IBM 2179 Personal Computer User Manual


 
2.
Highlight
either
the
Memory
Test-Full
or
Memory
Test-Quick
option
and
press
Enter.
3.
v
Memory
Test-Full
The
full
memory
test
will
take
about
80
seconds
per
MB
of
memory
and
will
detect
marginal,
intermittent,
and
solid
(stuck)
memory
failures.
v
Memory
Test-Quick
The
quick
memory
test
will
take
about
20
seconds
per
MB
of
memory
and
will
detect
solid
(stuck)
memory
failures
only.
Notes:
Either
level
of
memory
testing
can
be
performed
on
all
memory
or
a
selected
DIMM
socket.
Only
DIMM
sockets
containing
a
DIMM
can
be
selected
for
testing.
Unpopulated
sockets
are
noted
by
........
beside
the
test
description.
Alert-On
LAN
test
The
Alert
On
LAN
test
does
the
following:
v
Determines
if
Alert
On
LAN
is
supported
on
the
system.
v
Checks
the
revision
ID
register.
v
Verifies
the
EEPROM
checksum.
v
Validates
that
a
software
alert
can
be
sent.
Asset
ID
test
The
Asset
ID
test
does
the
following:
v
Determines
if
Asset
ID
is
supported
on
the
system.
v
Verifies
the
EEPROM
areas.
v
Performs
an
antenna
detection
test.
Test
results
IBM
PC
Enhanced
Diagnostic
test
results
will
produce
the
following
error
code
format:
Function
Code
Failure
Type
DeviceID
Date
ChkDigits
Text
v
Function
Code:
Represents
the
feature
or
function
within
the
PC.
v
Failure
Type:
Represents
the
type
of
error
encountered.
v
DeviceID:
Contains
the
component’s
unit-ID
which
corresponds
to
either
a
fixed
disk
drive,
removable
media
drive,
serial
or
parallel
port,
processor,
specific
DIMM,
or
a
device
on
the
PCI
bus.
v
Date:
Contains
the
date
on
which
the
diagnostic
test
was
run.
The
date
is
retrieved
from
CMOS
and
displayed
using
the
YYYYMMDD
format.
v
ChkDigits:
Contains
a
2-digit
check-digit
value
to
ensure
the
following:
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