Toshiba Magnia 3100 User Manual

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HW Diagnostics

FLOPPY DISK TEST


Test start track number
Designates the first track number for the test.
At the start of the test, the message to change the HW Diagnostics test diskette with the test diskette
appears. Change disks at this point.

[01. Sequential address read]
This subtest reads data from all tracks continuously on a diskette.

[02. Random address/data W/R/C]
This subtest writes random data to random addresses on all tracks on the diskette. The data is then read
and compared to the original data.

FLOPPY DISK TEST (FDD) Error log

Status Error

name

Meaning

01

BAD COMMAND ERROR

Bad command error has occurred

02

ADDRESS MARK NOT FOUND

The address mark has not been found

03

WRITE PROTECED

Floppy disk is write-protected

04

RECORD NOT FOUND

The record has not been found

06

MEDIA CHANGE LINE ERROR

The media change line is bad

08

DMA OVERRUN ERROR

DMA OVERRUN occurred

09

DMA BOUNDARY ERROR

DMA BOUDARY occurred

10

CRC ERROR

CRC check error

20

FDC ERROR

FDC error

40

SEEK ERROR

Floppy disk seek error

*Address during the test (ADDRESS: 0tthss)

0 tt h ss


tt : Track

address

h : Head

address

ss : Sector

address

NOTE: This test requires that the test diskette be formatted and write-enabled.
Check that there is no important data on the test diskette after Running [02.Random address/data
W/R/C].

NOTE: When the HW Diagnostics Program has been started from the diskette, replace the diskette for the
test with the HW Diagnostics Program diskette after testing.

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