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22 Quick Reference Guide
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4 Diagnostics can be invoked one of two ways:
a Turn on the computer. When the DELL™ logo appears, press <F12> immediately.
Select Diagnostics from the boot menu and press <Enter>.
NOTE: If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see
the Microsoft® Windows® desktop. Then shut down your computer and try again.
b
Press and hold the <Fn> key while powering the system on.
NOTE: If you see a message stating that no diagnostics utility partition has been found, run the Dell
Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities CD.
The computer runs the Pre-boot System Assessment, a series of initial tests of your system
board, keyboard, hard drive, and display.
• During the assessment, answer any questions that appear.
• If a failure is detected, the computer stops and beeps. To stop the assessment and restart
the computer, press <n>; to continue to the next test, press <y>; to retest the
component that failed, press <r>.
• If failures are detected during the Pre-boot System Assessment, write down the error
code(s) and see "Contacting Dell" in your
User’s Guide before continuing on to the
DellDiagnostics.
If the Pre-boot System Assessment completes successfully, you receive the message
Booting
Dell Diagnostic Utility Partition. Press any key to continue
.
5 Press any key to start the Dell Diagnostics from the diagnostics utility partition on your
harddrive.
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD
1 Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD.
2 Shut down and restart the computer.
When the DELL logo appears, press <F12> immediately.
If you wait too long and the Windows logo appears, continue to wait until you see the
Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer and try again.
NOTE: The next steps change the boot sequence for one time only. On the next start-up, the
computer boots according to the devices specified in system setup.
3 When the boot device list appears, highlight CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive and press <Enter>.
4 Select the CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive option from the CD boot menu.
5 Select the Boot from CD-ROM option from the menu that appears.
6 Typ e 1 to start the ResourceCD menu.
7 Typ e 2 to start the Dell Diagnostics.