Starting System Diagnostics

To run the System diagnostics program, you must turn on or reset your computer with the Reference diskette in drive A. If you start this program in any other way, some tests may produce strange results.

To start the System diagnostics program, follow these steps:

1.Insert the Reference diskette in drive A.

2.Turn on or reset the computer. The Operation Menu appears.

3.If the Num Lock indicator is illuminated, press Num Lock to turn off the function.

4.Press 3 or use J to select System diagnostics and

then press Enter.

When you start the System diagnostics program, the computer checks any peripheral devices that are connected to the system. Then you see a list of the devices available for testing. This list includes only the devices that are part of your system; for example:

DEVICE LIST

1 - System board

2 - Memory

3 - Keyboard

5 - Color graphics adapter and CRT

6 - Diskette drives and controller

9 - Parallel port (printer interface)

11 - Serial port (RS-232C port)

14 - Dot-matrix printer

17 - Hard disk drives and controller

DEVICE LIST is correct ? (Y/N)

C-2 Performing System Diagnostics