Quick Reference Guide

support.dell.com Running the Dell Diagnostics 5-3
Selecting
Exit to MS-DOS
exits the diagnostics and returns you to your operating
system environment.
To select an option from the
Diagnostics
menu, highlight the option and press
<Enter>, or press the key that corresponds to the highlighted letter in the option you
choose.
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When you select
Select Devices to Test
from the
Diagnostics
menu, the main
screen of the diagnostics appears.
Information on the main screen of the diagnostics is presented in the following areas:
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Two lines at the top of the main screen identify the diagnostics and give its ver-
sion number.
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On the left side of the screen, the
Device Groups
area lists the diagnostic device
groups in the order they will run if you select
All
under the
Run Tests
submenu.
Press the up- or down-arrow key to highlight a device group.
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On the right side of the screen, the
Devices for Highlighted Group
area lists the
specific devices within a particular test group.
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Two lines at the bottom of the screen make up the menu area. The first line lists
the menu options you can select; press the left- or right-arrow key to highlight an
option. The second line gives information about the highlighted option.
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The
Device Groups
menu at the bottom of the screen provides options that enable
you to select and run specific diagnostic tests from the diagnostics main screen.
Press the left- and right-arrow keys to select the options on the menu. As you move
from one menu option to another, a brief explanation of the highlighted option
appears on the bottom line of the screen.
If you want more information about a device group or device, highlight the
About
option and press <Enter>. After you read the information, press <Esc> to return to
the previous screen.
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Five options are listed at the bottom of the diagnostics main screen:
Run Tests
,
Devices
,
Select
,
Config
, and
Help
.
There are two ways to select a menu option:
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Look on the screen to see which letter in the option is capitalized, and type that
letter (for example, type

to select the
Run
option).