User`s guide

User’s Guide
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INTRODUCTION
Diagnostic Card is a powerful diagnostic tool for technicians and administrators to troubleshoot
various problems of IBM compatible PCs. It is easy to install, yet extremely powerful to use. With
Diagnostic Card in hand, you no longer have to go through tedious and time consuming process of
trying to figure out what is wrong with your PC hardware. Diagnostic Card will tell you exactly
what is wrong with your PC in just seconds. It saves you time and money.
Our new and improved design of diagnostic card can work with almost all popular types of CPUs,
Motherboards, and BIOS.
All though we try, it is not possible to update this manual every time a new motherboard is made
by the manufactures. It is always advised to visit the bios manufacture website, and download the
latest codes per bios revision. Or visit bioscentral.com for an online reference.
System Requirements
The Diagnostic Card itself only requires an empty PCI or ISA expansion slot. It is not necessary to
install memory chips to perform analysis. “POST Codes” can be displayed through the
hexadecimal display panel on the Diagnostic Card itself.
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Diagnostic Card INDICATORS
Two ‘Indicators’ are any light emitting diodes (LED) or hexadecimal display panel that may be
mounted on an Diagnostic Card. This section discusses the following indicators that appear on the
Diagnostic Card:
 POST Code Display
 PCI BUS SIGNALS LEDs
POST Code Display
The POST Code Display is made up of a dual, dot matrix hexadecimal read-out that displays
Power On Self Test (POST) status codes.