NTRODUCTION The Desktop / Notebook Diagnostic Card is a powerful diagnostic tool for technicians and administrators to troubleshoot various problems of notebook PC PII/III/ P4 by using a PCI and LPT (printer port) Bus. It is easy to install, yet extremely powerful to use. With this card in hand, you no longer have to go through tedious and time consuming process of trying to figure out what is wrong with your hardware. Notebook Diagnostic Card will indicate exactly what is wrong with your notebook in just seconds. It saves your time and money. - Our new and improved design of Diagnostic Card, it can work with almost all popular types of CPUs, Motherboards, and BIOS. All though we try, it is not possible to update this manual every time a new motherboard is made by the manufactures. It is always advised to visit the bios manufacture website, and download the latest codes per bios revision. Or visit bioscentral.com for an online reference. System Requirements The Desktop / Notebook Diagnostic Card itself only requires an empty PCI slot or LPT port connection. It is not necessary to install memory chips to perform analysis. “POST Codes” can be displayed through the hexadecimal display panel. Desktop / Notebook Diagnostic Card INDICATORS ‘Indicators’ are any light emitting diodes(LED) or hexadecimal display panel is mounted on extended cable. This section discusses the following indicators that appear on the Notebook Diagnostic Card: Desktop / Notebook PCI & LPT Printer Port Bus Card POST Code Display The POST Code Display is made up of a dual, dot matrix hexadecimal read-out that displays Power On Self Test (POST) status codes. Power On Self-Test (POST) Codes This card can test the AMI/AWARD/PHOENIX BIOS, while it can be used in widely model of notebook. During system booting up, this card displays can show the post codes. Refer to Appendix A, it shows almost POST codes provided by BIOS manufacturers. PCI Signal Definition: FRAME PCI Bus Frame. Should be on under normal circumstances and flashes when a PCI Frame Signal is detected. CLK Motherboard Clock Signal. Should be on when power is supplied to the motherboard even without CPU. 12V Power Supply, 12-Volt Positive. Should be on all the time otherwise there is a short circuit. -12V Power Supply, 12-Volt Negative. Should be on all the time otherwise there is a short circuit. +3.3 Motherboard Clock Signal. Should be on when power 3.3V is supplied to the motherboard even without CPU. Installation Procedure TO INSTALL A Diagnostic Card: 1) Install the Notebook Diagnostic Card in PCI slot or LPT Printer Port 2) Power on the machine and monitor the code shown on LED 3) When using the LPT printer mode, USB cable must be used to supply power to PC Diagnostic card. USB cable not required when using PCI slot mode. 4) Install JP2 External Speaker Connection if required, see note below. 5) Observe POST CODE. POST Codes When the machine is turned on, the hexadecimal display should show the various POST codes (Post 80H + 84H) as the system executes (unless it has a rare BIOS that does not display POST codes). If the machine does not boot, system POST has detected a fatal fault and stopped. The number showing in the hexadecimal display on the Notebook Diagnostic Card is the number of the test in which POST failed. Refer to Appendix A for a listing of POST codes. Troubleshooting During POST After initial power up, Power-On Self-Test (POST) codes begin displaying on the Notebook Diagnostic Card’s hexadecimal displays (for most machines). THE POST PROCESS The ROM built onto the motherboard of the computer rums its built-in POST (Power-On Self-Test) when you switch power on to the computer, press the reset button on the computer, or press Ctrl-Alt-Del (warm boot). POST performs a tightly interwoven initialization and testing process for each of these methods, but it typically does not test or initialize memory above 64K for warm boot. You can get an even better idea of the detailed process by studying the POST code listings in Appendix A. JP2 EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONNECTION On some older motherboards you may encounter no onboard speaker or non functional motherboard speakers. Use the 2-pin gray jumper wire included to jump the connection from the speaker terminals on the motherboard header to the JP2 jumper on the PC POST Card. This will connect the onboard speaker of the PC POST card so you can hear BEEP CODES as well as see POST CODES. Error Code Award (Edition: ELITEBIOS 4.51PG) C0 Turn Off Chipset Cache 01 Processor Test 1 02 Processor Test 2 03 Initialize Chips 04 Test Memory Refresh Toggle 05 Blank video,Initialize keyboard 06 Reserved 07 Test CMOS Interface and Battery Status BE Chipset Default Initialization C1 Memory Presence test C5 Early Shadow C6 Cache Presence test 08 Setup low memory 09 Early Cache Initialization 0A Setup Interrupt Vector Table 0B Test CMOS RAM Checksum 0C Initialize Keyboard 0D Initialize Video Interface 0E Test Video Memory 0F Test DMA Controller 0 10 Test DMA Controller 1 11 Test DMA Page Registers 12~13 Reserved 14 Test Timer Counter 2 15 Test 8259-1 Mask Bits 16 Test 8259-2 Mask Bits 17 Test Stuck 8259’s interrupt bits 18 Test 8259 Interrupt Functionality 19 Test stuck NMI Bits (Parity/IO check) 1A Display CPU Clock 1B-1E Reserved 1F Set EISA Mode 20 Enable Slot 0 21-2F Enable Slots 1-15 30 Size Base and Extended Memory 31 Test Base and Extended Memory 32 Test EISA Extended Memory 33-3B Reserved 3C Setup Enabled