Dell Precision M60: 7 After the Dell Diagnostics loads and the Main Menu screen appears, click the button for the option you want.
7 After the Dell Diagnostics loads and the Main Menu screen appears, click the button for the option you want.: Dell Precision M60
Table of contents
- Notes, Notices, and Cautions Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Contents
- CAUTION: Safety Instructions General
- CAUTION: Safety Instructions (continued) Power
- CAUTION: Safety Instructions (continued) Battery
- CAUTION: Safety Instructions (continued) Air Travel EMC Instructions California Residents
- When Using Your Computer
- When Using Your Computer (continued) Ergonomic Computing Habits When Working Inside Your Computer
- When Using Your Computer (continued) Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge Battery Disposal
- 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 Setting Up Your Computer 1 Unpack the accessories box. 2 Set aside the contents of the accessories box, which you will need to complete the setup of your computer.
- 3 Connect the AC adapter to the AC adapter connector on the computer and to the electrical outlet. 4 Open the computer display and press the power button to turn on the computer.
- About Your Computer
- Front View
- Left Side View Right Side View
- Back View
- Bottom View Removing a Battery
- Installing a Battery
- Removing a Reserve Battery
- Installing a Reserve Battery Running the Dell Diagnostics 1 Shut down the computer.
- 7 After the Dell Diagnostics loads and the Main Menu screen appears, click the button for the option you want.
- Option Function Tab Function 10 When you have finished running a test, close the screen to return to the Main Menu
- Regulatory Notices

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