3 Tests and Diagnostics
3.10 Floppy Disk Test
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Satellite Pro S300, TECRA A10/S10/P10 Maintenance Manual (960-684)
Select the number of the subtest you want to execute and press
Enter
. The following
message will appear during the floppy disk test.
FLOPPY DISK IN PROGRESS XXXXXXX
xxx DIAGNOSTIC TEST VX.XX
[Ctrl]+[Break] : test end
[Ctrl]+[C]
: key stop
SUB-TEST
:
XX
PASS COUNT
: XXXXX
ERROR COUNT
: XXXXX
WRITE DATA
: XX
READ DATA
: XX
ADDRESS
: XXXXXX
STATUS :
XXX
When the subtest 04 or 05 is selected, the following messages will appear on the screen.
Select the test data
(
subtest 04 only)
, track number and head number you want to test.
Test data
?? (subtest 04 only)
Track No.
??
Head No.
?
Subtest 01
Sequential read
This subtest performs a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) that continuously
reads all the tracks (track: 0 to 39/0 to 79) on a floppy disk.
Subtest 02
Sequential read/write
This subtest continuously writes data pattern B5ADADh to all the tracks
(track: 0 to 39/0 to 79) on a floppy disk. The data is then read and compared
to the original data.
Subtest 03
Random address/data
This subtest writes random data to random addresses on all tracks (track: 0 to
39/0 to 79) on a floppy disk. The data is then read and compared to the
original data.
Subtest 04
Write specified address
This subtest writes the data specified by an operator to a specified track, head,
and address.
Subtest 05
Read specified address
This subtest reads data from a track, head, and address specified by an
operator.