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Intel A96134-002 manual

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    Intel ® Server Board Platform Confidence Test Installation and Operating Instructions Order number A96134-002[...]

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    ii  Intel Corporation 2002 Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel products. No license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any intelle ctual property rights is granted by th is document. Except as provided in Intel's Terms and Conditions of Sale for such products , Intel assumes no liability whatsoev[...]

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    iii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... ...................... 1 CONVENTIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 1 ASSUMPTIONS ......[...]

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    1 Introduction The Intel ® Server Board Platform C onfidence Test package provi des a me thod to determi ne if an Intel-based server system is correctly assembl ed and functioning properly. The package provi des three test suites for the onboard resources. The test suites included in t he package are: the Quick Test, the Com prehensive Test, and a[...]

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    2 Inst alling the Server Board Plat form Confidence T est Package The Platform Confidence Test program files are available on the software CD that accom panies the server board. Updates to this m anual can be downloaded from the Intel support websi te at: http://support.intel.com/s upport/m otherboards/server . WARNING: Each Intel server board has [...]

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    3 Comprehensive Tests The comprehensive test probes fo r the same item s as the Quick Test, but in greater depth. In addition, it identifies the keyboard and mouse, the C OM1 and COM2 ports, the LPT port, t he floppy drive, and the onboard video controller with its memory. The system will identify drives attached to any SCSI con trollers in the sys[...]

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    4 Using the Intel Server Board Plat form Confidence T est To begin the Platform Confidence Tests boot the server from the bootable diskette descri bed above. The system displays the m enu below. **** Platform Confi dence Test. Ver. X (c)Copyright 2001 Inte l Corp. All Ri ghts Reserved. Server Diagnostic Options Quick Test Comprehensive Test (DEFAUL[...]

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    5 The following is an exam ple of the configuration sum mary for a Comprehensive Test: Hardware Test Configuration Base Memory Size: 640 KB CPU Type: A Pentium® III microprocessor CPU Speed: 1000 MHz CPU SMP #0: Present CPU SMP #1: Present NUMBER_OF_SCSI_CHANNELS: 2 KEYBOARD_TYPE: 101_KEY RTC RAM SIZE: 128 PC97317 Found COM1 at Port Address: 3F8 i[...]

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    6 The test results sum mary uses si milar convent ions with the FRUs list ed in green to indicate a passing t est, with submodules in a darker shade of green. Red indicates fa ilures. Test results will vary, depending on the system configuration. The following is an example of the test resu lts summ ary for a Quick Test: Test Result Summary FRU= CP[...]

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    7 T roubleshooting This section is not i ntended to be a tutorial on repai r and system troubleshooting. It i s intended to provide hi nts for the technician. If the system experiencing problem s has just been assemble d, a first step should be to check the system against the assembly procedures in t he printed “Quick Start User’s Guide,” and[...]