Running the PQA Diagnostic Program

^{IBM-AUSTRIA - PC-HW-Support 30 Aug 1999}

Running the PQA Diagnostic Program

Running the PQA Diagnostics Program

- Attention - Before running the PQA Diagnostic Program, make sure that the write enable tab of the Diagnostic Program Diskette is set to enable.

Boot from the Diagnostic Program Diskette and select "PQA System Diagnostics Program" from PC DOS 7.0 Startup Menu. The PQA main menu appears on the screen.

Press the left and right arrow keys to move around the main menu.
Press Enter to enable the selected option.
The main options are Diag, Result, SysInfo, Option and Exit.

The Diag option lets you select testing items and testing times.

The following screen appears when you select Diag from the main menu.

This screen allows you to specify the number of tests to perform.
The options are as follows:

Manual Test performs a single test and manually checks the selected test items in sequence.
Auto Test performs multiple tests and auto-checks the selected test items in sequence.

The screen below appears if you select Auto Test.

Specify the desired number of tests and press Enter.

After you specify the number of tests to perform, the screen shows a list of test items (see below).

Press the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight bar from one item to another.
Press Space to enable or disable the item.
The > mark indicates that there are available sub-options.
Press Enter to view the available suboptions of each selected item.
Press Esc to close the submenu.

The right corner screen information gives you the available function keys and the specified test number.

Space enables/disables the item.
Esc exits the program.
F1 accesses help.
F2 tests the selected item(s).
Enter opens the available suboptions.
Test Times show the number of tests to perform.

Note: The F1 and F2 keys function only after you finish configuring the Test option.

PQA Diagnostic Program Error Codes and Messages

Error Code/Message    FRU/Action in Sequence

16XX    Backup battery

RTC (backup battery) error
1XXX    ° Reload BIOS default setting.

CPU or System board error    ° CPU board

   ° System board

2XXX    ° Reconnect CPU board.

Memory error    ° DIMM

   ° System board

3XXX    ° Reconnect keyboard.

Keyboard error    ° Keyboard

   ° System board

4XXX    System board

Video error
5XXX    System board

Parallel port error
6XXX    System board

Serial port or
system board error
7XXX    ° Diskette drive

Diskette drive error    ° System board

8XXX    ° Load BIOS default setting

Hard disk error    ° Hard disk connection board

   ° Hard disk drive

9XXX    ° Reconnect CD-ROM drive cable.

CD-ROM error    ° CD-ROM drive

   ° System board

10XXX    ° CPU board

CPU or System board error    ° System board

11XXX    ° TrackPoint board FPC cable

Pointing device error    ° TrackPoint board

   ° Keyboard

   ° System board

Error Code/Message	FRU/Action in Sequence

16XX	Backup battery
RTC (backup battery) error
1XXX	° Reload BIOS default setting.
CPU or System board error	° CPU board
	° System board

2XXX	° Reconnect CPU board.
Memory error	° DIMM
	° System board

3XXX	° Reconnect keyboard.
Keyboard error	° Keyboard
	° System board

4XXX	System board
Video error
5XXX	System board
Parallel port error
6XXX	System board
Serial port or
system board error
7XXX	° Diskette drive
Diskette drive error	° System board

8XXX	° Load BIOS default setting
Hard disk error	° Hard disk connection board
	° Hard disk drive

9XXX	° Reconnect CD-ROM drive cable.
CD-ROM error	° CD-ROM drive
	° System board

10XXX	° CPU board
CPU or System board error	° System board

11XXX	° TrackPoint board FPC cable
Pointing device error	° TrackPoint board
	° Keyboard
	° System board

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