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Number of Times to
Repeat Test(s)
Maximum Errors
Allowed
Pause for User
Response
Output Device for
Status Messages
Output Device for
Error Messages
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This parameter specifies the number of times the tests run when you select Run. To
change the default, type in the desired value. If you type 0 (zero), the test is run until
you press <Ctrl><Break>.
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This parameter specifies the maximum number of errors that can occur before testing
is suspended. The error count begins from zero each time you run a subtest or test
group individually or each time you select All to run all of them. To change the default,
type in the desired value. If you type 0 (zero), testing continues, regardless of the
number of errors found, until you press <Ctrl><Break>.
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If this parameter is set to Yes, the diagnostics pauses when one of the following
occurs:
Your interaction is needed to verify the Video test group screens, the Keyboard
test group key functions, or other types of interaction such as inserting a diskette.
The maximum error limit is reached.
To continue testing, press any key.
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0001 through 9999, or 0000, which loops indefinitely until
you press the <Ctrl> and <Break> keys. The default is 0001.
0000 through 9999, where 0000 means that there is no
error limit. The default is 0001.
Y es, No
Allows you to decide whether tests will wait for user input.
The default is Y es (to wait for user input).
Display, Printer, File
If you have a printer attached to the computer, you can use
it to print the status messages, if any, that are generated
when a test runs. (The printer must be turned on and in the
online mode to print.) If you select File, the status mes-
sages are printed to a file named result on the diagnostics
diskette. The default is Display.
Display, Printer, File
If you have a printer attached to the computer, you can use
it to print the error messages, if any, that are generated
when a test runs. (The printer must be turned on and in the
online mode to print.) If you select File, the error messages
are printed to a file named result on the diagnostics dis-
kette. The default is Display.
Running the Dell Diagnostics
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