Dell 4100/200, 4100/180 manual How to Use the System Diagnostics, System Diagnostics Screen

How to Use the System

Diagnostics

When you select RUN SPECIFIC TESTS from the Diagnos- tics 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 five 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 Test Group 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.

•On the lower-right side of the screen, the Hard-Disk Drive Parameters area displays information about any installed integrated drive electronics (IDE) hard- disk drive(s). Because the system supports only small computer system interface (SCSI) drives, both DRIVE 0 and DRIVE 1 should display NONE rather than any hard-disk drive parameters.

•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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PowerEdge 4100 Diagnostics Version X.XX

		Available Test Groups				System Configuration
						Processor		Pentium Pro
	RAM					Memory			64 MB
	System Set					Secondary Cache			128 KB
	Video					Video		SVGA,1024K
	Keyboard					Keyboard			101 Key
	Mouse					Diskette Drives		A:1.4MB, B: None
	Diskette Drives					Serial Ports			2
	Hard-Disk Drives (Non-SCSI)					Parallel Ports			1
	Serial/Infrared Ports					Mouse		PS/2 2-button
	Parallel Ports					Modems			None
	SCSI Devices					SCSI Devices			2
						Network Interface			None
						Serial IR Ports		Integrated
						Audio			None
					0		IDE Drive Information		NONE
					1				NONE
					2				NONE
					3				NONE
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 screen should reflect the hardware configuration of the computer system.

Figure 5-2. System Diagnostics Screen

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