Lenovo ThinkCentre M55e Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 50

Navigating, through, diagnostics, programs, Running, tests, results

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Navigating through the diagnostics programs Use the cursor movement keys to navigate within the menus. v The Enter key is used to select a menu item. v The Esc key is used to back up to the previous menu. v For online help select F1. Running tests There are four ways to run the diagnostic tests. v Using the cursor movement keys, highlight Run Normal Test or Run Quick Test from the Diagnostics menu and then press Enter. This automatically runs a pre-defined group of tests from each test category. Run Normal Test runs a more extensive set of tests than does Run Quick Test and takes longer to complete. v Press F5 to automatically run all selected tests in all categories. v From within a test category, press Ctrl-Enter to automatically run only the selected tests in that category. v Using the cursor movement keys, highlight a single test within a test category, and then press Enter. This runs only that test. Press Esc at any time to stop the testing process. Test results (N/A, PASSED, FAILED, ABORTED) are displayed in the field beside the test description and in the test log. See "Viewing the test log" on page 47. To select one or more tests, use the following procedure. 1. Open the corresponding test category. 2. Using the cursor movement keys, highlight the desired test. 3. Press the space bar. A selected test is marked by >>. Pressing the space bar again de-selects a test and removes the >>. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 above to select all desired tests. Test results Diagnostics test results produce the following error code format: Function Code Failure Type DeviceID Date ChkDigits Text v Function Code: Represents the feature or function within the PC. v Failure Type: Represents the type of error encountered. v DeviceID: Contains the component's unit-ID which corresponds to either a fixed disk drive, removable media drive, serial or parallel port, processor, specific RIMM, or a device on the PCI bus. v Date: 44 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Navigating
through
the
diagnostics
programs
Use
the
cursor
movement
keys
to
navigate
within
the
menus.
v
The
Enter
key
is
used
to
select
a
menu
item.
v
The
Esc
key
is
used
to
back
up
to
the
previous
menu.
v
For
online
help
select
F1
.
Running
tests
There
are
four
ways
to
run
the
diagnostic
tests.
v
Using
the
cursor
movement
keys,
highlight
Run
Normal
Test
or
Run
Quick
Test
from
the
Diagnostics
menu
and
then
press
Enter
.
This
automatically
runs
a
pre-defined
group
of
tests
from
each
test
category.
Run
Normal
Test
runs
a
more
extensive
set
of
tests
than
does
Run
Quick
Test
and
takes
longer
to
complete.
v
Press
F5
to
automatically
run
all
selected
tests
in
all
categories.
v
From
within
a
test
category,
press
Ctrl-Enter
to
automatically
run
only
the
selected
tests
in
that
category.
v
Using
the
cursor
movement
keys,
highlight
a
single
test
within
a
test
category,
and
then
press
Enter
.
This
runs
only
that
test.
Press
Esc
at
any
time
to
stop
the
testing
process.
Test
results
(N/A,
PASSED,
FAILED,
ABORTED)
are
displayed
in
the
field
beside
the
test
description
and
in
the
test
log.
See
“Viewing
the
test
log”
on
page
47.
To
select
one
or
more
tests,
use
the
following
procedure.
1.
Open
the
corresponding
test
category.
2.
Using
the
cursor
movement
keys,
highlight
the
desired
test.
3.
Press
the
space
bar.
A
selected
test
is
marked
by
>>
.
Pressing
the
space
bar
again
de-selects
a
test
and
removes
the
>>.
4.
Repeat
steps
2
and
3
above
to
select
all
desired
tests.
Test
results
Diagnostics
test
results
produce
the
following
error
code
format:
Function
Code
Failure
Type
DeviceID
Date
ChkDigits
Text
v
Function
Code:
Represents
the
feature
or
function
within
the
PC.
v
Failure
Type:
Represents
the
type
of
error
encountered.
v
DeviceID:
Contains
the
component’s
unit-ID
which
corresponds
to
either
a
fixed
disk
drive,
removable
media
drive,
serial
or
parallel
port,
processor,
specific
RIMM,
or
a
device
on
the
PCI
bus.
v
Date:
44
Hardware
Maintenance
Manual