IBM X32 User Manual

Page 45

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Creating

the

PC-Doctor

diagnostics

diskette

In

X31

and

X32

series,

the

PC-Doctor

disk

can

be

created

by

using

the

Access

IBM

Predesktop

Area.

To

create

the

PC-Doctor

disk

from

the

Access

IBM

Predesktop

Area,

do

as

follows:

1.

Enter

the

IBM

Predesktop

application

by

pressing

the

Access

IBM

button

during

POST.

2.

When

the

Access

IBM

application

finishes

loading,

double-click

the

“Create

Diagnostic

Diskettes”

icon.

3.

It

will

take

about

15

seconds

to

authenticate

the

digital

signature,

and

then

the

ThinkPad

computer

will

reboot

into

PC-DOS.

4.

A

batch

file

will

automatically

start

up

to

prompt

the

user

through

creating

the

boot

diskettes.

The

user

will

be

informed

how

many

diskettes

will

be

needed.

a.

The

user

will

be

prompted

to

insert

each

diskette

in

sequence.

b.

Typically,

the

user

only

needs

to

press

the

Enter

key

for

the

proper

floppy

drive

to

format

and

create

the

diskette.

c.

Each

diskette

will

be

erased

and

formatted

with

the

PC-Doctor

for

DOS

boot

image.

5.

Once

all

the

diskettes

have

been

created,

the

ThinkPad

computer

will

reboot.

The

user

is

asked

to

remove

all

diskettes

from

the

drive,

or

to

insert

the

first

diskette

created

if

it

is

desired

to

run

the

diagnostics.

To

run

the

test,

do

as

follows:

Note:

In

the

following

procedure,

you

can

select

an

item

not

only

with

the

arrow

keys,

but

also

with

the

TrackPoint.

Instead

of

pressing

Enter,

click

the

left

button.

1.

Insert

the

PC-Doctor

disk

into

the

diskette

drive;

then

power

on

the

computer.

If

the

computer

cannot

be

powered

on,

go

to

“Power

system

checkout”

on

page

44,

and

check

the

power

sources.

If

an

error

code

appears,

go

to

“Symptom-to-FRU

index”

on

page

63.

On

the

first

screen,

select

the

model

and

press

Enter.

Follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen.

2.

The

main

panel

of

PC-Doctor

appears.

Checkout

guide

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descriptions

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