HP e-Diagtools 3.02 Manual

HP e-PCs
HP Brio PCs
HP Vectra PCs
HP Kayak PC Workstations
HP Notebook computers
e-Diagtools Version 3.0 -3.02
User’s Guide

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HP e-Diagtools 3.01-3.02 information roadmap
Who Should Read This Boo ?
This manual is for anyone who wants to:
•Diagnose hardware problems on a HP computer
•Understand the purpose of e-Diagtools
•Learn how to use e-Diagtools
•Know what to do when a problem is detected by the e-Diagtools
pre-boot diagnostic capability
•Know what to do when a test fails
•Pro ide your support pro ider with more information for sol ing
problems quickly and effecti ely
•Find out where to get more information and support.
What is e-Diagtools?
The first step in sol ing a problem with a PC is diagnosis.
HP’s e-Diagtools helps you diagnose hardware-related problems on
a HP computer.
It is a series of tools designed to help you to:
•Distinguish between software and hardware problems
•Verify the correct functioning of a HP computer
•Diagnose hardware-related problems
•Pro ide precise information to support pro iders so that they can sol e
any problem quickly and effecti ely.
e-Diagtools is not a repair tool.

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Overview of e-Diagtools
e-Diagtools has three main components:
❒The e-Diagtools pre-boot diagnostic capability. This generates an
audible set of beeps that helps diagnose a problem when the
computer cannot boot.
❒The e-Diagtools core tests, which pro ide hardware detection,
basic and ad anced system tests, and the possibility to generate
a Support Ticket with a complete record of the test results and
the PC’s configuration.
❒A set of functions to forward the Support Ticket to your
authorized support pro ider ia e-mail, and to retrie e and flash
the latest BIOS ersion for your computer.
Media
This ersion of HP e-Diagtools is supplied on the following media:
•The Utility Partition pre-installed on your hard disk (recommended).
•The HP PC Image Engineer - Image Library and Diagnostics
System CD-ROM for Vectra and Kayak, or Assist CD-ROM (Drivers
and Uti ities) for Brio, that may ha e been supplied with your new HP
PC.
•The HP DiagToo s CD-ROM.
•For HP Notebook PCs, this software is on the Recovery CD for
Notebook PCs
e-Features
The “e-features” of e-Diagtools are the network functions that
permit remote BIOS update, and communication of the Support
Ticket by e-mail to your support pro ider. These e-features can be
extended using TopTools to include remote troubleshooting and
diagnosis ia your LAN.
The possibility to repeat an audio error code signal to your support
pro ider, though not an ‘e-feature’, pro ides an additional and
useful remote capability of e-Diagtools.

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NOTE Only the HP Utility Partition ersion of e-Diagtools supports the full
range of e-features. When you run e-Diagtools from a CD-ROM you
will not be able to send the Support Ticket ia e-mail or to update the
BIOS.
Compatibility
e-Diagtools ersion 3.01-3.02 can run on the latest models of HP
PCs:
Additional models will be supported by this ersion of e-Diagtools.
For more information refer to the HP Web site:
Versions of e-Diagtools are a ailable for older Brio, Vectra and
Kayak PC models. Other ersions of e-Diagtools are also a ailable
for HP notebook computers.
Use the latest BIOS ersion for your HP PC to enable the inclusion
of EMU error codes in the pre-boot diagnostics signals (see “BIOS
Error Message Utility (EMU)” on page 3).
Upgrading the Utility Partition Version of e-Diagtools
The latest ersion of the HP Utility Partition ersion of e-Diagtools
is a ailable on HP’s Web site:
www.hp.com/desktops/diagtools
Select your computer type and check for the latest ersion of
e-DiagTools.
HP Vectra Support www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport
HP Brio Support www.hp.com/go/briosupport
HP Kayak Support www.hp.com/go/kayaksupport
HP e-PC Support www.hp.com/go/e-pcsupport
HP notebook PCs www.hp.com/go/support

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HP Instant Support
e-Diagtools can now be run as part of the HP Instant Support
framework.
This e-Diagtools capability is described elsewhere than in this
Guide. For information on HP Instant Support, refer to:
www.hp.com/go/instantsupport
NOTE HP Instant Support applies to HP desktop PCs. It does not apply to
HP notebooks.
More Information
For more information about e-Diagtools, refer to the following Web
address:
www.hp.com/desktops/diagtools
For more information about HP Customer Care Ser ice and
Support, refer to page 56.

Contents
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Pre-Boot Diagnostics
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Pre-Boot Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
BIOS Error Message Utility (EMU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
e- iagtools Core Tests Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What to o if You Get an Error Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Manual Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Running e-Diagtools
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Running e- iagtools from the Utility Partition on your Hard isk. . 6
Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
BIOS Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
BIOS Update Clearing its Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Run e-Diagtools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Support Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Select Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Running e- iagtools from a C -ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Running e-Diagtools from the HP “Reco ery” CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Running e-Diagtools from the HP DiagTools CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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3 Setting up the e-Support Features
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The LAN Configuration Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using the e- iagtools LAN Configuration Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4 Hardware Detection
Overview of Hardware etection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Hardware Detection Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
What is etected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
If a PC Component is Not etected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5 e-Diagtools Basic System Test
Overview of the Basic System Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
How to Run the Basic System Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Test Result: PASSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Test Result: WARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Test Result: FAILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
What is Tested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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6 Advanced System Tests
Overview of the Advanced System Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
How to Enter the Advanced System Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Help on Advanced Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
How to Run an Advanced System Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Batch Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
What to o if a Test Fails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
What to o if You Get an Error Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7 The Support Ticket
What is the Support Ticket? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Creating a Support Ticket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Viewing the Support Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Sending the Support Ticket to Your Support Provider. . . . . . . . . . . 44
8 e-Diagtools for Windows
What is e- iagtools for Windows?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
“e- iagtools for Windows” Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Support Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
BIOS Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Download and Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Connection Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55