User's Manual

troubleshooting your workstation
hp Diagtools hardware diagnostics
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starting e-Diagtools from the utility partition
on your hard drive
NOTE This method will only work if the diagnostics partition on your hard disk
drive is intact.
1. Restart your workstation and press the function key
F10 when you
see the message “Press F10 to enter HP Utility Partition or any other
key to proceed...”
2. In the menu, select the option to run e-Diagtools hardware
diagnostics.
starting e-Diagtools from the CD-ROM
1. Insert the HP Workstations Drivers and Diagnostics CD-ROM in the
CD-ROM drive.
2. Restart the workstation.
3. Press the F8 key and select the CD-ROM drive to boot first.
NOTE If you are unable to boot from your CD-ROM drive, restart your
workstation and press F2 to enter HP’s Setup program. Check the Boot
device settings to ensure that your workstation can boot from the
CD-ROM.
running hp e-Diagtools
Make sure:
• The workstation model must match the CD-ROM (the CD-ROM is
locked to a specific workstation model).
• CD-ROM drive has been configured to boot before the hard disk drive.