Checkout Guide

Use the following procedure as a guide for com lems. Besides the checkout tests described in t there are other items you can test for using t DOS diagnostics program. See “PC-Doctor DOS System Diagnostics” on page 48 for details.

Note: The diagnostic tests are intended to test products. Non-IBM products, prototype cards, modified options can give false errors and system responses.

1.Obtain the failing symptoms in as much detail sible.

2.Verify the symptoms by attempting to recrea failure by running the diagnostic test or by the same operation.

Note: To run the diagnostics, refer to “Running Diagnostics” on page 48

3.Use the following table with the verified s determine which page to go to. Search the s column and find the description that best matc

your

symptom; then

go

to

the

page

shown in th

to"

column.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptoms

(Verified)

 

 

Go

to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power

failure.

(The

“Power

System

Checkout”

power-on indicator does

nont

page 32,

then

use table

go

on

or

stay

on.)

in

“Power-Related

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptoms” on

page 43.

 

 

 

 

 

 

POST

does

not

complete.

“Symptom-to-FRU Index” on

No

beeps

or

error

page 38, then use table in

codes/messages are indi-“No Beep Symptoms” on

cated.

 

 

 

page

41.

 

 

 

POST beeps, but no error“Symptom-to-FRU Index” on codes are displayed. page 38.

POST detected an error and“Symptom-to-FRU Index” on displayed numeric error page 38, then use table in

codes.“Numeric Error Codes” on page 39.

The

diagnostic test detected“Running the Diagnostics”

an

error and

displayed ona page 48.

FRU

code.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other symptoms

(such

as “Symptom-to-FRU Index” on

LCD

display problems).

page 38.

Symptoms cannot be recre-Use the customer-reported ated (intermittent problems)symptoms,. and go to

“Symptom-to-FRU Index” on page 38.

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IBM I 1700 manual Checkout Guide, Verified