Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 91z - Updating (Flashing) the BIOS from Your Operating System

FunctionCode
FailureTypeDeviceIDDate
ChkDigits
Text
•FunctionCode:
RepresentsthefeatureorfunctionwithinthePC.
•FailureType:
Representsthetypeoferrorencountered.
•DeviceID:
Containsthecomponent'sunit-IDthatcorrespondstoeitheraxeddiskdrive,removablemediadrive,
serialorparallelport,processor,specicRIMM,oradeviceonthePCIbus.
•Date:
Containsthedatewhenthediagnostictestwasrun.ThedateisretrievedfromCMOSanddisplayed
usingtheYYYYMMDDformat.
•ChkDigits:
Containsa2-digitcheck-digitvaluetoensurethefollowing:
–Diagnosticswererunonthespecieddate.
–Diagnosticswererunonthespeciedcomputer.
–Thediagnosticerrorcodeisrecordedcorrectly.
•Text:
Descriptionoftheerror.
Note:See“Diagnosticerrorcodes”onpage62forerrorcodelistings.
QuickandFullerase-harddrive
Thediagnosticsprogramofferstwoharddriveformatutilities:
•QuickEraseHardDrive
•FullEraseHardDrive
QuickEraseHardDriveprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:
•DestroystheMasterBootRecord(MBR)ontheharddrive.
•DestroysallcopiesoftheFATTableonallpartitions(boththemasterandbackup).
•Destroysthepartitiontable.
•Providesmessagesthatwarntheuserthatthisisanon-recoverableprocess.
FullEraseHardDriveprovidesaDOSutilitythatperformsthefollowing:
•PerformsallthestepsinQuickErase.
•ProvidesaDOSutilitythatwritesrandomdatatoallsectorsoftheharddrive.
•Providesanestimateoftimetocompletionalongwithavisualrepresentationofcompletionstatus.
•Providesmessagesthatwarntheuseraboutnon-recoverableprocess.
Important:MakesurethatalldataisbackedupbeforeusingtheQuickorFullErasefunctions.
ToselecttheQuickEraseorFullEraseHardDriveutility.Dothefollowing:
1.SelecttheUTILITYoptiononthetoolbarandpressEnter.
2.SelecteithertheQUICKERASEorFULLERASEHARDDISKoptionandfollowtheinstructions.
Viewingthetestlog
Errorsreportedbythediagnostictestwillbedisplayedbytheprogramasafailedtest.
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