Diagnostics
The Diagnostics program uses a full range of diagnostic utilities to determine the
operating condition of the computer’s hardware components.
For a complete list of error codes and messages, see ″Symptom-to-FRU Index″on
page 37.
Diagnostics program download
Todownload the Diagnostics program, do the following:
vGo to http://www.pc.ibm.com/support/us/.
vSearch for the machine Typeand model in the ″Quick path to a product″box on
the left.
vSelect Downloadable Files from the optoins on the left.
vSelect Diagnostic from the ″Downloadable files by category″pull down menu.
Navigating through the diagnostics programs
Use the cursor movement keys to navigate within the menus.
vThe Enter key is used to select a menu item.
vThe Esc key is used to back up to the previous menu.
vFor online help select F1.
Running diagnostics tests
There are four ways to run the diagnostic tests.
1. Using the cursor movement keys, highlight Run Normal Testor Run Quick
Testfrom the Diagnostics menu and then press Enter.
This will automatically run a pre-defined group of tests from each test category.
Run Normal Testruns a more extensive set of tests than does Run Quick Test
and takes longer to execute.
2. Press F5 to automatically run all selected tests in all categories. See ″Test
Selection″.
3. From within a test category,press Ctrl-Enter to automatically run only the
selected tests in that category.See ″Test Selection″.
4. Using the cursor movement keys, highlight a single test within a test category,
then press Enter. This will run only that test.
Press Esc at any time to stop the testing process.
Testresults, (N/A, PASSED, FAILED, ABORTED), are displayed in the field beside
the test description and in the test log. See “Viewing the test log” on page 16.
Test selection
Toselect one or more tests, use the following procedure.
1. Open the corresponding test category.
2. Using the cursor movement keys, highlight the desired test.
3. Press the space bar.
A selected test is marked by >>. Pressing the space bar again de-selects a test
and removes the chevron.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 above to select all desired tests.
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