Owner`s manual

CHAPTER 8
STATUS DISPLAY CODES
Your computer provides various tools for you to use to assure yourself your computer is healthy
and operating as it should. For instance, your computer is capable of testing itself and checking
most of its own internal components for proper operation.
Besides letting you know when things are working correctly, if a problem should occur, these
tools help you find the cause. This chapter describes these diagnostic tools:
Status codes: normal and error status codes that appear on the front panel display
when you boot your computer system or run the self test.
The self test feature: a powerup diagnostic test that checks all major hardware
components in the main chassis. (The self test is discussed in detail in the self
test user’s guide that came with your computer, but we’ll introduce it here).
FRONT PANEL STATUS DISPLAY CODES
During normal operation, when you are not using the self test, the front panel status
diplays a zero. When you boot your computer, a series of codes appears in rapid
succession on the display as the AMOS operating system gets itself up and running. If
an error occurs during booting, one of these codes may remain on the status display.
This can tell you what was happening when the error occurred.
In the first table, the first digit of many status codes is shown as x. This digit is either 2
or 3, and identifies the device the computer is attempting to boot from:
2 = The alternate boot device.
3 = The primary boot device.
Eagle Series Computer Owner’s Manual, Rev. 03