International Business Machines Corporation 35H3636 Manuel D’Utilisation

Appendix C. Running the Diagnostics Program

Important

To avoid potentially erroneous results, you should always perform a power-on
reboot of your computer before running the diagnostics.

The Diagnostics and LANAIDC diskette must be created before you run the
following procedure. See “Appendix A. CD-ROM Content and Software Packages”

on page 45 for instructions.

Use the diagnostics program on the Diagnostics and LANAIDC diskette to test the
hardware components of the PC Card. Different operating systems will show
resources differently.

The diagnostics program performs a series of tests and displays the results of each
one by showing success or failure. An error during any test will end the test in
progress and display an error message and error code. See the following tables for
a description of error codes and recommended actions.

Note: The testing process might run as long as 3 minutes and can be exited at any

time by pressing Enter or by removing the Diagnostics and LANAIDC
diskette and pressing Esc. Pressing Esc will cause the computer to reboot.
Pressing Enter will end the test in progress and allow the user to select
another test option.

1. Insert the Diagnostics and LANAIDC diskette.

2. Switch ON the power to the computer.

3. At the DOS Menu, select 2, IBM Turbo 16/4 Token-Ring PC Card

Extended Diagnostics.

4. Follow the instructions as they appear. You will be prompted to select a

test option. See “Test Options” for descriptions.

Test Options

There are two test options: the wrap test and the on-ring test. The on-ring test will
not function on a 4–MB token-ring network.

The wrap test ensures that the adapter and cable hardware are functioning
properly. For this test, connect the adapter and cable to the network to perform a
wrap test through the hub or concentrator, or insert a wrap plug (no wrap plug is
required if you have an STP cable connection) to help isolate a failure to the
adapter, the cable, or the wiring to the hub or concentrator.

Diagnostics Error Codes and Suggested Actions

Initialization Error Codes

Failure during adapter initialization usually indicates a hardware error on the PC
card. Reboot your computer using the diagnostics on the Diagnostics and LANAIDC
diskette, and run the diagnostic program again. If the PC card continues to fail,
replace it and the cable.