HP book XE2 Diagnostic Tools, OmniBook Diagnostic Program, Creating a Diagnostic Floppy Disk

Diagnostic Tools

This section describes the following diagnostic tools you can use for troubleshooting and repairing the OmniBook:

∙OmniBook hardware diagnostic program (below).

∙Power-on self-test (page 3-16).

∙Desktop Management Interface (page 3-20).

∙BIOS Setup utility (page 3-22).

OmniBook Diagnostic Program

The OmniBook hardware diagnostic program provides two levels of testing:

∙User-level testing using the basic hardware test.

∙Advanced testing using the individual hardware tests.

Figure 3-2. OmniBook Diagnostic Screens, Basic and Advanced

The tests are designed to run after the system reboots. This ensures that the computer will be in a predictable state, so the diagnostic program can properly test the hardware components. The tests are non-destructive and are intended to preserve the state of the computer. The OmniBook reboots when you exit the program so drivers can be loaded.

Creating a Diagnostic Floppy Disk

After inserting a formatted floppy disk in the floppy drive, do one of the following to create a diagnostic floppy disk:

∙On an OmniBook with a factory software installation, run diaginst from the \Dmi\Hpdiags directory on the hard disk.

–or–

If TopTools is installed, use the DiagTools page to create the disk.

∙On any computer with a CD-ROM drive, run diaginst from the \Omnibook\Drivers\Hputils directory on the OmniBook Recovery CD.

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