On 01 Sep 2007, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 01 Sep 2007, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > Hi Anthony, > > > > The diagnostics are already in the thinkpad's bios. The manual should > > just tell you how to access it. Remember, its the service manuals you > > want, not the customer's troubleshooting manual. You'll know you have > > the right one if somewhere they tell you to change the system board, > > which isn't a usual customer activity :) > > > > For example, I have a Thinkpad 600E with a dead screen and hard drive > > (lightening strike while I was using it in a tent when the tent got > > hit). To run the diagnostices on it: > > > > Press and hold F1 while powering on the computer. > > Click on test to get the basic diagnostics > > Run those tests > > Press Ctrl-A on the basic diagnostics screen to get the Advanced > > Diagnostics > > Click on Exit or press Esc to go to the keyboard advanced diags. > > Run those. > > Click on Exit again and you get the full advanced diagnostics menu. > > Select a device or select All Devices. > > > > That's the same keystrokes (minus the mouse action) as they were on my > > IBM 486, on which I needed a separate Advanced Diags. disk. I would > > guess that the basic key sequence would be the same on your Thinkpad. > > > > Good luck. > > > > Doug. > > > > This is the manual I got. Unfortunately, i seems that the Z61M only has > a HD diagnostic program. It tells me to download more stuff to test > other things from their download drivers site but I can't see anything > relevant there. > > Anthony >
OK, managed to run the program down to earth (PC Doctor DOS) so I'll see if it works for me. -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
