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Appendix E

Performing System Diagnostics

This appendix describes how to check the operation of the main

unit and peripheral devices of your computer. You check these

devices using the diagnostics program on your Reference
diskette.

Run the diagnostics program if you are not sure whether a device

is performing correctly. The table at the end of this appendix

lists the error messages you may see during testing.

You can test the following devices, each of which is identified by

specific reference numbers:

1 - System board

2 - M e m o r y

3 - Keyboard

4 - Monochrome display adapter and CRT
5 - Color graphics adapter and CRT

6 - Diskette drives and controller

7 - Math coprocessor

9 - Parallel port (printer interface)

11 - Serial port (RS-232C port)

12 - Alternate serial port
14 - Dot-matrix printer
17 - Hard disk drives and controller

21 - Alternate parallel port

81 - Parallel port (on video adapter)

Performing System Diagnostics

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