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BIOS Diagnostic Utilities
You can test the hard drive and memory of your controller with the included BIOS diagnostic
utilities.
Accessing BIOS Diagnostic Utilities
Complete the following steps to start the BIOS Diagnostic Utility.
1.
Power on or reboot your controller.
2.
When the message
diagnostic utility loads after a short delay.
Hard Drive Diagnostic Utility
The hard drive is tested first upon entry into the BIOS Diagnostic Utilities. A quick test is
performed initially, and a more comprehensive test is performed afterwards. The user may
abort and skip any test by pressing the <Esc> key at any time during that test. After both tests
have finished or been skipped, the user is presented with the testing results. If both tests have
succeeded or been skipped,
testing, the user must press a key on the keyboard.
Note
user is instructed to turn off the controller and replace the hard drive.
Memory Diagnostic Utility
The memory diagnostic utility is started immediately after the user presses a key to exit the
hard drive diagnostic utility. The user may abort and skip the memory test by pressing the
<Esc> key at any time during this test. After the memory utility has finished or been skipped,
the user is presented with the testing result. If the memory test was successful or skipped,
Press any key to continue
must press a key on the keyboard.
Note
instructed to turn off the controller and replace the memory.
System CMOS
The NI PXI-8840 contains memory backed up by a battery to store BIOS configuration
information.
Complete the following steps to clear the CMOS contents:
1.
Power off the chassis.
2.
Remove the controller from the chassis.
3.
Press the push-button switch, as shown in the following figure.
4.
Wait 10 seconds.
5.
Reinstall the controller in the chassis.
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<F2> to run diagnostics
Press any key to continue
If either hard drive test fails, the controller is not permitted to boot, and the
is displayed. To continue to boot the controller, the user
If the memory test fails, the controller is not permitted to boot, and the user is
appears, press the <F2> key. The first
is displayed. To continue with
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