H Ow To Use The System Diagnostics - Dell 4100 Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

H
ow to Use the System
Diagnostics
When you select
RUN SPECIFIC TESTS
tics Menu, the main screen of the diagnostics appears
(see Figure 5-2). The main screen lists the diagnostic test
groups, gives information about the configuration of the
computer system, and allows you to select categories
from a menu. From this screen, you can enter two other
types of screens.
Information on the main screen of the diagnostics is pre-
sented in the following five areas:
•
Two lines at the top of the screen identify the diag-
nostics and give its version number.
•
On the left side of the screen, the Test Group area
lists the diagnostic test groups in the order they will
run if you select
ALL
Available Test Groups
RAM
System Set
Video
Keyboard
Mouse
Diskette Drives
Hard-Disk Drives (Non-SCSI)
Serial/Infrared Ports
Parallel Ports
SCSI Devices
Main: Run Select Subtest Options Test Limits About Key-Help Quit Display the Run Menu.
NOTE: The options displayed on the screen should reflect the hardware configuration of the computer system.
Figure 5-2. System Diagnostics Screen
from the Diagnos-
from the menu category.
RUN
Dell Computer Corporation
PowerEdge 4100 Diagnostics Version X.XX
Press the up- or down-arrow key to highlight a test
group.
•
On the right side of the screen, the System Configu-
ration area lists the computer's current hardware
settings.
•
On the lower-right side of the screen, the Hard-Disk
Drive Parameters area displays information about
any installed integrated drive electronics (IDE) hard-
disk drive(s). Because the system supports only
small computer system interface (SCSI) drives, both
and
DRIVE 0 DRIVE 1
any hard-disk drive parameters.
•
Two lines at the bottom of the screen make up the
menu area. The first line lists the categories you can
select; press the left- or right-arrow key to highlight
a menu category. The second line gives information
about the category currently highlighted.
System Configuration
Processor
Memory
Secondary Cache
Video
Keyboard
Diskette Drives
Serial Ports
Parallel Ports
Mouse
Modems
SCSI Devices
Network Interface
Serial IR Ports
Audio
0 IDE Drive Information
1
2
3
Running the System Diagnostics
should display rather than
NONE
Pentium Pro
64 MB
128 KB
SVGA,1024K
101 Key
A:1.4MB, B: None
2
1
PS/2 2-button
None
2
None
Integrated
None
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
Press Q to Quit
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