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Appendix c-performing system diagnostics, Performing system diagnostics – Epson EQUITY 3865X/20 PLUS User Manual

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A p p e n d i x C

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

-

2

-

3

-

4

-

5

-

6

-

7

-

9

-

1 1 -

1 2 -
1 4 -

1 7 -

2 1 -

8 1 -

System board

Memory

Keyboard

Monochrome display adapter and CRT
Color graphics adapter and CRT

Diskette drives and controller

Math coprocessor

Parallel port (printer interface)

Serial port (RS-232C port)

Alternate serial port

Dot-matrix printer

Hard disk drives and controller

Alternate parallel port

Parallel port (on video adapter)

Performing System Diagnostics

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