Users Guide

Pause for User Response
If this parameter value is set to Yes, the diagnostics pauses when one of the following events occurs:
Your interaction is needed to verify the Video test group screens or the Keyboard test group key functions, or
another type of interaction, such as inserting a diskette, is required.
The maximum error limit is reached.
If Pause for User Response is set to No, the diagnostics ignores some subtests that require your interaction; certain
subtests can run only if this option is set to Yes because they require user interaction. Use Pause for User Response in
situations where you may want to prevent subtests that require user interaction from running—such as when you run
the diagnostics overnight.
Output Device for Status Messages
Ordinarily, all status messages appear only on the screen. Output Device for Status Messages allows you to direct
status messages to either a printer or a file, in addition to the screen. If you choose the File option, status messages are
written to a file named result. This file is automatically created on a diskette in drive A when you run the diagnostics. If
the result file already exists on the diskette, then new status messages are added to it.
The result file is an ordinary American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text file. You can access the
result file with the MS-DOS
®
type command as follows:
1. Select Quit to exit the diagnostics and return to the operating system prompt.
2. At the operating system prompt, type the following command and press <Enter>:
type result
The contents of the file appear on the screen.
After running particular diagnostic tests and viewing the status messages generated by the tests in the result file, you can
erase the contents of the file so that it is clear for the next set of messages generated. Otherwise, the next messages are
added at the end of the previous ones in the file.
Output Device for Error Messages
Ordinarily, all error messages appear only on the screen. Output Device for Error Messages allows you to direct error
messages to either a printer or a file, in addition to the screen. If you choose the File option, error messages are written
to the result file used for status messages. This file is automatically created on a diskette in drive A when you run the
diagnostics. If the result file already exists on the diskette, then new error messages are added to it.
The result file is an ordinary ASCII text file. You can access and review the result file with the MS-DOS type command
as described in the previous subsection, Output Device for Status Messages
.
After running particular diagnostic tests and viewing the error messages generated by the tests in the result file, you can
erase the contents of the file so that it is clear for the next set of messages generated. Otherwise, the next messages are
added at the end of the previous ones in the file.
Test Limits
NOTE: The diagnostics program sets default limits on all tests. The only reason to change the default would be to
limit the amount of testing done.
The RAM test group, the Video test group, the Diskette Drives test group, the Serial/Infrared Ports test group, the
Parallel Ports test group, and the SCSI Devices test group allow you to designate limits. Whether you select Test