Note:Whenyouinitializethecomputerconguration,somedevicesaredisabled,suchastheserialport.If
youtestoneofthesedevices,youwillneedtoenableitbyusingCongurationutilityforDOS.Theutilityis
availableonthefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
PC-Doctorcannotbeusedtotestadevicethatisinthedockingstation,evenifthecomputersupportsthe
dockingstation.TotestaUSBdevice,connectittotheUSBconnectorofthecomputer.
Testingthecomputer
Inthisproduct,youneedanexternalopticaldrivetousetheopticalPC-DoctordiagnosticCDtotest
thehardwarefeatures.
Note:ThePC-DoctorforDOSCD-R/CD-RWdiscsupportsonlytestofinternalopticaldiscdrives(CD-RW,
CD-RW/DVDCombo,andDVDMultidrives)onThinkPadcomputers.Itdoesnotsupporttestofanyoptical
discdrivesconnectedthroughUSBdevices,PCcards,CardBuscards,orsimilar.TheUSBlimitationonly
appliestotestingofthedevice.UsingabootablePC-DoctorforDOSCD/DVD,thecomputercanbe
startedfromaUSBattachedopticaldrive.
Torunthetest,doasfollows:
1.Turnoffthecomputer.
2.Makesurethattheopticaldrivethatissupportedasastartupdeviceisinstalledtothecomputer.
3.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbepoweredon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”on
page33,andcheckthepowersources.
Ifanerrorcodeappears,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”onpage42.
4.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF12toentertheBootMenu.
5.InsertthePC-DoctorCDintotheopticaldrive.
6.PresscursorkeystoselectATAPICDx(x:0,1,...)andthenpressEnter.
7.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
8.ThemainpanelofPC-Doctorappears.
9.SelectDiagnosticswiththearrowkeys,andpressEnter.
Note:Youcanselectanitemnotonlywiththearrowkeys,butalsowiththeTrackPoint
®
pointer.
InsteadofpressingEnter,clicktheleftbutton.
Apull-downmenuappears.(Itsexactformdependsonthemodel.)
Note:PC-Doctormenudoesnotmeantheformalsupportdevicelist.Someunsupporteddevicenames
mayappearinthePC-Doctormenu.