Dell Latitude D530 (Early 2008): Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Optional Drivers and Utilities Disc

• During the assessment, answer any questions that appear.

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

assessment and restart the computer, press <Esc>; to continue to the

next test, press <y>; to retest the component that failed, press <r>.

• If failures are detected during the Pre-boot System Assessment, write

down the error code(s) and contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" in

your

User’s Guide

)

.

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

message

Booting Dell Diagnostic Utility Partition.

Press any key to continue

.

5

Press any key to start the Dell Diagnostics from the diagnostics utility

partition on your hard drive.

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Optional Drivers and Utilities Disc

1

Insert the

Drivers and Utilities

disc.

2

Shut down and restart the computer.

When the DELL logo appears, press <F12> immediately.

If you wait too long and the Windows logo appears, continue to wait until

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

again.

NOTE: The next steps change the boot sequence for one time only. On the

next start-up, the computer boots according to the devices specified in the

system setup program.

3

When the boot device list appears, highlight

CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive

and press <Enter>.

4

Select the

Boot from CD-ROM

option from the menu that appears and

press <Enter>.

5

Ty p e

1

to start the menu and press <Enter> to proceed.

6

Select

Run the 32 Bit Dell Diagnostics

from the numbered list. If

multiple versions are listed, select the version appropriate for your

computer.

7

When the Dell Diagnostics

Main Menu

appears, select the test that you

want to run.

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