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Dell Diagnostics: Dell OptiPlex GX1 Small-Form-Factor System User's Guide
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Dell™ Diagnostics: Dell OptiPlex™ GX1 Small-Form-Factor System
User's Guide
Overview Confirming the System Configuration
Information
Features of the Dell Diagnostics How to Use the Menu
When to Use the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu Categories
Before You Start Testing Tests in the Dell Diagnostics
Starting the Dell Diagnostics Error Messages
How to Use the Dell Diagnostics
Overview
Unlike many diagnostic programs, the Dell Diagnostics helps you check your computer's hardware without
any additional equipment and without destroying any data. By using the diagnostics, you can have
confidence in your computer system's operation. And if you find a problem you cannot solve by yourself, the
diagnostic tests can provide you with important information you will need when talking to Dell's service and
support personnel.
NOTICE: Use the Dell Diagnostics to test only your Dell computer system. Using this program with
other computers may cause incorrect computer responses or result in error messages.
Features of the Dell Diagnostics
The Dell Diagnostics provides a series of menus and options from which you choose particular test groups or
subtests. You can also control the sequence in which the tests are run. The diagnostic test groups or
subtests also have these helpful features:
Options that let you run tests individually or collectively
An option that allows you to choose the number of times a test group or subtest is repeated
The ability to display or print out test results, or to save them in a file
Options to temporarily suspend testing if an error is detected, or to terminate testing when an
adjustable error limit is reached
A menu category called Devices that briefly describes each test and its parameters
A menu category called Config that describes the configuration of the devices in the selected device