Altos 486 Guide de configuration

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ALTOS

486

DiAqNOSTics

486 Diagnostics

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ALTOS

registered

trade-

mark

Altos

Computer

Systems.

WorkNet

trademark

Altos

Computer

Systems.

HOW

THIS

MANUAL

ORGANIZED

iii

About this Manual

This

manual

explains

how

use

the

System

Diagnostic

Executive

(SDX)

verification

programs

and

utilities.

The

verification

programs

can

help

you

pinpoint

problems

should

the

486

system

malfunction.

The

programs

and

utilities

are

loaded

from

the

diagnostic

floppy

diskette

supplied

with

your

system.

You

are

then

asked

respond

series

questions

and

prompts

provided

the

program.

The

Diagnostic

Manual

contains

three

chapters

and

two

appendixes.

Chapter

contains

general

information

about

the

recommended

test

sequence

and

instructions

for

the

Diagnostic

pr'ograms.

also

contains

information

for

copying

diskettes,

which

the

first

thing

you

should

with

your

Diagnostic

diskette.

sure

read

Chapter

before

running

any

the

verification

routines.

Chapter

contains

instructions

for

using

the

utility

programs

that

are

contained

the

Diagnostic

diskette.

Chapter

describes

each

the

diagnostic

programs

that

test

the

components

the

486

system.

Appendix

explains

error

messages

you

may

encounter

while

running

the

diagnostic

programs.

DATA

ENTRY

CONVENTIONS

PUBLICATIONS

Appendix

describes

how

construct

loopback

connector,

which

you

will

need

run

two

the

Serial

Port

diagnostic

tests.

Special

type

conventions

are

used

throughout

this

manual.

The

most

important

these

are:

Information

that

you

enter

response

prompt

appears

boldface

type;

for

example,

enter

The

Escape

key

appears

this

text

<ESC).

The

RETURN

key

appears

this

text

<CR).

Pressing

the

RETURN

key

usually

enters

the

data

that

was

previously

typed.

Alphabetic

data

can

entered

upper

lower

case.

The

CONTROL

key

used

combination

with

other

keys.

When

you

use

the

CONTROL

key,

press

and

hold

down

while

you

press

the

other

key.

nnn,

stands

for

number

that

appears

the

screen;

nnn

indicates

three

digit

number,

nn,

a two

digit

number,

and

forth.

o To

erase

the

last

character

typed,

use

CONTROL

BACK

SPACE.

This

will

work

most

cases.

o To

erase

entire

entry,

use

the

RUBOUT

DELETE

key.

486

Setting

Guide,

690-15889-001

486

Maintenance

Manual,

690-15683-001

486

System

Reference

Manual,

690-15707-001

1-1

BEFORE

YOU

BEGIN

1-2

GENERAL

INFORMATION

1-2

BEFORE

YOU

START

1-3

RECOMMENDED

TEST

SEQUENCE

1-3

HOW

BEGIN

2-1

USING

THE

UTILITY

PROGRAMS

2-2

HARD

DISK DISPLAY

FLAGGED

SECTOR

2-5

HARD

DISK

FLAG

BAD

SECTOR

2-7

HARD

DISK

FORMAT

2-9

FLOPPY DISK COpy

2-12

FLOPPY DISK

FORMAT

2-14

RETURN

MAIN

3-1

USING

THE

DIAGNOSTIC

PROGRAMS

3-2

MEMORY

VERIFICATION

3-5

MEMORY

MANAGEMENT

VERIFICATION

3-7

SERIAL

PORT

Descriptions

Select

Terminal

Port

Echo

Test

Barber

Pole

Test

Serial

Memory

Verification

Serial

Channel

Single

Pass

Serial

Channel

Long Loop

3-16

SYSTEf.tl

TEST

With

Hard

Disk

Not

Included

With

Hard

Disk

Included

3-21

WORKNET

LOOPBACK

3-23

RETURN

MAIN

APPENDICES

A-I

ERROR

MESSAGES

B-1

CONSTRUCTING

LOOPBACK

CONNECTOR

Contents

CONTENTS

1-1

1-2

GENERAL

INFORMATION

1-2

BEFORE

YOU

START

BeforeYou

Begin

1-3

RECOMMENDED

TEST

SEQUENCE

1-3

HOW

BEGIN

GENERAL

INFORMATION

BEFORE

YOU

START

1-2

This

manual

explains

how

tOr

use

the

Diagnostic

diskette

that

comes

with

your

486

system.

The

System

Diagnostic

Executive

(SDX)

diskette

contains

menu-driven

utility

and

verification

programs

pinpoint

problems

with

your

system

and

perform

such

tasks

copying

floppy

disks.

You

can

test

the

following

components

your

system:

0 Cen

tral

processing

unit

(CPU)

0 Random

Access

Memory

(RAM)

Serial

communication

channels

0 WorkNet

interface

Hard

disk

drive

Floppy

diskette

drive

The

utility

programs

the

Diagnostic

diskette

include:

Floppy

diskette

format

Floppy

diskette

copy

Hard

disk

format

Flag

hard

disk

bad

sector

After

test

run,

pass

fail

message

appears

the display

screen.

failed

message

appears,

contact

authorized

personnel

your

local

dealer.

The

first

and

most

important

thing

you

should

with

your

Diagnostic

diskette

format

diskettes

and

make

copies

the

Diagnostic

diskette

and

operating

system

diskettes

that

are

shipped

with

your

486

system.

This

way

you

always

have

backup

disk.

sure

write-

protect

your

backup

copies.

RECOMMENDED

TEST

SEQUENCE

HOW

BEGIN

1-3

You

should

make two

backup

copies

the

Diagnostic

diskette.

Store

the

master

diskette

secure

place

and

use

one

the

copies

run

the

Diagnostics.

Formatting

and

copying

floppy

diskettes

are

explained

Chapter

After

formatting

and

copying

your

diskettes,

recommended

that

you

run

the

System

Test,

with

the

hard

disk

not

included,

verify

that

your

system

operating

properly.

The

System

Test

verifies

the

floppy

disk

drive

and

the

memory.

a good

idea

run

this

test

before

you

install

operating

system.

Refer

the

System

Test

section

Chapter

for

instructions.

The

following

step-by-step

instructions

tell

you

how

load

the

SOX

(System

Diagnostics

Executive)

programs

into

the

Altos

486

Computer

System.

Step

Insert

the

diagnostic

diskette

shown

Figure

1-1.

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