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Text messages
The diagnostic text message format is as follows:
Function Name: Result (test specific string)
where:
Function Name
Result
Test Specific String
Downloading the diagnostics program
Do the following to download the latest image of the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
from the World Wide Web and create a startable Enhanced Diagnostics diskette:
1. Go to the following World Wide Web site: http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/
2. Download the diagnostics file for the computer to a hard disk drive directory (not
3. Go to a DOS prompt and change to the directory where the file was
4. Insert a blank high-density diskette in the diskette drive.
is the three-digit device ID. (These codes are for trained service personnel.)
is the date that the diagnostic test was run and the error recorded.
are the check digits that are used to verify the validity of the information.
is the diagnostic message that indicates the reason for the problem.
is the name of the function being tested when the error occurred. This
corresponds to the function code (fff) given in the previous list.
can be one of the following:
Passed
This result occurs when the diagnostic test is completed without
any errors.
Failed This result occurs when the diagnostic test discovers an error.
User Aborted
This result occurs when you stop the diagnostic test before it is
complete.
Not Applicable
This result occurs when you specify a diagnostic test for a device
that is not present.
Aborted
This result occurs when the test could not proceed because of the
system configuration.
Warning
This result occurs when a possible problem is reported during the
diagnostic test, such as when a device that is to be tested is not
installed.
is additional information that is used to analyze the problem.
to a diskette).
downloaded.
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