Confirming The System Configuration Information; Figure 4-2. Main Screen Of The Dell Diagnostics - Dell Inspiron 3000 Reference And Troubleshooting Manual

Available Test Groups
RAM
System Set
Video
Keyboard
Mouse
Diskette Drives
Hard-Disk Drives (Non-SCSI)
IDE CD ROM Drives
Serial/Infrared Ports
Parallel Ports
Audio
Main Menu: Run
Display the Run Menu.
* On the Dell Inspiron 3000, a CD-ROM drive installed in the options bay is recognized as IDE Drive 1.

Figure 4-2. Main Screen of the Dell Diagnostics

C
onfirming the System
Configuration Information
When you boot the computer from your diagnostics dis-
kette, the diagnostics checks your system configuration
information and displays it in the System Configuration
area on the main screen.
The following sources supply this configuration informa-
tion for the diagnostics:
•
The system configuration information that you
selected through the system setup options
•
Identification tests of the microprocessor, the video
controller, the keyboard controller, and other key
components
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Dell System Diagnostics
Select Subtest
System Configuration
Memory
Secondary Cache
Processor(s)
USB (0)
Video
Keyboard
Mouse
Diskette Drive(s)
IDE (0)2168 MB, 0525 Cyl, 128 Hd, 63 Se
Serial IR Ports
Audio
Parallel Ports
Network Interface
Options Test Limits
•
Basic input/output system (BIOS) configuration
information temporarily saved in RAM
Do not be concerned if the System Configuration area
does not list the names of all the components or devices
you know are part of the computer. For example, you
may not see a printer listed, although you know one is
attached to the computer. Instead, the printer is listed as a
parallel port. The computer recognizes the parallel port
as LPT1, which is an address that tells the computer
where to send outgoing information and where to look
for incoming information. Because your printer is a
parallel communications device, the computer recog-
nizes the printer by its LPT1 address and identifies it as a
parallel port.
16 MB
256
1-Pentium(R)/MMX
Intel(R) 7112
SVGA,2048 KB
Integrated
Integrated
A:1.4MB
2
IRQ 5, DMA 0, CS4237B
1
None
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