Dell Latitude CPi A - Manual (Page 190)

6. Double-click the Notepad icon. Then select Open from the File menu.
7. In the File Name text box, type a:\result and press .
The contents of the file appear on the display.
You can also access the result file with the MS-DOS type command:
1. Select Quit Menu to exit the diagnostics and return to the operating system prompt.
2. At the operating system prompt, type the following command and press :
type result
The contents of the file appear on the display.
After running particular diagnostic tests and viewing the status messages generated by the tests in the result
file, you can delete the contents of the file so that it is empty for the next set of messages generated.
Otherwise, the next messages are added to the end of the previous ones in the file.
Output Device for Error Messages
Ordinarily, all error messages appear only on the display. This parameter allows you to direct error messages
to either a printer or a file, in addition to the display. Use the right-arrow key to select the option you want. If
you choose the Printer option, error messages print as they occur. If you choose the File option, error
messages are written to the result file used for status messages. This file is automatically created on your
diagnostics diskette when you run the diagnostics. If the result file already exists on the diskette, new error
messages are added to it.
The result file is an ordinary ASCII text file. You can access and review the result file in Windows Notepad
or with the MS-DOS type command as described in
Output Device for Status Messages .
After running particular diagnostic tests and viewing the error messages generated by the tests in the result
file, you can delete the contents of the file so that it is clear for the next set of messages generated.
Otherwise, the next messages are added to the end of the previous ones in the file.
Test Limits
NOTE: The diagnostics program sets default limits on all tests. The only reason to change the
defaults would be to limit the amount of testing done. An exception is the default limit for testing super
video graphics array (SVGA) modes. If you are testing an external monitor, change the default to Yes.
The RAM test group, the Video test group, the Serial/Infrared Ports test group, the Diskette Drives test group,
the Parallel Ports test group, the SCSI Devices test group, and the Hard-Disk Drives (Non-SCSI) test group
allow you to designate limits. Whether you select Test Limits for a entire test group (from the Main menu) or
a single subtest (from the Subtest menu), you set the limits for all the subtests in that test group. When you
select Test Limits, a new screen appears and the Key Help area lists keys to use with the new screen.
How you change a value for the limits of a test group or subtest depends on the type of parameter
associated with it. Different keys are used to change values for different types of parameters. For example,
memory address limits specified for the RAM test group are changed by typing in numbers over the digits of
a given limit or by pressing the plus (+) or minus (-) key to increase or decrease the given limit. In contrast, to
set limits for the Serial Ports test group, use the Spacebar to toggle between Yes and No.