Starting The Dell Diagnostics From The Drivers And Utilities Media - Dell Precision M6300 User Manual

2 Turn on (or restart) your computer.
3 Start the Dell Diagnostics in one of the following two ways:
NOTE:
to wait until you see the Microsoft
computer and try again.
When the DELL™ logo appears, press <F12> immediately. Select
Diagnostics from the boot menu and press <Enter>.
NOTE:
powered down completely.
– Press and hold the <Fn> key while powering the computer on.
NOTE:
been found, run the Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities media.
The computer runs the Pre-boot System Assessment (PSA), a series of
initial tests of your system board, keyboard, display, memory, hard drive,
etc.
• During the assessment, answer any questions that appear.
• If failures are detected during the Pre-boot System Assessment,
write down the error code(s) and see "Contacting Dell" on
page 263.
If the Pre-boot System Assessment completes successfully, the following
message appears: "Booting Dell Diagnostic Utility
Partition.Press any key to continue."
4 Press any key to start the Dell Diagnostics from the diagnostics utility
partition on your hard drive.

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media

1 Insert the Drivers and Utilities media.
2 Shut down and restart the computer.
When the DELL logo appears, press <F12> immediately.
NOTE:
to wait until you see the Microsoft
computer and try again.
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Troubleshooting
If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue
Before attempting the following option, the computer must be
If you see a message stating that no diagnostics utility partition has
If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue
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Windows desktop; then, shut down your
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Windows desktop; then, shut down your