Dell Latitude C500 - Manual (Page 123)

and
Results by the Dell Diagnostics, and additional help on the Dell Diagnostics.
Program
Options Allows you to change the settings of the Dell Diagnostics.
Exit to MS-
DOS Exits to the MS-DOS® prompt.
For a quick check of your computer, select
Quick Tests from the Test All Devices or Test One Device
option.
Quick Tests runs only the subtests that do not require user interaction and that do not take a long time to
run. Dell recommends that you choose
Quick Tests first to increase the odds of tracing the source of the problem
quickly.
For a thorough check of your computer, select
Extended Tests from the Test All Devices option.
To check a particular area of your computer, select
Extended Tests from the Test One Device option, or
select the
Advanced Testing option to customize your test(s).
Advanced Testing
When you select
Advanced Testing from the Diagnostics Menu, the following screen appears listing the
diagnostic test device groups and devices of the selected device group, and it allows you to select categories from a
menu (see
Figure 1 ). Press the arrow keys or <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys to navigate the screen.
Figure 1. Advanced Testing Main Screen
Information in the
Advanced Testing screen is presented as follows:
On the left side of the screen, the
Device Groups area lists the diagnostic test groups in the order they will