Procedure 3
Diagnostic Test Program Execution Check
The floppy disk drive diagnostic test program is stored on the ASP Diagnostics Diskette. After
loading Toshiba MS-DOS, run the diagnostic program. Refer to Chapter 3, Tests and Diagnostics,
for more information about the diagnostic test procedures.
Floppy disk drive test error codes and their status names are described in Table 2-3. Make sure the
floppy disk in the FDD is formatted correctly and that the write protect tab is disabled. If any other
errors occur while executing the FDD diagnostics test, go to Check 1.
Check 1:
If the following message is displayed, disable the write protect tab on the floppy disk.
If any other message appears, perform Check 2.
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Table 2-4 Floppy Disk Drive Error Code and Status
Code
Status
01h
Bad command
02h
Address mark not found
03h
Write protected
04h
Record not found
06h
Media removed on dual attach card
08h
DMA overrun error
09h
DMA boundary error
10h
CRC error
20h
FDC error
40h
Seek error
60h
FDD not drive
80h
Time out error (Not ready)
EEh
Write buffer error
FFh
Data compare error
Write protected