Diagnostic Tools This section describes the following diagnostic tools you can use for troubleshooting and repairing the OmniBook: • OmniBook hardware diagnostic program (page 3-12). • Power-on self-test (page 3-17). • Sycard PCCtest 450 PC Card (page 3-17). • Desktop Management Interface (page 3-21). • BIOS Setup utility (page 3-23). OmniBook Diagnostic Program The OmniBook hardware diagnostic program provides two levels of testing: • User-level testing using the basic hardware test. • Advanced testing using the individual hardware tests. Figure 3-2. OmniBook Diagnostic Screens — Basic and Advanced The tests are designed to run after the system reboots.
This ensures that the computer will be in a predictable state, so the diagnostic program can properly test the hardware components. The tests are non-destructive and are intended to preserve the state of the computer. The OmniBook reboots when you exit the program so drivers can be loaded. Creating a Diagnostic Disk After inserting a formatted floppy disk in the floppy drive, do one of the following to create a diagnostic floppy disk: • On an OmniBook with a factory software installation, run diaginst from the \Dmi\Hpdiags directory on the hard disk. –or– For an OmniBook 2100/3100 with TopTools installed, use the DiagTools page to create the disk.
3-12 Troubleshooting and Diagnostics HP OmniBook 2100/3000/3100