Digital Equipment Celebris FX, Service Maintenance Manual

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System Software
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Using Diagnostics
For those computers with the Windows 95 operating system, the PC Care diagnostic
software is included with the factory installed software. Use this software to
troubleshoot the computer.
For those computers with the Windows NT Workstation operating system, the factory
installed software includes an Administrative Tools group in the Program Manager
menu. This program group includes a Windows NT Diagnostics icon for launching the
Diagnostic software. Use this software to troubleshoot the computer.
Most Venturis FX and Celebris computers come with two diagnostic diskettes. With
these diskettes, users can examine the computer’s current configuration, locate faulty
components, and troubleshoot problems.
For those that received a backup CD with their computer, there are also disk images
on the CD of the diagnostics diskettes. Users can make new diagnostic diskettes
from these images by following the directions in the CD-INFO.TXT file, which is also
on the backup CD.
Users that have Venturis FX computers with Windows for Workgroups installed and
some Venturis FX computers with Windows 95 must make their own diagnostics
diskettes as part of the procedure for making backup media.
The diagnostic diskette labeled “For Emergency Use” is also useful should a
computer fail to boot. If the computer fails to boot or if the diagnostic software is
inaccessible from Windows 95, Windows NT Workstation, or Windows for
Workgroups, whichever is relevant, proceed as follows:
1. Insert the diagnostics diskette labeled "For Emergency Use" into the diskette
drive and then reboot the computer:
2. Follow the instructions displayed on the monitor screen.
Refer to the Readme.txt file on each of the Diagnostics diskettes for installation
instructions and for additional information about the Diagnostics package.