Dell Precision M60 User Manual

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3

Connect the computer to an electrical outlet.

NOTE: If you cannot see anything on your display, you can hold down the mute button and press

the power button (instead of F12) to begin the Dell Diagnostics. You do not need to highlight

Diagnostics and press

. The computer automatically runs the Pre-boot System

Assessment.

4

Turn on the computer. When the DELL™ logo appears, press

immediately. If

you wait too long and the Microsoft

®

Windows

®

logo appears, continue to wait until

you see the Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer and try again.

5

When the boot device list appears, highlight Diagnostics and press

.

The computer begins to run the Pre-boot System Assessment, a series of embedded
diagnostics that perform initial testing on your system board, keyboard, hard drive, and
display.

During the assessment, answer any questions that appear.

If a component failure is detected, the computer stops and beeps. To stop the

assessment and reboot to the operating system, press

; to continue to the

next test, press

; to retest the component that failed, press

.

If failures are detected during the Pre-boot System Assessment, write down the
error code(s) and contact Dell (see "Getting Help" in your User’s Guide for the
appropriate contact information) before continuing on to the Dell Diagnostics.

If you receive a message stating that no Diagnostics utility partition has been
found, follow the instructions on the screen to run the Dell Diagnostics from your
Drivers and Utilities CD.

If the Pre-boot System Assessment completes successfully, you receive the message

Booting Dell Diagnostic Utility Partition. Press any key to

continue

.

6

Press any key to start the Dell Diagnostics from the Diagnostics utility partition on
your hard drive.

7

After the Dell Diagnostics loads and the Main Menu screen appears, click the button
for the option you want.

NOTE: The service tag for your computer is located in the title bar of each screen.

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