ThinkPad E550 - Bootable Diagnostic Programs

Table1.ItemsonthemainscreenoftheUEFIdiagnosticprogram
TestsTools
•Memoryquicktest
•Memoryextendedtest
•Memorybitfadetest(180min)
•Quickstoragedevicetest
•LCDtest
•PCI-etest
•Motherboardbusestest
•Exitapplication
•Systeminformation
•Generateconfigurationfile
•Executefromconfigurationfile
•Recoverbadsectorstool
Note:Therecoverbadsectorstoolisonlyavailableoncomputersthathaveharddiskdrivesinstalled.
Bootablediagnosticprograms
IfthecomputeryouareservicingisnotinstalledwiththeUEFIdiagnosticprogram,youcandownloada
bootablediagnosticprogramfromtheLenovoSupportWebsite.Thebootablediagnosticprogramenables
youtoviewsysteminformationandtestsomehardwaredevicesinyourcomputer,suchasmemory,storage
devices,theLCD,andsystemboardbuses.Tousethebootablediagnosticprogram,youcancreatea
bootablediagnosticmediumusingaUSBdeviceordisc.
Tocreateabootablediagnosticmedium,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/diags.
2.ClickLenovoBootableDiagnostics.
3.FollowtheinstructionsontheWebsitetocreateabootablediagnosticmediumonaUSBdeviceordisc.
Tousethediagnosticmediumyouhavecreated,dooneofthefollowing:
•IfyouhavecreatedthebootablediagnosticmediumonaUSBdevice,dothefollowing:
1.AttachtheUSBdevicetothecomputer.
2.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbeturnedon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”onpage
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,andcheckthepowersources.Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”on
page43forerrorcodedescriptionsandtroubleshootinghints.
3.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,repeatedlypressandreleasetheF12key.WhentheBoot
Menuwindowopens,releasetheF12key.
4.UsethearrowkeystoselectUSBHDDandthenpressEnter.Thediagnosticprogramlaunches.
5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.
•Ifyouhavecreatedthebootablediagnosticmediumusingadisc,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbeturnedon,goto“Powersystemcheckout”onpage
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,andcheckthepowersources.Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,goto“Symptom-to-FRUindex”on
page43forerrorcodedescriptionsandtroubleshootinghints.
2.Insertthediscintotheopticaldrive.
3.Restartthecomputer.
4.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,repeatedlypressandreleasetheF12key.WhentheBoot
Menuwindowopens,releasetheF12key.
5.UsethearrowkeystoselectATAPICDx(x:0,1,...)andthenpressEnter.Thediagnosticprogram
launches.
6.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.
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