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Many of these tests display characters or graphics on the screen for you to verify. Samples of these screens are shown in Appendix A, "Diagnostic Video Tests." NOTE: The default for testing super video graphics array (SVGA) modes is No. If you are testing an external monitor, change the default to Yes. Many of the symptoms that would prompt you to run a subtest in the Video test group are obvious, because the monitor is the visual component of the computer system. Before you run the Video test group or any of its subtests, you should make sure that the problem is not in the software or caused by a hardware change. You should also try running all of the software support utilities provided for the monitor and the video subsystem. If the following symptoms still occur, run the appropriate test(s) as follows: If the monitor shows a partially formed or distorted image, run all of the subtests in the Video test group. If the alignment of text or images is off, regardless of the program you are running, run the Text Mode Character Test, Text Mode Pages Test, and Graphics Mode Test. If you have a color monitor or a program that runs in color, but the color is intermittent or not displayed at all, run the Text Mode Color Test, Color Palettes Test, and Solid Colors Test. If the monitor malfunctions in one mode but works fine in another (for example, text is displayed correctly, but graphics are not), run the Text Mode Character Test, Text Mode Color Test, Text Mode Pages Test, and Graphics Mode Test. The subtests in the Keyboard test group verify the correct operation of the keyboard and the keyboard controller chip. The five keyboard subtests and the functions they test follow: Keyboard Controller Test Confirms the ability of the keyboard controller chip to communicate with the keyboard and tests the programming of the controller chip Keyboard Key Sequence Test Verifies that the keys on the keyboard function correctly when you press the keys in a predefined order Running the Dell Diagnostics 5-17

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Running the Dell Diagnostics
5-17
Many of these tests display characters or graphics on the screen for you to verify.
Samples of these screens are shown in Appendix A, “Diagnostic Video Tests.”
NOTE: The default for testing super video graphics array (SVGA) modes is
No
. If you
are testing an external monitor, change the default to
Yes
.
:K\±5XQ±D±9LGHR±7HVW"
Many of the symptoms that would prompt you to run a subtest in the
Video
test
group are obvious, because the monitor is the visual component of the computer sys-
tem. Before you run the
Video
test group or any of its subtests, you should make
sure that the problem is not in the software or caused by a hardware change. You
should also try running all of the software support utilities provided for the monitor
and the video subsystem.
If the following symptoms still occur, run the appropriate test(s) as follows:
²
If the monitor shows a partially formed or distorted image, run
all
of the subtests
in the
Video
test group.
²
If the alignment of text or images is
off
, regardless of the program you are run-
ning, run the
Text Mode Character Test
,
Text Mode Pages Test
, and
Graphics
Mode Test
.
²
If you have a color monitor or a program that runs in color, but the color is inter-
mittent or not displayed at all, run the
Text Mode Color Test
,
Color Palettes
Test
, and
Solid Colors Test
.
²
If the monitor malfunctions in one mode but works fine in another (for example,
text is displayed correctly, but graphics are not), run the
Text Mode Character
Test
,
Text Mode Color Test
,
Text Mode Pages Test
, and
Graphics Mode Test
.
.H\ERDUG±7HVW±*URXS
The subtests in the
Keyboard
test group verify the correct operation of the keyboard
and the keyboard controller chip.
6XEWHVWV
The five keyboard subtests and the functions they test follow:
²
Keyboard Controller Test
Confirms the ability of the keyboard controller chip to communicate with the key-
board and tests the programming of the controller chip
²
Keyboard Key Sequence Test
Verifies that the keys on the keyboard function correctly when you press the keys
in a predefined order