Utilities.
See "Utility Partition" in "Using the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant" in the Dell PowerEdge 1300 Systems User's
Guide for additional information about the utility partition.
To run the Dell Diagnostics from a diskette, perform the following steps:
1. Create a diagnostics diskette using the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD.
See "Utility Partiton" in "Using the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD" in the User's Guide for information
on creating diskettes.
2. Boot the system from the diagnostics diskette.
If the system fails to boot, see Getting Help for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.
NOTE: Before you read the rest of this file, you may want to start the Dell Diagnostics so you can see it on your
monitor screen.
When you start the diagnostics, the Dell logo screen appears, followed by a message telling you that the diagnostics is
loading. Before the diagnostics loads into memory, a program tests the random-access memory (RAM) that will be
used by the diagnostics.
If no errors are found in RAM, the diagnostics loads, and the DIAGNOSTICS menu appears (see Figure 1, Diagnostics
Menu). The menu allows you to run all or specific diagnostic tests or to exit the Dell Diagnostics.
For a quick check of the system, select RUn Quick Tests. This option runs only the subtests that do not require user
interaction and that do not take a long time to run. Dell recommends that you choose this option first to increase the
odds of tracing the source of the problem quickly. For a complete check of the system, select Run All Tests. To check
a particular area of the system, select RuN Specific Tests.
To select an option from the DIAGNOSTICS menu, highlight the option and press <Enter>, or press the key that
corresponds to the highlighted letter in the option you choose.
Figure 1. Diagnostics Menu
How to Use the Dell Diagnostics