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Diagnostics
Diagnostics program download
Navigating through the diagnostics programs
Running diagnostics tests
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IBM IntelliStation Type 6866: Hardware Maintenance Manual
1.
Power-off the computer and wait for a few seconds until all in-use lights go off.
2.
Power-on the computer.
3.
When the Setup Utility prompt appears on the screen during start-up, press F1.
The Setup Utility menu will appear.
4.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
5.
When finished, select System Summary to verify that any configuration changes
have been accepted.
The Diagnostics program uses a full range of diagnostic utilities to determine the
operating condition of the computer's hardware components.
For a complete list of error codes and messages, see "Chapter 5. Symptom-to-FRU
index," on page 45.
To download the Diagnostics program, do the following:
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Go to http://www.ibm.com/.
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Select Support.
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Select Desktop computing from the "Search by Category" pull-down menu.
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Select IntelliStation or Type from the "Product Family" list.
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Search for the machine type in the "Quick Path" box on the left.
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Select Diagnostics from the "Downloadable files by Category" pull-down menu
or go directly to the link PC Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from the
"Downloadable files by date" list. This link will take you to the self-starting utility
download and instructions.
Use the cursor movement keys to navigate within the menus.
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The Enter key is used to select a menu item.
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The Esc key is used to back up to the previous menu.
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For online help select F1.
There are four ways to run the diagnostic tests.
1.
Using the cursor movement keys, highlight Run Normal Test or Run Quick Test
from the Diagnostics menu and then press Enter.
This will automatically run a pre-defined group of tests from each test category.
Run Normal Test runs a more extensive set of tests than does Run Quick Test and
takes longer to execute.
2.
Press F5 to automatically run all selected tests in all categories. See "Test
Selection".
3.
From within a test category, press Ctrl-Enter to automatically run only the
selected tests in that category. See "Test Selection".
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