Downloading The Diagnostics Program; Using The Diagnostic Diskette - IBM IntelliStation 6836 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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10. Select Save &Exit Setup and follow the prompts. The diagnostics will load.

Downloading the diagnostics program

Complete the following steps to download the latest image of the IBM Enhanced
Diagnostics from the World Wide Web and create a startable Enhanced Diagnostics
diskette:
1. Go to the following World Wide Web site: http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/
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 in the following, and then press Enter: filename a: where filename is the
The downloaded file is self-extracting and will be copied to the diskette. When the
copy completes, you have a startable IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette.
The downloaded file is self-extracting and will be copied to the diskette. When the
copy completes, you have a startable IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette.

Using the diagnostic diskette

Complete the following steps to start the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics using the
diagnostics diskette:
1. Turn off your computer and any attached devices.
2. Insert the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette into the diskette drive.
3. Turn on all attached devices; then, turn on your computer.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
5. Place the Device Drivers and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD in the CD-ROM
When the tests have completed, you can view the Test Log by selecting Utility
from the top of the screen.
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3. When you see Press F1 For Configuration/Setup, press the F1 key.
4. When the Configuration/Setup Utility menu appears, select Start Options.
5. From the Start Options menu, select Startup Sequence.
6. Note the device selected as the First Startup Device. Later, you must restore
this setting.
7. Select CD-ROM as the First Startup Device.
8. Press Esc two times to return to the Configuration/Setup Utility menu.
9. Place the Device Drivers and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD in the CD-ROM
drive.
Follow the instructions on the screen to run the diagnostics.
Important:
When you finish running the diagnostics and utilities, remove the CD from
the CD-ROM drive and turn off the computer. You must restore the First
Startup Device to the original settings. Use steps 2 through 7 of this procedure
to do this.
(not to a diskette).
downloaded.
name of the file you downloaded from the Web.
drive. The diagnostics will load. Follow the instructions on the screen to run
the diagnostics.

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