Lenovo ThinkCentre A60 Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 53
Fixed disk advanced test (FDAT), ChkDigits, Fixed-Disk Tests, Other Test Features
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Contains the date when the diagnostic test was run. The date is retrieved from CMOS and displayed using the YYYYMMDD format. v ChkDigits: Contains a 2-digit check-digit value to ensure the following: - Diagnostics were run on the specified date. - Diagnostics were run on the specified computer. - The diagnostic error code is recorded correctly. v Text: Description of the error. Note: See "Diagnostic error codes" on page 57 for error code listings. Fixed disk advanced test (FDAT) PC-Doctor Fixed-Disk1 Advanced Test module (FDAT) is a full-featured highly configurable fixed-disk test suite. The configurable capabilities of FDAT allow users to enable or disable specific tests, enable or disable testing features, control the test log detail, alter testing parameters, and so on. FDAT tests for and reports most commonly found errors on a fixed-disk drive and is able to test up to 128 SCSI and 4 IDE drives (up to 132 total drives). Drive information is gathered through FDAT's enumeration of available devices and user specific configuration parameters located in the FDAT.INI. FDAT uses information supplied by these features to indicate specifically what devices are available for test, what tests are available for the device, device properties, and so on. To change testing parameters, you modify the FDAT.INI file in PC Doctor for DOS. FDAT consists of the following subtests and features. Fixed-Disk Tests: v Seek Tests: - checks the physical operation of the drive head. - Linear Seek - Random Seek - Min-Max Seek - Butterfly Seek v Verify Tests: - checks the integrity of the data present on the media. - Linear Verify - Random Verify v Surface Scan Tests: - checks the drive media for defects. - Surface Scan (Linear) - Surface Scan (Aggressive) - this is disabled for normal customer use. - Surface Scan (Random) v Self-monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) - checks the SMART functionality for drives that support SMART. - Start SMART Self-Test Other Test Features: 1. The terms fixed disk and hard disk are used interchangeably. Chapter 5. Diagnostics 47