Advanced Diagnostics; Chapter Overview - Digital Equipment 300 Series AXP Reference Manual

Chapter Overview

Introduction This chapter describes more detailed troubleshooting procedures.
During power-up, diagnostic error reporting is done in three
stages:
1. Preliminary initialization, and a test that executes the serial
2. Main console power-up and self-tests.
3. More extensive tests the user can run from the main console,
Before You Before you proceed with this chapter:
Begin
1. Be sure you have gone through the visual inspection
2. Record the following information on the Handling Problems

Advanced Diagnostics

ROM (SROM) code.
using the command. (See Chapter 4).
test
procedures described in Chapter 7.
Worksheet at the end of this chapter:
• The serial number and model number of your system.
The numbers are printed on a label located on the back
of the system above the monitor connector.
• The status of your system, using the checklist on the
Handling Problems Worksheet.
• The status of the internal diagnostic light display
pattern.
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