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3  Diagnostic Programs 3.1 General 
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… A Test Media CD (A-BEX TEST CD-R OM TCDR-702)(for CD-ROM test) 
… A Test Media DVD (Toshiba-EMI  DVD-ROM TEST DISK TSD-1) 
… An External Monitor (for DISPLAY test) 
… A CD-ROM Driver (for CD-ROM test) 
… Audio Line for audio record test 
… A Data CD (for CD-ROM test) 
The following chapters describe all the test deta ils. The test items could be selected from the 
DIAGNOSTIC TEST menu.  
Note: 
When booting up the unit for the first time, the system will automatically select the location 
of the result log file. If a USB floppy drive is  connected, and there is an unprotected floppy 
diskette with more then 50KB spare space in the drive, system will save all log files into the 
root directory the diskette; otherwise, system w ill save all log files in the root directory of 
RAM disk. 
  
						

							
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3.2 Quick Start 
When the system is booting from Service Diagnos tic CD, the following screen will be displayed: 
  
Please select a test item or select  0 to exit to Free-DOS: 
3.2.1 Quick Test 
When this item is selected, the system will run the configured test items and generate a test 
report automatically. 
When the test is completed, a file named Qu ick.log would be saved in the defined location. 
When Quick.log is being created, meanwhile, a file named quick.log has already existed, the 
system will automatically rename Quick.log to Qu ick.old for the backup purpose of the log file. 
For the detail of test item, please refer to Quick Test Item List. 
3.2.2 Customization Test 
When this item is selected, the system will run the diagnostic programs according to the 
procedures you defined. When the test is comple ted, a file named Custom.log will be saved in 
the defined location. Please see the following example-- Mouse test. 
1.  Use arrow key to select ‘TouchPad’ item on ‘Peripheral’ in the menu, then press  Space 
key to select it. (When it is being selected, there is a  X marked in the
 [  ]) 
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Select ‘Test Mouse’ or press  F8 to run the test. The prompt information would be 
displayed in the screen as below. This test  item needs user to verify whether the mouse 
works normally. 
   
The test result will be displayed in the following screen:  
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Here is another method to run the test: Highl ight a test item by using arrow keys, then, 
press Enter  to start. If there are parameters pr ovided, user should set parameters in the 
parameter dialog window. 
 
CPU Speed Test (Step by Step): 
1.  Select test item:  
Select System —CPU—CPU Speed,  then, press the  Enter key. 
 
2. Parameters Setting 
Choose the  OK button after you set the proper parameters in the following window. 
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3. Test Result 
System will automatically run and display the test result as follows: 
 
Following is the comparison report of the  two testing methods mentioned above:  
1) Configuration and Running 
As to the method used in Mouse test, the user  is required to select test items by pressing 
Space key and set the parameters artificially, (See 
3.3.3 Item’s Parameters 
Configuration) Then press  F8 to start the test. User should configure each parameter in 
advance; otherwise the default parameters  would be used. Using this method, user is 
allowed to select more than one test item at one time. 
2) Running the current test item  
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As to the method adopted in CPU Speed test , user should highlight the test item and 
press Enter  to start testing. And the user has to  setup the parameters every time before 
running the test. Using this method, only one test item would be tested at one time. 
 
3.2.3 Keyboard  Layout test 
    The test purpose is to check whether  30 kinds of keyboards run well during the test 
procedure. When users choose the item, the na mes of these countries will be displayed on 
the screen for user choice. User press any i ndex of token in ASCII, and the program will 
test the kind of ke ymap of the country. 
   
The test screen would be shown as below: 
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It requires user to press the key and check whether the key in the screen changes 
color or not. User can terminate test by typing ‘ END’. When testing the ‘ Fn’ key, it 
must press the  ‘ Esc’ key at the same time.  
When the user has checked all the keys and  all the keys in the screen have changed 
color, the diagnostics program would automa tically end the test and report the pass 
information.  
If keyboard test fails, program will terminat e the test and report the fail information 
when it is time to timeout. 
The test will end when all keys are pre ssed or test time is out after 100 seconds. 
3.2.4  Audio Play Test 
Check whether the system could playback a udio normally. When the test is completed, a 
file named Audio_P.log will be saved in the defined location. 
3.2.5  Audio Record Test 
Check whether the system could record the sound normally. If there is no error during 
the whole test, Pass; otherwise Fail. The test wi ll repeat for four times. When the test is 
completed, a file named autest.log wi ll be saved in the defined location. 
3.2.6 DMI Read 
Read the information from the system’s SMBIOS  and display it in the screen as follows:  
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User can press any key to exit the program. 
3.2.7 DMI Write 
In addition to reading the DMI information, DMI Write  also permits attributes editing 
and updating: Manufacture, Product Name, Ve rsion, Serial Number, and OEM Part 
Number, etc. The following screen will be displayed: 
    
In this screen, All lines which attr ibute could be edited and updated. The 1st line (the font 
in yellow with blue background) shows the attr ibute’s value that is read from the current 
system and the 2
nd line (the font in red with turquo ise background) shows the same value 
as that in the 1st line before user’s editing. User can  modify the attribute’s value in the 2nd 
line and press Enter  to confirm the current ed ition and continue editing the next attribute. 
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During the editing, user could press  F2 to confirm the DMI attribute update or press  F4 
to ignore the modification. Press  ESC to exit the program of DMI Write. 
The confirmation screen is as below: 
    
NOTE:  Setup All of DMI Informati on in Type  is Max 32 Digital  
The attributes that have been modified woul d be marked in red; otherwise in yellow. 
User could press  F2 to save the changes, or press  F4 to ignore and exit the current 
program. 
3.2.8  System Information  
This function is used to read the system in formation. When the test is completed, a file 
named System.log will be saved in the define d location. During the reading process, the 
following screen will be disp layed to indicate that the progress is in detection: 
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On the left column of the above screen, the detected hardware components are listed. The 
corresponding information of th e detected hardware components is displayed on the right 
of the screen. It displays  the current running status information of the check program. 
The name of the program is marked on the t op of the screen. At the bottom, the function 
keys are listed for user operation. During th e detection, keyboard operation is invalid.  
When the detection is finished, the hardware  components information will be displayed 
as follows: 
    
User can use function keys listed on the bottom  of the screen to display the configuration 
of the component or exit the current pr ogram. On the left column, the components 
information is listed and user can use arrow keys or  PgUp/PgDn to view the list and 
highlight the chosen component. On the right  column, the configuration information of 
the highlighted component is listed. Press ESC to exit this program. 
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