Troubleshooting

PC Diagnostic Program

To run the diagnostic program on your PC, follow the procedure below.

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Insert the Asanté Driver Disk into drive A.

At the DOS prompt, type the following command:

A:\UTILITY\DIAGPCI

Press Enter.

A warning message window appears that you should read.

4 Press C to continue (or ESC to abort the diagnostic pro- gram).

The diagnostic program searches for adapters installed in your computer system.A screen appears showing you the adapters found.

5 Select the appropriate adapter from the list and press Enter.

Use the UP or DOWN arrow key to make a selection.

A screen appears showing you the following menu options:

Loopback Tests— tests the adapter by sending packets across the components for loopback tests.

Adapter Status— displays the adapter configuration information such as PCI slot number, base I/O address, interrupt line, media type, network speed, and Ethernet node address.

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6 Select Loopback Testsand press Enter.

The program runs a series of tests.Their results are dis- played for you after each test with a PASSED or FAILED indi- cation.

7 When the tests finish, verify the results to make sure that all tests passed.

If a test fails, check that the adapter is seated properly in a PCI bus-mastering slot or try installing the adapter in a dif- ferent PCI slot and run the tests again. Make sure your computers’s power cord is first unplugged before wiggling or removing any adapter cards!

8 Press any key to return to the menu option screen.

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