Running the Board Diagnostics
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To run the board diagnostics utility, follow these steps:
1) Execute the SDBRST.EXE program to reset the board.
2) Execute the SDBDIAG.EXE program to open the SDB Diagnostics dialog
box, shown in Figure 3–1. If you run the diagnostics utility from a Windows
NT DOS prompt, you must be in the C:\C8xSDB\BIN directory (or the di-
rectory in which you installed the software) to run the SDBDIAG.EXE pro-
gram.
3) In the SDB Diagnostics dialog box, click on any of the buttons in the Tests
box to test a specific hardware function.
Click on this button:
To test this SDB hardware function:
Memory Test
VRAM and DRAM memory on board
Display Test
Video display
Video Test
Video capture
Audio Test
Audio capture and playback
All
All of the SDB hardware functions
Depending on the tests you run, the application may prompt you for feed-
back in the form of a Yes/No dialog box. For example, when you click on
Display Test, the application asks you if the image has appeared on the
monitor. As each test is completed, the status appears next to the corre-
sponding button.
4) Click on OK to write the results of the test(s) to a file called results.txt. The
results.txt file provides a log that specifies the memory configuration and
the test status (Passed, Failed, or Not Tested).
For further information on any of the tests, click on the Help button to access
the online documentation.
Running the Board Diagnostics