Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge - Navigating through the Diagnostics Programs; Running Tests

Runningthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdisc
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtorunthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdiscthatyou
created.
Torunthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdiscthatyoucreated,dothefollowing:
1.Makesuretheopticaldriveyouwanttouseissetastherstbootdeviceinthestartupdevicesequence.
See“Selectingorchangingthestartupdevicesequence”onpage59.
2.Makesurethecomputeristurnedonandtheninsertthediscintotheopticaldrive.Thediagnostic
programopens.
Note:Youcaninsertthediscintotheopticaldrivewhenyouaresettingthestartupdevicesequence.
However,ifyouinsertthediscintotheopticaldrivewhenyouhavealreadyenteredtheoperating
system,youneedtorestartthecomputertoaccessthediagnosticprogram.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoselectthediagnostictestyouwanttorun.
Note:Foradditionalhelp,presstheF1key.
4.Removethediagnosticdiscfromtheopticaldrivewhenyoucompletethediagnosticprocess.
Navigatingthroughthediagnosticsprograms
Usethecursormovementkeystonavigatewithinthemenus.
•TheEnterkeyisusedtoselectamenuitem.
•TheEsckeyisusedtobackuptothepreviousmenu.
•Foronlinehelp,selectF1.
Runningtests
Therearefourwaystorunthediagnostictests.
•Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightRunNormalTestorRunQuickTestfromtheDiagnostics
menuandthenpressEnter.Thisautomaticallyrunsapre-denedgroupoftestsfromeachtestcategory.
RunNormalTestrunsamoreextensivesetofteststhandoesRunQuickTestandtakeslongerto
complete.
•PressF5toautomaticallyrunallselectedtestsinallcategories.
•Fromwithinatestcategory,pressCtrl-Entertoautomaticallyrunonlytheselectedtestsinthatcategory.
•Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightasingletestwithinatestcategory,andthenpressEnter.
Thisrunsonlythattest.
PressEscatanytimetostopthetestingprocess.
Testresults(N/A,PASSED,FAILED,ABORTED)aredisplayedintheeldbesidethetestdescriptionandin
thetestlog.See“Viewingthetestlog”onpage54.
Toselectoneormoretests,usethefollowingprocedure.
1.Openthecorrespondingtestcategory.
2.Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightthedesiredtest.
3.Pressthespacebar.Aselectedtestismarkedby>>.Pressingthespacebaragainde-selectsatest
andremovesthe>>.
4.Repeatsteps2and3abovetoselectalldesiredtests.
Testresults
Diagnosticstestresultsproducethefollowingerrorcodeformat:
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