Diagnostic Tools This section describes the following diagnostic tools you can use for troubleshooting and repairing the OmniBook: • OmniBook hardware diagnostic program (below). • Power-on self-test (page 3-16). • Sycard PCCtest 450 PC Card (page 3-16). • Desktop Management Interface (page 3-20). • BIOS Setup utility (page 3-22). 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 Floppy 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– If HP TopTools is installed, use the DiagTools page to create the disk.
• On any computer with a CD-ROM drive, run diaginst from the \Omnibook\Dmi\Hpdiags directory on the OmniBook 7100 Recovery CD. HP OmniBook 7100 Troubleshooting and Diagnostics 3-11