Confirming The System Configuration Information - Dell Latitude C610 User Manual

This test verifies the drive's ability to position its read/write heads. The
test operates in two passes: first, seeking from the beginning to ending
cylinders inclusively, and second, seeking alternately from the beginning to
ending cylinders with convergence towards the middle.
Versions Lists the version numbers of the subtests that are used by the Dell Diagnostics.

Confirming the System Configuration Information

When you boot your computer from your Drivers and Utilities CD, the diagnostics checks your system
configuration information and displays it in the Device Groups area on the main screen.
The following sources supply this configuration information for the diagnostics:
The system configuration information settings (stored in NVRAM) that you selected while using the
system setup program
Identification tests of the microprocessor, the video controller, the keyboard controller, and other key
components
BIOS configuration information temporarily saved in RAM
Do not be concerned if the Device Groups area does not list the names of all the components or devices
you know are part of your computer. For example, you may not see a printer listed, although you know one
is attached to your computer. Instead, the printer is listed as a parallel port. The computer recognizes the
parallel port as LPT1, which is an address that tells the computer where to send outgoing information and
where to look for incoming information. Because your printer is a parallel communications device, the
computer recognizes the printer by its LPT1 address and identifies it as a parallel port. You can test your
printer connection in the Parallel Ports tests.