Dell 6100, 200 manual How to Use the System Diagnostics, Sample System Diagnostics Main Screen

How to Use the System

Diagnostics

When you select Run Specific Tests from the Diagnostics Menu, the main screen of the diagnostics appears (see Figure 5-2). The main screen lists the diagnostic test groups, gives information about the configuration of the computer system, and allows you to select categories from a menu. From this screen, you can enter two other types of screens.

Information on the main screen of the diagnostics is pre- sented in the following areas:

•Two lines at the top of the screen identify the diag- nostics and give its version number.

•On the left side of the screen, the Available Test Groups area lists the diagnostic test groups in the order they will run if you select All from the Run menu category. Press the up- or down-arrow key to highlight a test group.

•On the right side of the screen, the System Configu- ration area lists the computer’s current hardware settings.

•Two lines at the bottom of the screen make up the menu area. The first line lists the categories you can select; press the left- or right-arrow key to highlight a menu category. The second line gives information about the category currently highlighted.

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Dell System PowerEdge 6100 Diagnostics Version X.XX

Available Test Groups

RAM

System Set

Video

Keyboard

Mouse

Diskette Drives

Serial/Infrared Ports

Parallel Ports

SCSI Devices

Other

System Configuration

Processor	Pentium Pro(TM)
Memory	64 MB
Secondary Cache	512 KB
Video	SVGA,1024K
Keyboard	101 Key
Diskette Drives	A:1.4MB
Serial/IR Ports	2
Parallel Ports	1
Mouse	PS/2 2-button
SCSI Cntlrs-Devs	2-2

Main: Run

seLect Subtest Options Test Limits About Key-Help Quit Display the Run Menu. Press Q to Quit

NOTE: The options displayed on the actual screen should reflect the hardware configuration of your computer system.

Figure 5-2. Sample System Diagnostics Main Screen

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