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v Memory Test-Quick

The quick memory test will take about 20 seconds per MB of memory and
will detect solid (stuck) memory failures only.

Notes:

Either level of memory testing can be performed on all memory or a single SIMM or
DIMM socket.

Only sockets containing a SIMM or DIMM can be selected for testing. Unpopulated sockets
are noted by ........ beside the test description.

Alert-On LAN

¬ test

The Alert On LAN test does the following:
v Determines if Alert On LAN is supported on the system.
v Checks the revision ID register.
v Verifies the EEPROM checksum.
v Validates that a software alert can be sent.

Asset ID

¬ test

The Asset ID test does the following:
v Determines if Asset ID is supported on the system.
v Verifies the EEPROM areas.
v Performs an antenna detection test.

Test results

Diagnostic test results will produce the following error code format:

Function
Code

Failure Type

DeviceID

Date

ChkDigits

Text

v Function Code:

Represents the feature or function within the PC.

v Failure Type:

Represents the type of error encountered.

v DeviceID:

Contains the component’s unit-ID which corresponds to either a fixed disk
drive, removable media drive, serial or parallel port, processor, specific SIMM or
DIMM, or a device on the PCI bus.

v Date:

Contains the date on which the diagnostic test was run. The date is retrieved
from CMOS and displayed using the YYYYMMDD format.

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