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IBM Enhanced Diagnostics IBM provides programs that you can run to diagnose hardware and some software problems. Several utility programs that provide helpful information about your computer are also included. The user interface for running these diagnostics and utilities is provided by WaterGate Software's PC Doctor. The IBM Enhanced Diagnostics will isolate your computer hardware from software that was preinstalled (or that you have installed) on your hard disk. The programs run independently of the operating system, and must be run either from CD or diskette. This method of testing is generally used when other methods are not accessible or have not been successful in isolating a problem suspected to be hardware related. An IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD-ROM comes with your computer. You can also download the latest image of the diagnostics from the World Wide Web. To download the latest image of the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics from the World Wide Web and create a bootable Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette: 1. Go to the following World Wide Web page: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support?lang= en_US&page=brand&brand=IBM+PC+Server 2. Download the .EXE file to a hard disk directory (not to a diskette). 3. Go to a DOS prompt and change the directory to where the file was downloaded. 4. Insert a blank high-density diskette in diskette drive A. 5. Key in the following: a: filename is the name of the file you downloaded from the Web. 6. The downloaded file is self-extracting and will be copied to the diskette. When the copy completes you have a bootable IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette. To start the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics using the CD, do the following: 1. Turn off your computer and any attached devices. 2. Turn on all attached devices; then turn your computer on. 3. When you see Press F1 For Configuration/Setup, press the F1 key. 4. When the Configuration/Setup Utility menu appears, select Start Options. 14 Netfinity Server HMM

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IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
IBM provides programs that you can run to diagnose
hardware and some software problems.
Several utility
programs that provide helpful information about your
computer are also included.
The user interface for running
these diagnostics and utilities is provided by WaterGate
Software's PC Doctor.
The IBM Enhanced Diagnostics will isolate your computer
hardware from software that was preinstalled (or that you
have installed) on your hard disk.
The programs run
independently of the operating system, and
must be run
either from CD or diskette
.
This method of testing is
generally used when other methods are not accessible or
have not been successful in isolating a problem suspected
to be hardware related.
An IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD-ROM comes with your
computer.
You can also download the latest image of the
diagnostics from the World Wide Web.
To download the latest image of the IBM Enhanced
Diagnostics from the World Wide Web and create a
bootable Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette:
1.
Go to the following World Wide Web page:
en_US&page=brand&brand=IBM+PC+Server
2.
Download the .EXE file to a hard disk directory (not to
a diskette).
3.
Go to a DOS prompt and change the directory to
where the file was downloaded.
4.
Insert a blank high-density diskette in diskette drive A.
5.
Key in the following:
<
filename
> a:
filename
is the name of
the file you downloaded from the Web.
6.
The downloaded file is self-extracting and will be
copied to the diskette.
When the copy completes you
have a bootable IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette.
To start the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics using the CD,
do the following:
1.
Turn off your computer and any attached devices.
2.
Turn on all attached devices; then turn your computer
on.
3.
When you see
Press F1 For Configuration/Setup
,
press the
F1
key.
4.
When the Configuration/Setup Utility menu appears,
select
Start Options
.
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