8399 N/B Maintenance
7.Maintenance Diagnostics
7.1IntroductionEach time the computer is turned on, the system BIOS runs a series of internal checks on the hardware. This power-
displayed on the screen. If the error occurs before the display is initialized, then the screen cannot display the error message. Error codes or system beeps are used to identify a post error that occurs when the screen is not available.
on self test (post) allows the computer to detect problemsDocumentas early as the
The value for the diagnostic port MiTacis written t the beginning of the test. Therefore, if the test failed, the user can Confidential
determine where the problem occurred by reading the ast value written to the port by the debug card plug at MINI PCI slot.
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