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Using the Device Driver and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD, Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette

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A Device Drivers and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD comes with your computer. You can also download the latest diskette image of the diagnostics from http://www.ibm.com/pc/support on the World Wide Web. Using the Device Driver and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD Be certain that the computer will start up with the CD-ROM drive as the first startup device. If not, use the IBM Setup Utility to change the first startup device (see "Using the IBM Setup Utility program" on page 31). Do the following to run the Device Driver and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD: 1. Insert the Device Drivers and Enhanced Diagnostics CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Turn off your computer and any attached devices. 3. Turn on all attached devices; then, turn on your computer. 4. Follow the instructions on the screen. 5. When you finish running the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics and Utilities program, exit from the program and remove the CD from the drive. 6. If you used the IBM Setup Utility to change the first startup device, restore it to the original setting. Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette The IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette is used to test hardware components on your computer. You can create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette one of three ways: v Create a diskette using Access IBM v Download a program image from the World Wide Web v Create a diskette from the Product Recovery Program Do the following to create the diagnostics diskette using Access IBM: 1. From the Access IBM menu, click Protect data. 2. Click Creating emergency diskettes. 3. Click Diagnostic diskette. 4. Follow the instructions on the screen. To create a startable IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from the World Wide Web: 1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ on the World Wide Web. 2. Download the diagnostics file for your computer to a hard disk drive directory (not to a diskette). 3. Go to a DOS prompt and change to the directory where the file was downloaded. 4. Insert a blank high-density diskette in diskette drive A. 5. Type filename a: where filename is the name of the file you downloaded from the Web, and press Enter. The downloaded Web file is self-extracting and will be copied to the diskette. When the copy completes, store the diskette in a safe place. To create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from The Product Recovery Program: 1. Shut down the operating system and restart the computer. 2. When the prompt, To start the Product Recovery Program, press F11 is displayed, press F11. 14 Hardware Maintenance Manual: IBM IntelliStation E Pro Type 6204 and Type 6214

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A
Device Drivers and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
CD comes with your computer. You
can also download the latest diskette image of the diagnostics from
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support on the World Wide Web.
Using the Device Driver and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD
Be certain that the computer will start up with the CD-ROM drive as the first
startup device. If not, use the IBM Setup Utility to change the first startup device
(see
“
Using the IBM Setup Utility program
”
on page 31). Do the following to run
the
Device Driver and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
CD:
1.
Insert the
Device Drivers and Enhanced Diagnostics
CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2.
Turn off your computer and any attached devices.
3.
Turn on all attached devices; then, turn on your computer.
4.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
5.
When you finish running the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics and Utilities program,
exit from the program and remove the CD from the drive.
6.
If you used the IBM Setup Utility to change the first startup device, restore it to
the original setting.
Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette
The IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette is used to test hardware components on
your computer.
You can create an
IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
diskette one of three ways:
v
Create a diskette using Access IBM
v
Download a program image from the World Wide Web
v
Create a diskette from the Product Recovery Program
Do the following to create the diagnostics diskette using Access IBM:
1.
From the Access IBM menu, click
Protect data
.
2.
Click
Creating emergency diskettes
.
3.
Click
Diagnostic diskette
.
4.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
To create a startable
IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
diskette from the World Wide Web:
1.
Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ on the World Wide Web.
2.
Download the diagnostics file for your computer to a hard disk drive directory
(not to a diskette).
3.
Go to a DOS prompt and change to the directory where the file was
downloaded.
4.
Insert a blank high-density diskette in diskette drive A.
5.
Type
filename
a: where
filename
is the name of the file you downloaded from the
Web, and press Enter.
The downloaded Web file is self-extracting and will be copied to the diskette.
When the copy completes, store the diskette in a safe place.
To create an
IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
diskette from The Product Recovery
Program:
1.
Shut down the operating system and restart the computer.
2.
When the prompt,
To start the Product Recovery Program, press F11
is
displayed, press F11.
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