Dell XPS Gen 3 Owner's Manual page 51

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive
1
Turn on (or restart) your computer.
2
When the DELL™ logo appears, press <F12> immediately.
NOTE:
If you see a message stating that no diagnostics utility partition has been found, run the Dell
Diagnostics from your ResourceCD
If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the
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Microsoft Windows
3
When the boot device list appears, highlight Boot to Utility Partition and press <Enter>
4
When the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu appears, select the test you want to run (see
page 52).
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the ResourceCD
1
Insert the ResourceCD.
2
Shut down and restart the computer (see page 61).
When the DELL logo appears, press <F12> immediately.
If you wait too long and the Windows logo appears, continue to wait until you see the
Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer (see page 61) and try again.
NOTE:
The next steps change the boot sequence for one time only. On the next start-up, the computer
boots according to the devices specified in system setup.
3
When the boot device list appears, highlight IDE CD-ROM Device and press <Enter>.
4
Select the IDE CD-ROM Device option from the CD boot menu.
5
Select the Boot from CD-ROM option from the menu that appears.
6
Type to start the ResourceCD menu.
1
7
Type to start the Dell Diagnostics.
2
8
Select Run the 32 Bit Dell Diagnostics from the numbered list. If multiple versions are listed,
select the version appropriate for your computer.
9
When the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu appears, select the test you want to run (see
page 52).
(see page 51).
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desktop. Then shut down your computer (see page 61) and try again.
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