Dell 4100/180 manual Starting the System Diagnostics, From the Main Menu, select the RUN System

Starting the System Diagnostics

The system diagnostics is run directly from the Dell Server Assistant CD. See Chapter 2, “Using the Dell Server Assistant CD” in the system User’s Guide for information on running the CD.

Follow these steps to run the diagnostics from the Dell Server Assistant CD:

1.Turn on the computer.

2.Boot the system from the Dell Server Assistant CD.

If the system fails to boot, see Chapter 11, “Getting Help,” for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.

3.From the Main Menu, select the RUN SYSTEM

DIAGNOSTICS option from the RUN SYSTEM UTILI-

TIES category.

NOTE: Before you read the rest of this chapter, you may want to start the system diagnostics so you can see it on the screen of the monitor.

When you start the diagnostics, the Dell logo screen appears, followed by a message telling you that the diag- nostics is loading. Before the diagnostics loads into memory, a program tests the random-access memory (RAM) that will be used by the diagnostics.

If no errors are found in RAM, the diagnostics loads, and the Diagnostics Menu appears (see Figure 5-1). The menu allows you to run all or specific diagnostic tests or to exit to the Dell Server Assistant CD main menu.

For a quick check of the system, select the RUN QUICK TESTS option. This option runs only the subtests that do not require user interaction and that do not take a long time to run. Dell recommends that you choose this option first to increase the odds of tracing the source of the prob- lem quickly. For a complete check of the system, select the RUN ALL TESTS option. To check a particular area of the system, select the RUN SPECIFIC TESTS option.

To select an option from this menu, highlight the option and press <ENTER>, or press the key that corresponds to the highlighted letter in the option you choose.

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DIAGNOSTICS MENU

Run All Tests

RUn Quick Tests

RuN Specific Tests

Exit To MS-DOS

Figure 5-1. Diagnostics Menu

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