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Dell Diagnostics: Dell OptiPlex GX1 Small-Form-Factor System User's Guide
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Starting the Dell Diagnostics
Perform the following steps to start the diagnostics:
1. Turn on the system.
2. Enter the System Setup program by restarting the computer and pressing when prompted.
3. Confirm that all ports are enabled. Also, make sure that the Boot Sequence option is set to Diskette
First.
4. Place your Dell Diagnostics diskette in the diskette drive, and press to restart the system.
5. At the MS-DOS® prompt, type delldiag and press .
NOTE: Before you read the rest of this section, you may want to start the Dell Diagnostics so that you
can see it on the screen of your monitor.
When you start the diagnostics, the Dell logo screen appears, followed by a message telling you that the
diagnostics is loading.
After the diagnostics loads, the Diagnostics Menu appears (see Figure 1 ). The menu allows you to run all
or specific diagnostic tests or to exit to the MS-DOS prompt.
For a quick check of your system, select the Run Quick Tests option. This option runs only the subtests that
do not require user interaction and that do not take a long time to run. Dell recommends that you choose this
option first to increase the odds of tracing the source of the problem quickly. For a thorough check of your
system, select the Run All Tests option. To check a particular area of your system, select the Run Specific
Tests option.
To select an option from this menu, highlight the option and press , or press the key that corresponds
to the highlighted letter in the option you choose.
Figure 1. Diagnostics Menu