Dell Precision M6300 (Late 2007): Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media

NOTE: If you see a message stating that no diagnostics utility partition has

been found, run the Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities media.

The computer runs the Pre-boot System Assessment (PSA), a series of

initial tests of your system board, keyboard, display, memory, hard drive, etc.

• During the assessment, answer any questions that appear.

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

write down the error code(s) and then contact Dell (see

"Contacting Dell" in your

User’s Guide

).

If the Pre-boot System Assessment completes successfully, the following

message appears: "

Booting Dell Diagnostic Utility

Partition. Press any key to continue

."

4

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

partition on your hard drive.

5

When the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu appears, select the test you want

to run (see "Dell Diagnostics Main Menu" on page 25).

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media

1

Insert the

Drivers and Utilities

media

.

2

Shut down and restart the computer.

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

NOTE: If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to

wait until you see the Microsoft 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

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 CD menu and press <Enter> to proceed.

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