When To Use The Dell Diagnostics; Starting The Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive; Starting The Dell Diagnostics From The Drivers And Utilities Cd - Dell Precision 390 User Manual

Unexpected interrupt in protected mode —
WARNING: Dell's Disk Monitoring System has detected that drive [0/1] on the [primary/secondary] IDE controller is operating outside
of normal specifications. It is advisable to immediately back up your data and replace your hard drive by calling your support desk or
Dell —
If no replacement drive is immediately available and the drive is not the only bootable drive, Enter system setup (see
Setup) and change the appropriate drive setting to None. Then remove the drive from the computer.
Write fault —
Write fault on selected drive —
See Drive Problems.
<drive letter>:\ is not accessible. The device is not ready —
try again.
Dell Diagnostics
CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the safety instructions in the Product Information Guide.

When to Use the Dell Diagnostics

If you experience a problem with your computer, perform the checks in
Dell) for technical assistance.
It is recommended that you print these procedures before you begin.
NOTICE: The Dell Diagnostics works only on Dell™ computers.
Enter system setup (see Entering System
system setup and is active.
Start the Dell Diagnostics from either your hard drive or from the Drivers and Utilities CD (also known as the ResourceCD).
NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities CD is optional and may not ship with all computers.

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 (see
and Utilities CD.
If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop. Then shut down the
computer (see Turn Off Your
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 that you want to run (see

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD

NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities CD is optional and may not ship with all computers.
1. Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD.
Run the Dell Diagnostics (see
The floppy drive cannot read the disk. Insert a floppy disk into the drive and
Setup), review your computer's configuration information, and ensure that the device you want to test displays in
Computer), and try again.
Dell Diagnostics).
Solving Problems and run the Dell Diagnostics before you contact Dell (see
Dell Diagnostics Main Menu
Entering System
Contacting
Dell Diagnostics) from your Drivers
for a list of tests).