•IRQ and DMA use - identifies interrupts for all standard IRQ and DMA devices
•Device Drivers - shows all essential data on DOS resident and installable device
drivers
•COM and LPT ports - displays information about the installed serial and
parallel ports. Only ports that are identified by BIOS are listed
•Physical Disk Drives - shows the basic characteristics for each installed fixed
disk drive including the contents of partition tables
•Logical Disk Drives - displays information about each drive that is available
and has a disk in it. If Stacker or DoubleSpace disk compression software has
been installed, details about each "stacked" or "doubled" drive is shown
•VGA Information - identifies the type of installed VGA chip
•Software Interrupts - displays software interrupt vectors and the area of
memory they point to
•SCSI Devices - lists information about SCSI devices and interface cards if a
CAM or ASPI compliant SCSI device driver is present
B.5.5 Utility Menu
PC-Doctor has a dedicated menu for utility functions. These functions include:
•Run External Tests - runs other programs from PC-Doctor
•Edit CMOS RAM - gives access to CMOS RAM data
•File Editor - allows editing of configuration files
•Surface Scan Hard Disk - checks for defects on the hard disk
•Benchmark System - measures system performance
•DOS Shell - opens a DOS prompt from within PC-Doctor
•Terminal - gives access to devices connected to a serial port (such as a modem)
•Memory Debugger - displays memory contents in either hexadecimal, decimal,
or ASCII form
•Remote Operation - enables remote control if available
•Tech Support Form - allows you to collect information about the current
system
•Battery Rundown - quickly deep-discharges the NiMh battery of a laptop
computer.
PC-Doctor Diagnostics B-5