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Starting system diagnostics – Epson 3865X Plus User Manual

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Starting System Diagnostics

To run the System diagnostics program, you must turn

on or

reset your computer with the Reference diskette in drive A. If

you start this program in any other way, some tests may produce
strange results.

To start the System diagnostics program, follow these steps:

1.

Insert the Reference diskette in drive A.

2.

Turn on or reset the computer. The Operation Menu

appears.

3.

If the

Num Lock

indicator is illuminated, press

Num Lock

to turn off the function.

4. Press 3 or use to select System diagnostics and

then press

Enter.

When you start the System diagnostics program, the computer

checks any peripheral devices that are connected to the system.

Then you see a list of the devices available for testing. This list

includes only the devices that are part of your system, such

as

the following, for example:

DEVICE LIST

I

1 - System board

2 - Memory

3 - Keyboard
5 - Color graphics adapter and CRT

6 - Diskette drives and controller
9 - Parallel port (printer interface)

11 - Serial port (RS-232C port)
14 - Dot-matrix printer
17 - Hard disk drives and controller

DEVICE LIST is correct ? (Y/N)

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Performing System Diagnostics