3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoselectthediagnostictestyouwanttorun.
Note:Foradditionalhelp,presstheF1key .
4.Removethediagnosticdiscfromtheopticaldrivewhenyoucompletethediagnosticprocess.
Navigatingthroughthediagnosticsprograms
Usethecursormovementkeystonavigatewithinthemenus.
•TheEnterkeyisusedtoselectamenuitem.
•TheEsckeyisusedtobackuptothepreviousmenu.
•ForonlinehelpselectF1.
Runningtests
Therearefourwaystorunthediagnostictests.
•Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightRunNormalTestorRunQuickTestfromtheDiagnostics
menuandthenpressEnter.Thisautomaticallyrunsapre-denedgroupoftestsfromeachtestcategory.
RunNormalTestrunsamoreextensivesetofteststhandoesRunQuickTestandtakeslongerto
complete.
•PressF5toautomaticallyrunallselectedtestsinallcategories.
•Fromwithinatestcategory,pressCtrl-Entertoautomaticallyrunonlytheselectedtestsinthatcategory.
•Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightasingletestwithinatestcategory,andthenpressEnter.
Thisrunsonlythattest.
PressEscatanytimetostopthetestingprocess.
Testresults(N/A,P ASSED,FAILED,ABORTED)aredisplayedintheeldbesidethetestdescriptionandin
thetestlog.See“Viewingthetestlog”onpage38.
Toselectoneormoretests,usethefollowingprocedure.
1.Openthecorrespondingtestcategory.
2.Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightthedesiredtest.
3.Pressthespacebar.Aselectedtestismarkedby>>.Pressingthespacebaragainde-selectsatest
andremovesthe>>.
4.Repeatsteps2and3abovetoselectalldesiredtests.

Testresults

Diagnosticstestresultsproducethefollowingerrorcodeformat:
FunctionCodeFailureTypeDeviceIDDateChkDigitsText
•FunctionCode:
RepresentsthefeatureorfunctionwithinthePC.
•FailureType:
Representsthetypeoferrorencountered.
•DeviceID:
Containsthecomponent'sunit-IDwhichcorrespondstoeitheraxeddiskdrive,removablemediadrive,
serialorparallelport,processor,specicRIMM,oradeviceonthePCIbus.
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