Toshiba Personal Computer
Diagnostic
Programs
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This test item runs on IDE hard disks. It checks the
functions and performance of IDE
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In order to protect user’s HDD data, the password must
be verified before the
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HDD test. The screen is as follows:
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This test item is to check the HDD’s Read/Write
function through data writing
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This test item needs user to submit the parameters:
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-- Specify the test coverage range of IDE HDD. If user
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chooses Total Size, it means that the whole IDE HDD
will be tested. Although
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user can input the parameter into other select box,
but the selected result is
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invalid. If user chooses Special Size, the test of IDE
HDD will be taken
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according to the coverage range that user chooses or
time.
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--Specify the start and end byte in LBA (Large Block
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—Specify the coverage rate in percentage of the total
disk.
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Choose or Input the time (hour) of the defined range
of the total
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Choose or Input the time (minute) of the defined range
of the
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—Choose test mode from the following options:
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–Write data on the disk, then read it out and compare
the two
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—Write data on the disk without backup original data.
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—Select sequential test or random test
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2.
Sequential/Random Seek
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The test item is to check the correctness of the HDD’s
sector’s seeking function.
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This test item involves the following parameters:
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—is same as the description of
the upper item.
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-- specify start and finish byte in LBA(Large Block
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Select sequential test or random test;
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Specify the coverage rate in percentage of the total
disk.
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Choose or Input the time (hour) of the defined range
of the total
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Choose or Input the time (minute) of the defined range
of the
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Check the HDD’s seeking speed and transfer the data
rate.
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Check the HDD controller’s status, including HDD
interrupt and unexpected
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This test item is a quick test to verify whether the
HDD could be correctly
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accessed and the user could specify the percentage in
the below dialog.
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-- Specify the coverage rate in percentage of the
total disk.
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Choose or Input the time (hour) of the defined range
of the total
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Choose or Input the time (minute) of the defined range of the
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SMART stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and
Reporting Technology.
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SMART test will compare the attribute values with the
threshold value in the
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HDD’s controller to confirm whether there is any
failure in the HDD
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The ODD test runs on IDE CDROM/DVD-ROM & CD-RW. It
will check the ODD
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driver’s functionality and performance.
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Check the CDROM controller’s status.
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Check the data transfer rate of the ODD drive. It will
read data from the ODD disc
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and calculate the data transfer rate. This test needs
a data CD.
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3. Data CD
Butterfly Seek
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Check the seek function of the ODD drive. It will
perform a serial of seeking
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operations. First, locate the minimum LBA address,
then the maximum, the sub-
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minimum, the sub-maximum and meet at center point.
This test needs a data CD.
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Check the random seek function of ODD drive. Random
access will reflect the
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performance of the heads’ random movement and seek. It
tests for 1000 times.
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Check the sequential seek function of ODD drive.
Perform location test to CD-
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RW under LBA mode with the location address increasing
in sequence.
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Check the eject function of the ODD. It will eject the
ODD and ask the user to
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confirm if the operation succeeds.
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This test item tests the video by:
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1. displaying
the figures in different graphic modes.
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2. displaying
the property and color of the characters in different text modes.
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User will confirm whether each video mode works
normally by judging whether the display
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is correct. It checks whether the video memory works
normally by writing data into the video
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memory, then reading it out and comparing the two
value.
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Tests two types of font patterns.
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It requires the user to check whether all characters
of each font type displayed
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correctly by answering the questions prompted on
screen. It will be displayed as
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This test item is to check whether the text attribute
of normal, hi-intensity,
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inverse, and blinking in VGA text mode could be
correctly displayed on the
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screen.
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would display the below texts of the different
attributes in the screen:
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1. Text in
normal attribute;
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2. Text in
blinking normal attribute;
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3. Text in
inverse attribute;
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4. Text in
blinking inverse attribute;
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5. Text in
hi-intensity attribute;
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6. Text in
blinking hi-intensity attribute;
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Users need to check whether all texts displayed
correctly in the above six
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attributes and key in the answer ‘Y’ or ‘N’ to the
prompts ‘Is this display OK?
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Below is the test screen of Text Attribute.
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This test item is to check whether the video memory
could be correctly written
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and read in VGA text mode. According to the comparison
of written data with
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read data, the program would report PASS or
FAIL.
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This test item is to check whether all 16 colors
foreground and all 8 colors
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background works normally in VGA text mode.
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The bit4-6 of the attribute byte of a character
defines 8 background colors (black,
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blue, green, cyan, red, brown, magenta, and light
gray), and the bit0-3 defines 16
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foreground colors (dark gray, light blue, light green,
light cyan, light red, light
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magenta, yellow, and white besides the above 8
colors).
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In the test, user is required to respond according to
the instruction in the screen.
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5. 80 * 25 Text
Mode
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This test item is to check whether 80*25 Text Mode
works normally.
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In the test, user is required to respond according to
the instruction in the screen.
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Subtest 02 640
* 480 VGA Mode
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This test item is to check whether 680*480 VGA Text
mode works normally.
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In the test, user is required to respond
according to the instruction in the screen. | |
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This test item is to check whether all the video modes
supported by the video card
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In the test, user is required to respond following the
instruction in the screen.
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1. 640X480
Video Modes Test
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2. 800X600
Video Modes Test
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3. 1024X768
Video Modes Test
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4. 1280X800
Video Modes Test
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If the VESA
Can’t Support The Mode ,The Mode Will Display Gray
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Subtest 04 VESA
Video Memory
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This test item is to check whether VESA video memory
could be correctly
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accessed (write data & read data). Below is the
test item’s parameter dialog
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window:
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If press Ctrl+Break to force the test to terminate during execution of VESA
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Video Memory, the test program will not operate and
display properly in further
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This test item is to report the system’s Accelerated
Graphics Port status and check
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whether AGP registers works normally.
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Subtest 06 LCD
Panel Test
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This test item is to check whether there is any fault
in its resolution by displaying
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the RGB gradient color screens.
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This test item is to check whether the registers of
the video adapter works
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Subtest 08
Color Purity Test
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This test item is to check whether the system (the
video adapter and the display)
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could display the purity color of red, green, blue,
black and white.
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In the test, user is required to respond according to
the instruction in the screen.
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This test item needs user to submit the parameters:
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The Parameters is setting the delay time each
color is display interval |
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This test item is to check the video adapter’s
composing ability of direct color in
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high and true color mode.
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In the test, user is required to respond according to
the instruction in the screen.
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Subtest 10
DAC/Palette Address
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This test item is to check the function of DAC
registers and Palette registers.
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In the test, user is required to respond according to
the instruction in the screen.
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NOTE 1:AMD platform can’t support this item
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Subtest 11
BitBlt Engine Test
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This test item is to check whether the BitBlt engine
works normally.
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BitBlt is the abbreviation of ‘Bit Block Translate’,
that means the copy of data
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block for 3 types, from video memory to video memory,
from video memory to
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system memory, and from system memory to video memory.
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What should be done is to write the data of the type
of BitBLT operation and the
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location of BitBLT source area and destination area
into the BitBLT registers, and
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all those operations will be completed automatically
by BitBLT engine with
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minimum CPU intervention. 
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NOTE 1:AMD platform can’t support this Test item
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This test item is to check whether the module can
detect the existence of the network
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card and display its related information.
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Detect the device ID of the network card.
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Detect the vendor ID of the network card.
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Detect the MAC address of the network card.
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This test item is to check whether the keyboard works
normally.
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1. Keyboard
Data Line Test
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Check whether the keyboard data line works normally.
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2. Keyboard
Clock Line Test
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Check whether the keyboard clock line works normally.
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Check whether the point devices work normally.
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Before test Touch Pad’s function, user should set a
timeout time at below screen:
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At the below screen of Touch Pad test, user can press
the left button, right button,
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and move the mouse to verify its functions for times,
and the test will end either
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by user break or test time is out.
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Check whether the Device led works normally.
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NOTE 1:If The Machine is AMD Platform, The HDD
LED is very Dim
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