Prerequisites

The diagnostic utility runs under MS-DOS® v6.22 or later. It will not run from a DOS window in IBM OS/2® or any Microsoft Windows products. This utility is designed to test hardware operation and confirm the adapter's ability to communicate with another adapter in the same network, which primarily confirms cabling status.

This diagostic utility is not a throughput measurement tool. The utility can test the adapter whether or not there is a responder on the network; however, to conduct a thorough test you should set up a second system on the network as a responder prior to starting a test.

These diagnostics use pmode/w DOS Extender V1.33.

•Input file list: The following files should be found in the same location as the q57diag.exe file. o 5701.bin

o 5703.bin o config.sys o cpu05.bin o cpu.bin

o cpu14a.bin o cpu14b.bin o cpudg05.bin o cpudiag.bin o cpusj.bin

o cpumem.bin o diagcfg.bin o flshdg05.bin o flshdg5x.bin o flshdiag.bin o flshd14a.bin o flshd14b.bin o flshdgsj.bin o q57diag.exe o ump14a.bin o ump14b.bin

Do not use emm386.exe. Himem.sys and emm386.exe are both memory managers. If they are both loaded, the diags aborts and the following error may occur:

Exception: OE

Error Code: 00000000

About the Q57DIAG.exe diagnostic tests

The tests are divided into four groups: Register tests, Memory tests, Miscellaneous tests, and Data tests. They are identified as group A, B, C, and D.

Group A: Register tests

•A1. Indirect register test

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