Using The Device Driver And Ibm Enhanced Diagnostics Cd; Creating An Ibm Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette - IBM 621410U - IntelliStation E - Pro 6214 Hardware Maintenance Manual

A Device Drivers and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD comes with your computer. You
can also download the latest diskette image of the diagnostics from
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support on the World Wide Web.

Using the Device Driver and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD

Be certain that the computer will start up with the CD-ROM drive as the first
startup device. If not, use the IBM Setup Utility to change the first startup device
(see "Using the IBM Setup Utility program" on page 31). Do the following to run
the Device Driver and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD:
1. Insert the Device Drivers and Enhanced Diagnostics CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Turn off your computer and any attached devices.
3. Turn on all attached devices; then, turn on your computer.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
5. When you finish running the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics and Utilities program,
6. If you used the IBM Setup Utility to change the first startup device, restore it to

Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette

The IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette is used to test hardware components on
your computer.
You can create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette one of three ways:
v Create a diskette using Access IBM
v Download a program image from the World Wide Web
v Create a diskette from the Product Recovery Program
Do the following to create the diagnostics diskette using Access IBM:
1. From the Access IBM menu, click Protect data.
2. Click Creating emergency diskettes.
3. Click Diagnostic diskette.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
To create a startable IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from the World Wide Web:
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ on the World Wide Web.
2. Download the diagnostics file for your computer to a hard disk drive directory
3. Go to a DOS prompt and change to the directory where the file was
4. Insert a blank high-density diskette in diskette drive A.
5. Type filename a: where filename is the name of the file you downloaded from the
The downloaded Web file is self-extracting and will be copied to the diskette.
When the copy completes, store the diskette in a safe place.
To create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from The Product Recovery
Program:
1. Shut down the operating system and restart the computer.
2. When the prompt,
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exit from the program and remove the CD from the drive.
the original setting.
(not to a diskette).
downloaded.
Web, and press Enter.
displayed, press F11.
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