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2-3. How to Start the Diagnostics
Precaution:
The supplied floppy disk containing the diagnostics program can be damaged because it will be written the Log
and used as FDD read-write test. Be sure to make a backup of the diagnostics floppy disk and use a backup disk
for diagnostics.
Starting up the diagnostics
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Specify the FDD as the startup drive so that the system boots up from the diagnostics FD.
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Insert the diagnostics CD-ROM media into the DVD-ROM bay or the CD-ROM bay. Insert the diagnostics FD into the
FDD bay. Turn off the main power of the system once and back on to boot up the system from the diagnostics FD.
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When the system is booted from the diagnostics floppy disk, the start menu appears. Select a desired item to execute the
diagnostics. When PASS is displayed as the result of diagnostics, the test is ended without any errors. When FAIL is
displayed as the result of diagnostics, the test is ended with some errors.
2-4. Test Items
The test items are shown below.
2-4-1. Diagnostics Menu
List of Test Items
The test items which are performed one after another or by selecting a specific item, are listed as follows.
(Short descriptions of the respective test items follow later.)
1. Check ROM Information
2. Battery test group
(1) Battery 1 test
(2) Battery 2 test
(3) Fan test
3. CD ROM test
4. FDD test
5. HDD test
6. Touch pad test
7. LED test
8. Main memory test
9. Main system test
10. Mouse test
11. Parallel loopback test
12. PC Card test
13. Serial loopback test
14. Port Replicator connector test
15. IrDA test
16. Video test
17. IEEE1394 test
18. PPK test
19. Aging (Short time) HDD test
20. Aging (Long time) HDD test
