Dell Latitude CP Reference And Troubleshooting Manual page 75

Test Groups
Hard-Disk Drives
(Non-SCSI)
IDE CD ROM Drives
Serial/Infrared Ports
Parallel Ports
SCSI Devices
Network Interface
NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary in the online System User's Guide.
Table 4-2. Dell Diagnostics Tests (continued)
Subtests
Disk Controller Test
Forced Error-Correction-Code Test
Seek Test
Read Test
Write Test
Drive Controller Test
Seek Test
Read Test
Audio Output Test
Eject Removable Media
Serial/Infrared Baud Rate Test
Serial/Infrared Interrupt Test
Serial/Infrared Internal Trans-
mission Test
Serial External Transmission Test
Parallel Internal Test
Parallel External Loopback Test
Parallel External Interrupt Test
Parallel Printer Pattern Test
Internal Diagnostic Test
Seek Test
Read Test
Write Test
Audio Output Test
Eject Removable Media Test
Display Information Test
Registers Test
Loopback Test
Shared RAM Test
Display Information Test
Description
Tests a drive that uses fixed, internal
disks. Also tests the associated control-
ling devices.
Tests an IDE drive that uses removable
CD media. Also tests the associated
controlling devices.
Tests the components through which
peripherals that use the serial or infra-
red port, such as communications
devices, send and receive data.
Requires an external loopback
connector.
Tests the components through which
peripherals that use the parallel port,
such as printers, send and receive data.
Tests the SCSI controller in the C/Port
Advanced Port Replicator (APR) or
C/Dock Expansion Station, and all SCSI
devices attached to either. This test runs
only if the computer is docked.
Tests the read and write access capabil-
ity of the network controller registers in
the Dell Latitude C/Port APR or C/Dock
Expansion Station. This test runs only if
the computer is docked.
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