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Step 4

This step attempts to load the Standalone diagnostics.

1.Turn the power to off.

2.Turn the power to on.

3. Insert the diagnostic CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

4.When the keyboard indicator begins blinking, press the F5 key on the attached keyboard or number 5 on the ASCII keyboard to indicate that diagnostics are to be loaded.

5. Follow any instructions to select a console.

6. Wait until the diagnostics load or the system appears to stop.

Did the diagnostics load?

NOGo to “Step 5.”

YES Go to “Step 6.”

Step 5

Starting at the top of

the following table, find your symptom

and

follow t

instructions

given

in the

Action column.

Symptom

Action

The system does not respond when

Gotheto Step 7.

password

is

entered.

The

system

login prompt

is

displayedYou.

may

not

have

pressed the

correct

key

or

you

may

not have pressed the key soon

enough when you were to indicate a

Service

Mode

boot

of diagnostic

programs.

If this was the case, start over at the

beginning

of

this

step.

If

you

are

sure you pressed the correct ke

in

a timely

manner go to Step 7.

The system stops with an

eight-digitRecorderrorthe error code(s) and report the

code(s)

displayed

on

the

console.problem to the service organization.

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User's

Guide