Dell Latitude CPx J User Manual
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each menu item, test group, subtest, and test and error result. To enter the Help menu, perform the following steps:
1. Highlight Select Devices to Test in the Diagnostics Menu.
2. Press <Enter>.
3. Press <h>.
The six Help menu categories are
,
,
, and
. The online Help also
provides detailed descriptions of the devices that you are testing. The Help categories are explained below.
Menu Category
The Menu Help category provides descriptions of the main menu screen area, the Device Groups, and the different
diagnostic menus and commands and instructions on how to use them.
Keys Category
The Keys Help category explains the functions of the all of the keystrokes that can be used in Dell Diagnostics.
Device Group Category
The Device Group Help category describes the test group that is presently highlighted in the Device Groups list on
the main menu screen. It also provides reasoning for using some tests.
Device Category
The Device Help category is the educational section of online Help. It describes the function and purpose of the
highlighted device in the Device Groups. For example, the following information appears when you select the
Device Help category for Diskette in the Device Groups list:
Diskette drive A:
The diskette disk drive device reads and writes data to and from diskettes. Diskettes
are flexible recording media, sometimes contained in hard shells. Diskette recording
capacities are small and access times are slow relative to hard disk drives, but they
provide a convenient means of storing and transferring data.
Test Category
The Test Help category provides a thorough explanation of the test procedure of each presently highlighted test
group subtest. An example of the Diskette subtest Diskette Drive Seek Test is as follows:
Diskette drive A: - Diskette Drive Seek Test
This test verifies the drive's ability to position its read/write heads. The test
operates in two passes: first, seeking from the beginning to ending cylinders
inclusively, and second, seeking alternately from the beginning to ending cylinders
with convergence towards the middle.
Versions Category
The Versions Help category lists the version numbers of the subtests that are used by the Dell Diagnostics.