Sage II - Description of Diagnostic Aids; Power-Up (Boot) Test; Cycler Test; Alignment Test

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SERVTCE
MANUAL
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DESCRIPTION
OF DIAGNOSTIC
AIDS
DESCRIPTION
OF
DIAGNOSTIC AIDS :
The
Service
Kit contalns
several major dlagnostlc
aids for
the
SAGE II
user/dealer
and are
explalned in
detail tn
this
doctrment.
Briefly,
they
are
The
POIIER-UP
(
OR
BOOT)
TEST resides ln
ts always
executed
on
power-up
or reset.
system
checkout.
Troubleshooting
at
thts
good
dlgttal
hardware
experlence.
the
PROMS
of
the
SAGE
II
and
It
provldes
a
good
overall
level ls
aiured
at
a
user wlth
The
CYCLER test
is a
system
exerciser.
Tests
of all
major
system
components
are repeatedly
executed.
The
disk Eest is
especially
useful
for
identlfying
the
true
perfornance
of a
drive. This
test
can be run
by any
user
but hardware
experience
will be necessary
to
lsolate
some
types
of
problems
and
repair
them.
The
ALIGNITENT
test is
used to
determine if
a drlve
ls
misaligned.
Sfunple,
step-by-step
lnstructions
and
a new
philosophy
of Eestlng
using
a
speclally
formatted
diagnostlc
diskette
make this test
easy
to
run.
The
CTEANER
program
ls
used wirh
heads
of a
floppy
drive.
Often
bulldup.
a
diskette
cleaning
kit
to
clean the
disk
errors are
due to
slnple
dlrt
The
ERR0R
LOOKUP llst ls
a llst
of error
messages and
what
they
mean,
Also
available
are
descriptions
of the
system
operation
with
some
valuable
trouble
shooting
hints.