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Represents the feature or function within the PC. 

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Represents the type of error encountered. 

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Contains the component’s unit-ID which corresponds to either a fixed disk 
drive, removable media drive, serial or parallel port, processor, specific SIMM or 
DIMM, or a device on the PCI bus. 

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Contains the date on which the diagnostic test was run. The date is retrieved 
from CMOS and displayed using the YYYYMMDD format. 

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Contains a 2-digit check-digit value to ensure the following: 
–    Diagnostics were run on the specified date. 
–    Diagnostics were run on the specified IBM computer. 
–    The diagnostic error code is recorded correctly.

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Description of the error.

See “Diagnostic error codes” on page 39 for error code listings. 

Use the Hard File Smart Test when the system management tool has detected a 
hard file SMART alert. 

The Smart test does the following: 

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Interrogates IDE devices for support of the SMART instruction set. 

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Issues a ENABLE SMART command to make sure SMART functionality is 
active. 

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Checks the SMART RETURN STATUS command to determine if any thresholds 
have been exceeded.

If thresholds have been exceeded, an error message is shown, and the test fails. If 
no SMART is supported by the drive, the test returns with 

″N/A″. 

You can use the Fixed Disk Optimized Test to identify a particular area of a hard 
disk that fails during testing. You can also use this test to correct types of errors. 

To run the Fixed Disk Optimized Test, do the following: 

1.   

From the toolbar, select Diagnostics. 

2.   

Select Fixed Disk Optimized Test. 

3.   

Select one of the tests: 

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performs a complete test of the hard disk drive. 

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performs a subset of the full hard disk tests. 

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initiates an IDE extended offline self-test. 

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runs the IDE extended offline self-test and 

displays the results.

 

 

Chapter 3. Diagnostics