Diagnostics Menu - Dell Latitude C640 User Manual

6.
7. After the Dell Diagnostics loads, the Diagnostics Menu appears. To select an option, highlight the
option and press
you choose.
8. When you have finished running the Dell Diagnostics, press
Menu. To exit the Dell Diagnostics and reboot the computer, either type
press .

Diagnostics Menu

Option Function
Test All Devices Performs extensive diagnostic tests or quick diagnostic tests on all devices.
Test One Device Performs extensive diagnostic tests or quick diagnostic tests on one device
after you select it from a list of device groups. After you select Test One
Device, press
Advanced Allows you to modify the parameters of a test and select a group of tests to
Testing perform. You can access online Help for more information about Advanced
Testing.
Information and Provides test results, test errors, version numbers of the subtests used by the
Results Dell Diagnostics, and additional help on the Dell Diagnostics.
Program Allows you to change the settings of the Dell Diagnostics.
Options
Exit If the Dell Diagnostics are being run from the Diagnostics Utility partition on
the hard drive, reboots the computer.
If the Dell Diagnostics are being run from CD or floppy disk, exits to the MS-
DOS® prompt.
For a quick check of your computer, select Quick Tests from the Test All Devices or Test One Device
option. Quick Tests runs only the subtests that do not require user interaction and that do not take a long
time to run. Dell recommends that you choose Quick Tests first to increase the odds of tracing the source
of the problem quickly.
For a thorough check of your computer, select Extended Tests from the Test All Devices option.
To check a particular area of your computer, select Extended Tests from the Test One Device option, or
select the Advanced Testing option to customize your test(s).
Advanced Testing
, or press the key that corresponds to the highlighted letter in the option
for more information about a test.
until you return to the Diagnostics
, or highlight Exit and