Lenovo ThinkPad 600E Hardware Maintance Manual - June 1999: ThinkPad 600, 600E - Page 46

Running the Diagnostics, The ThinkPad

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Running the Diagnostics Tool Name PC test card Tri-connector wrap plug USB parallel test cable Part Number 35G4703 72X8546 05K2580 Use either the TrackPoint or the cursor-moving keys to interact with the tests. The Enter key works the same as selecting the OK icon to reply OK. 1. Press and hold F1; then power on the computer. Hold F1 down until the Easy-Setup menu appears. 2. Click on Test. The basic diagnostic menu appears. 3. Click on a device to run the test. The test progress screen appears; then OK appears under the tested device icon when the test ends without any errors. 4. Start the Advanced Diagnostic test by pressing Ctrl+A on the basic diagnostic menu. The ThinkPad FRU connections window appears. 5. Click on Exit or press the Esc key. The keyboard test window appears. 6. When you press a key, a mark appears or disappears on the corresponding key position on the screen. Repeat this step for any keys that need to be tested. You can run the keyboard test if you press Ctrl+K in the advanced diagnostic test mode. 7. To exit the keyboard test, click on Exit or press Ctrl+Break. The advanced diagnostics window appears. 8. Click on a device to test it, or click on Test All to test all devices. Click on Looptest to run the tests in a repeated loop. The loop option menu appears. Click on a device; the √ mark appears beside the selected device. Repeat this step to select multiple devices. Click on OK to start the diagnostic loop. If no device is selected, all devices tests are looped. 9. To exit the loop, keep pressing Ctrl+Pause until the test exits. A beep sounds to notify that the exit interrupt is sensed by the test program. Press Esc to exit from the loop test. 40

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Running the Diagnostics
Use either the TrackPoint or the cursor-moving keys to
interact with the tests.
The
Enter
key works the same as
selecting the
OK
icon to reply OK.
1.
Press and hold
F1
; then power on the computer.
Hold
F1
down until the Easy-Setup menu appears.
2.
Click on
Test
.
The basic diagnostic menu appears.
3.
Click on a device to run the test.
The test progress
screen appears; then
OK
appears under the tested
device icon when the test ends without any errors.
4.
Start the
Advanced Diagnostic test
by pressing
Ctrl
+
A
on the basic diagnostic menu.
The ThinkPad
FRU connections window appears.
5.
Click on
Exit
or press the
Esc
key.
The keyboard
test window appears.
6.
When you press a key, a mark appears or disappears
on the corresponding key position on the screen.
Repeat this step for any keys that need to be tested.
You can run the keyboard test if you press
Ctrl
+
K
in
the advanced diagnostic test mode.
7.
To exit the keyboard test, click on
Exit
or press
Ctrl
+
Break
.
The advanced diagnostics window
appears.
8.
Click on a device to test it, or click on
Test All
to test
all devices.
Click on
Looptest
to run the tests in a repeated loop.
The loop option menu appears.
Click on a device;
the
√
mark appears beside the selected device.
Repeat this step to select multiple devices.
Click on
OK
to start the diagnostic loop.
If no device is
selected, all devices tests are looped.
9.
To exit the loop, keep pressing
Ctrl
+
Pause
until the
test exits.
A beep sounds to notify that the exit
interrupt is sensed by the test program.
Press
Esc
to
exit from the loop test.
Tool Name
Part Number
PC test card
35G4703
Tri-connector wrap plug
72X8546
USB parallel test cable
05K2580
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