Diagnostic Tools Overview
Test options let you run groups of tests in a batch, specify
parameters to use for each test (for example, video modes, port
addresses, and so on), specify the number of passes you want to
run (one to continuous), log the test results to a text format file,
and save all test settings for future use.
These test programs also allow you to view the server's
configuration information. For example, you can view the IRQ
and DMA assignments, memory usage, device drivers, and so
on.
Utility Programs
The System Board Diagnostic Diskette also contains utility
programs, such as an ASCII text editor and a diskette format
program.
Error Messages
Error messages indicate that a problem exists; they are not intended
to be used to identify a failing part. Troubleshooting and servicing
of complex problems indicated by error messages should be
performed by a trained service technician. Hardware error
messages that appear on the screen can be text, numeric, or both.
Messages generated by your software — the operating system or
application programs— generally are text messages, but they also
can be numeric. Basically, there are four types of error messages.
These include POST error messages, diagnostic error messages,
POST beep codes, and software-generated messages.
POST Error Messages
POST error messages appear when, during startup, POST finds
problems with the hardware or detects a change in the hardware
configuration. See “POST Error Message Table” on page 327 for a
list of these error messages.
POST Beep Codes
POST beep codes are sounds emitted from the speaker to report the
results of POST. One beep indicates POST completed successfully.
Multiple beeps indicate that POST found a problem. “Beep Codes”
on page 364 provides a list of the beep error codes.
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PC Server 520 User's Handbook for PCI/Micro Channel
Summary of Contents for PC Server 520
Page 1: ...PC Server 520 User s Handbook for PCI Micro Channel IBM...
Page 86: ...Installation Checklist 70 PC Server 520 User s Handbook for PCI Micro Channel...
Page 146: ...Using the Mini Configuration Program 130 PC Server 520 User s Handbook for PCI Micro Channel...
Page 190: ...Using the SCSISelect Utility Program 174 PC Server 520 User s Handbook for PCI Micro Channel...
Page 385: ...Installing Additional Test Programs 207 CMD 3 Chapter 7 Solving Problems 369...
Page 438: ...IBM Part Number 78H6336 Printed in U S A May 1996 78H6336...
