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16) ERROR INFORMATION STORING AREA
1 Error information storing area for diagnostics
1 sector ~ 6 sector of 0 head of the last cylinder is used.
Used in the following format from the head of each sector.
(Error information format for every sector)
1 + 46 x 11 = 507 bytes is used in one sector.
Last cylinder
Head of 0 head, 1 sector
Counter
[1byte 0~46]
BIN
Error
Cylinder
Head Sector
code
(L)
(H)
BIN
BIN
BIN
BIN
BIN
3-17. FDD DIAGNOSTICS
This is a test program that checks the floppy disk drives.
(Do not execute this program after performing a D-RAM test.)
1) FDD CHECK
1 Description
A test file is opened on a floppy disk and data (256 bytes) of 00h -
FFh is written four times on the disk before read and verification are
performed.
2 Display
After making sure the screen looks like this, insert a formatted FD
(W/R-TEST disk) into the drive and press any key.
Please insert W/R-TEST disk to drive A:
Data in the disk A: will be destroyed.
Note: W/R-TEST disk: Formatted FD (Turn off write-protection)
The screen looks like this during testing.
FDD Write/Read & Compare Check
3 Error
When an error occurs, the following message appears on screen.
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FDD ERROR !!!
Drive not ready
2nd sector - 6th sector are the same.
Year
Month
Day
Hour
Minute Second
BCD
BCD
BCD
BCD
BCD
Warning
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UP-5900VS DIAGNOSTICS SPECIFICATIONS
Note: An error message appears at the hatched area
Error message
Drive not ready
Verify error
Write protect error
General failure
No space left on device
Other than the above messages, some MS-DOS error messages
may be displayed.
4 Terminating testing
When the screen displays the following message, remove the FD
and press any key.
BCD
3-18. FAN & LCD ON/OFF DIAGNOSTICS
1) FAN & LCD ON/OFF CHECK
1 Checking content
The CPU, the fan, the exhaust fan and the LCD are turned ON/OFF.
When this menu is selected, the following display is shown.
FAN&LCD ON/OFF Diagnostics
When any key is pressed, the CPU fan and the exhaust fan are
stopped and the LCD and the backlight are turned off.
When any key is pressed under this state, or if there is no key input
for 10 sec, the display automatically returns to the main menu and
the test is terminated.
3-19. POWER HOLD DIAGNASTICS
1) POWER HOLD CHECK
1 Checking content
Two types of states such as power hold and power switch are dis-
played.
Power Hold Diagnostics
Power Hold
Power Switch
When pressing the space key, power hold is switched between ON
and OFF.
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Description
No FD in drive
Write data is different from Read data
Disk is write-protected.
FD is not formatted or others
No disk space available
Please out W/R-TEST disk from drive A:
HIT ANY KEY
:<~>ON (or OFF)
:<~>ON (or OFF)
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