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Hardware Diagnostics
3Press
F9
.
At the confirmation message, select [Yes] and press
Enter
.
4Press
F10
.
At the confirmation message, select [Yes] and press
Enter
.
The computer will restart.
5While [Panasonic] boot screen is displayed, press and hold
Ctrl
+
F7
until “Please Wait”
appears at the bottom of the display.
When the PC-Diagnostic Utility starts up, it will automatically begin the diagnostic check for all hardware compo-
nents.
If the password is requested, enter the password.
The touch pad and the internal keyboard may not be used when each hardware checking is run-
ning. While checking, blue and yell ow colors are displayed on the left side o f the hardware icon (A).
By clicking the icon, you can execute the following o perations:
• : Start the diagnostic check from the beginning
• : Stop the diagnostic check (You cannot restart the check partway through by clicking )
• : Display help (click the screen or press
Space
to return to the original diagnostic check screen)
You can check the status of the diagnostic check by the display color on the left side o f the hardware icon (A).
• Aqua: Not running diagnostic check
• Alternating blue and yellow: Currently running diagnostic check. The interval of the al ternating colors differs
depending on the type of diagnostic check currently running.
During memory diagnostic check, the display may freeze for a long period of time. Wait until the proc ess is
complete.
• Green: No problems discovered
• Red: Problems discovered
NOTE
Using the following procedure, you can run a diagnostic chec k on a specified hardware component, or run an
extended diagnostic check on the memory or the hard disk (Th e extended diagnostic check is only for the memory and
the hard disk). The extended diagnostic check is more detailed, an d so requires a longer period of time to run.
AClick to stop the diagnostic chec k.