System diagnostic tests (continued)

Component

Tests

Function

 

 

 

Hard disk

Hard disk format

See “Hard Disk Diagnostics”

drives

Media analysis

 

 

Performance

 

 

Seek

 

 

Read/verify

 

 

Check test cylinder

 

 

Force bad tracks

 

 

 

 

Floppy disk

Diskette format

See “floppy Disk

drives

Drive speed

Diagnostics’

 

Random read/write

 

 

Sequential read/write

 

 

Disk change line

 

 

 

 

Keyboard

Controller

Tests the keyboard controller

 

Scan/ASCII code

Tests the scan codes

 

 

assigned to the keys (see

 

 

“Keyboard Scan/ASCII

 

 

Codes”)

 

Keyboard clock line

Tests the keyboard clock line

 

Keyboard data line

Tests the keyboard data line

 

 

 

Video

Adapter

Tests the display adapter

 

 

memory

 

Attribute

Tests the display adapter

 

 

attributes

 

80 x 25 display

Tests the 80 x 25 display

 

40 x 25 display*

Tests the 40 x 25 display

 

320 x 200 graphics*

Tests the 320 x 200 graphics

 

 

display

 

640 x 200 graphics*

Tests the 640 x 200 graphics

 

 

display

 

Page selection’

Tests the paging function of

 

 

the adapter

 

Color

Tests the background and

 

 

border color mapping

 

 

 

+ Test appears only if you have installed a color monitor.

Perfming System Diagnostics C-11