Bios Diagnostic Utilities; Accessing Bios Diagnostic Utilities; Hard Drive Diagnostic Utility; Memory Diagnostic Utility - National Instruments NI PXI-8109 User Manual

BIOS Diagnostic Utilities

Accessing BIOS Diagnostic Utilities

Hard Drive Diagnostic Utility

Note
If either hard drive test fails, the controller is not permitted to boot, and the user is
instructed to turn off the controller and replace the hard drive.

Memory Diagnostic Utility

Note If the memory test fails, the controller is not permitted to boot, and the user is
instructed to turn off the controller and replace the memory.
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You can test the hard drive and memory of your controller with the
included BIOS diagnostic utilities.
Complete the following steps to start the BIOS Diagnostic Utility.
1. Power on or reboot your controller.
2. When the message
<F2> key. The first diagnostic utility loads after a short delay.
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 second. 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,
In order to continue with testing, user interaction is required to press a key
on the keyboard.
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,
any key to continue
controller, user interaction is required to press a key on the keyboard.
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<F2> to run diagnostics
Press any key to continue
is displayed. In order to continue to boot the
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appears, press the
is displayed.
Press
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