Dell Inspiron 3000 Reference and Troubleshooting Guide - Page 71

How to Use the Menu One of the menu options is already highlighted at the bottom of the screen. You can move the highlighting from one option to another by pressing the left- or right-arrow key. As you move from one menu option to another, a brief explanation of the currently highlighted option appears on the bottom line of the screen. If you want more information about a test group or subtest, move the highlight to the About option and press . After reading the information, press to return to the previous screen. Main Menu Options The Main menu of the diagnostics main screen lists eight options: Run, Select, Subtest, Options, Test Limits, About, Key-Help, and Quit. NOTE: Before running any test groups or subtests (by selecting Run and then All), you should consider setting global parameters within the Options option. They offer you greater control over how the test groups or subtests are run and how their results are reported. There are two ways to select a menu option: • Type the capitalized letter in the option (for example, type r to select the Run option). • Use the left- or right-arrow key to highlight the option, and then press . Whenever one of the eight options is selected, additional choices become available. The following subsections explain the menu options as listed from left to right in the Main menu. Run Run displays five options: One, Selected, All, Key-Help, and Quit Menu. If you select One, only the highlighted test group is run. If you choose Selected, the computer runs the test groups, or the selected subtests within the test groups that you selected. (Select test groups or subtests within test groups with the Select or Subtest options, as described in the following subsections.) If you select All, all of the subtests in all of the test groups are run. (The test groups or subtests are run in the order they are listed.) The Key-Help option displays a list of key controls available for the selected option. The Quit Menu option returns you to the Main menu. Select Select allows you to select individual test groups to tailor the testing process to your particular needs. You can choose one or more test groups and run them sequentially or individually. When you choose Select, five options are displayed: All, One, Clear All, Key-Help, and Quit Menu. To select all the test groups, highlight All in the Select menu, and press . To select an individual test group, either press the up- or down-arrow key to highlight the test group and then press the , or highlight One in the Select menu and press . To reverse a test group selection, highlight the test group and press the . To clear all selected test groups, select Clear All. The Key-help option displays a list of key controls available for the selected option. The Quit Menu option returns you to the Main menu. Subtest Most of the test groups consist of several subtests. Use the Subtest option to select individual subtests within the test group(s). When you select Subtest, many of the same options as those on the Main menu are displayed: Run, Select, Options, Test Limits, About, Key-Help, and Quit Menu. Each of these options is explained in the following subsections. Run (Under Subtest) Run in the Subtest menu displays five options: One, Selected, All, Key-Help, and Quit Menu. If you select One, only the highlighted subtest is run. If you choose Selected, only the selected subtests are run. If you select All, every subtest in the selected test group is run. (The subtests are run in the order they are listed.) Running the Dell Diagnostics 4-5