Computer Hardware User Manual

3.InserttheCDintotheopticaldriveortherstdiagnosticdisketteintothediskettedrive.
4.Restartthecomputer.
Note:Ifthediagnosticprogramdoesnotstart,youmightnothaveyouropticaldriveordiskettedriveset
asastartabledevice.See“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage40forinstructionsonhowtochange
thestartupdevice.
5.Whenthediagnosticsprogramopens,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Note:Ifyouarerunningdiagnosticsfromadiskette,whenprompted,removetherstdisketteand
inserttheseconddiskette.
6.Whentheprogramnishes,besuretoremovetheCDordiskettefromthedrive.
7.Selectthediagnostictestyouwanttorun.PresstheF1keyforadditionalhelp.
Navigatingthroughthediagnosticsprograms
Usethecursormovementkeystonavigatewithinthemenus.
•TheEnterkeyisusedtoselectamenuitem.
•TheEsckeyisusedtobackuptothepreviousmenu.
•ForonlinehelpselectF1.
Runningtests
Therearefourwaystorunthediagnostictests.
•Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightRunNormalTestorRunQuickTestfromtheDiagnostics
menuandthenpressEnter.Thisautomaticallyrunsapre-denedgroupoftestsfromeachtestcategory.
RunNormalTestrunsamoreextensivesetofteststhandoesRunQuickTestandtakeslongerto
complete.
•PressF5toautomaticallyrunallselectedtestsinallcategories.
•Fromwithinatestcategory,pressCtrl-Entertoautomaticallyrunonlytheselectedtestsinthatcategory.
•Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightasingletestwithinatestcategory,andthenpressEnter.
Thisrunsonlythattest.
PressEscatanytimetostopthetestingprocess.
Testresults(N/A,PASSED,FAILED,ABORTED)aredisplayedintheeldbesidethetestdescriptionandin
thetestlog.See“Viewingthetestlog”onpage36.
Toselectoneormoretests,usethefollowingprocedure.
1.Openthecorrespondingtestcategory.
2.Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightthedesiredtest.
3.Pressthespacebar.Aselectedtestismarkedby>>.Pressingthespacebaragainde-selectsatest
andremovesthe>>.
4.Repeatsteps2and3abovetoselectalldesiredtests.
Testresults
Diagnosticstestresultsproducethefollowingerrorcodeformat:
FunctionCode
FailureTypeDeviceIDDate
ChkDigits
Text
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