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Service Hints & Tips |
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TP General - Running diagnostics on the hard drive
Applicable to: World-Wide
To run diagnostics on the hard drive for your ThinkPad do the following:
TP 355, 360, 365X/XD, 380 (all), 385 (all), 560 (all), 600, 701, 750, 755, 760, 765, and 770 (all).
1. Make sure the ThinkPad is turned off.
2. Press and hold the F1 key while you power on the ThinkPad.
3. At the EZSetup screen click on the icon labelled Test.
4. At the Test menu click on HDD-1 to test the hard drive installed in the ThinkPad. If you have a hard drive installed in the UltraBay of the ThinkPad (for those ThinkPads that have an UltraBay you will want to click on HDD-2.
5. If the hard drive passes, it will return to the Test screen with an OK underneath the hard drive icon. If it fails, it will list error codes beneath the icon.
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Hard Drives | |
Date Created |
28-04-98 | |
Last Updated |
26-01-99 | |
Revision Date |
26-01-2000 | |
Brand |
IBM ThinkPad | |
Product Family |
ThinkPad 310, ThinkPad 315, ThinkPad 355, ThinkPad 360, ThinkPad 365X/XD, ThinkPad 380, ThinkPad 380D, ThinkPad 380E, ThinkPad 380ED, ThinkPad 380XD, ThinkPad 380Z, ThinkPad 385D, ThinkPad 385E, ThinkPad 385ED, ThinkPad 385XD, ThinkPad 560, ThinkPad 560E, ThinkPad 560X, ThinkPad 560Z, ThinkPad 600, ThinkPad 600E, ThinkPad 750, ThinkPad 755C/CS, ThinkPad 755CE/CSE, ThinkPad 755CX, ThinkPad 755CV, ThinkPad 755CD, ThinkPad 755CDV, ThinkPad 760C, ThinkPad 760E, ThinkPad 760CD, ThinkPad 760L/LD, ThinkPad 760ED, ThinkPad 760XD, ThinkPad 760EL/ELD, ThinkPad 760XL, ThinkPad 765L, ThinkPad 765D, ThinkPad 770, ThinkPad 770E/ED, ThinkPad 770X, ThinkPad 770Z | |
Machine Type |
2600, 2619, 2620, 2625, 2635, 2636, 2640, 2641, 2645, 2646, 9545, 9546, 9547, 9548, 9549, 9544 | |
Model |
Various | |
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