Dell Precision 350: Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD: Dell Precision 350
Table of contents
- Notes, Notices, and Cautions Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Contents
- Finding Information for Your Computer What Are You Looking For? Find it Here
- What Are You Looking For? Find it Here
- What Are You Looking For? Find it Here
- What Are You Looking For? Find it Here
- Setting Up Your Dell Precision™ 350 Computer Connect the keyboard and the mouse
- Connect the modem or the network cable
- Connect the monitor
- For single- and dual-monitor capable cards with a single connector
- For dual-monitor capable cards with 1 DVI and 1 VGA connector For dual-monitor capable cards with 2 DVI connectors
- Connect the speakers
- Connect the power cables and turn on the computer and monitor
- Install additional software or devices To access the User’s Guide from your hard drive: To access the User’s Guide from the CD: To access the User’s Guide from the Dell Support Site:
- Opening the Computer Cover
- 18 Setup and Quick Reference Guide
- Inside Your Computer
- Solving Problems Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities Microsoft Windows XP To check for conflicts on a computer running Windows XP: To use the Windows XP Hardware Troubleshooter: Windows 2000
- Using System Restore in Windows XP Creating a Restore Point
- Restoring the Computer to an Earlier Operating State Using the Last Known Good Configuration in Windows 2000
- Other Options to Help Resolve Additional Device or Software Conflicts When to Use the Dell Diagnostics Starting the Dell Diagnostics
- Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD
- Dell Diagnostics Main Menu Option Function Tab Function
- Beep Codes Error Messages Diagnostic Lights
- Light Pattern Problem Description Suggested Resolution
- Light Pattern Problem Description Suggested Resolution
- Light Pattern Problem Description Suggested Resolution
- Light Pattern Problem Description Suggested Resolution Frequently Asked Questions How Do I... Solution Where to Find Additional Information
- How Do I... Solution Where to Find Additional Information
Start the Dell Diagnostics from either your hard drive or from the Drivers
and Utilities CD (also known as the ResourceCD).
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive
1 Shut down and restart the computer.
2 When the DELL logo appears, press <F12> immediately.
NOTE: If you receive a
If you wait too long and the Windows logo appears, continue to wait
message stating that no
until you see the Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer
Diagnostics utility
through the Start menu and try again.
partition has been found,
follow the instructions to
3 When the boot device list appears, highlight Boot to Utility Partition
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run the Dell Diagnostics
and press <Enter>.
from your Drivers and
4 When the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu appears, select the test you
Utilities CD.
want to run.
Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD
1 Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD into the CD drive.
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
through the Start menu and try again
NOTE: This feature
3 When the boot device list appears, highlight IDE CD-ROM Device
changes the boot sequence
and press <Enter>.
for one time only. On the
4 Select the IDE CD-ROM Device option from the CD boot menu.
next start-up, the
computer boots according
5 Select the Boot from CD-ROM option from the menu that appears.
to the devices specified in
system setup.
6 Type 1 to start the ResourceCD menu.
7 Type 2 to start the Dell Diagnostics.
8 Select Run the 32 Bit Dell Diagnostics from the numbered list. If
multiple versions are listed, select the version appropriate for your
platform.
9 When the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu appears, select the test you
want to run.
24 Setup and Quick Reference Guide
