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Advanced testing help menu, Advanced testing help categories – Dell LATITUDE C510 User Manual

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Two lines at the bottom of the screen make up the menu area (see "

Advanced Testing Help Menu

").

The first line lists the categories you can select; press the left- or right-arrow key to highlight a menu
category. The second line gives information about the category currently highlighted.

Advanced Testing Help Menu

For more information on using the Advanced Testing option:

Press

.

1.

Highlight the Help category and press

, or press the key that corresponds to the

highlighted letter in the category you choose.

2.

Advanced Testing Help Categories

Help
Category

Description

Menu

Provides descriptions of the main menu screen area, the Device Groups, and the
different diagnostic menus and commands and instructions on how to use them.

Keys

Explains the functions of all the keystrokes that can be used in Dell Diagnostics.

Device
Group

Describes the test group that is presently highlighted in the Device Groups list on
the main menu screen. It also provides reasoning for using some tests.

Device

Describes the function and purpose of the highlighted device in the Device Groups.
For example, the following information appears when you select the Device Help
category for Diskette in the Device Groups list:

Diskette

Drive A

The diskette disk drive device reads and writes data to and from diskettes.

Diskettes are flexible recording media, sometimes contained in hard shells.

Diskette recording capacities are small and access times are slow relative to

hard disk drives, but they provide a convenient means of storing and

transferring data.

Test

Provides a thorough explanation of the test procedure of each highlighted test
group subtest. An example of the Diskette subtest floppy drive Seek Test is as
follows:

Diskette

Drive A - floppy drive Seek Test