The Immediate Burn In Testing option enables you to run Burn In test scripts on your workstation. Three scripts are provided for testing your system:
quick.tst – This script performs a non-detailed test of all hardware components, including those components that require user input, as well as a more in-depth memory test. You must interact with the Pc-Check software to progress through these interactive tests. These interactive tests cannot be run unattended and do not contain any “timeout” facilities. The interactive tests will wait until you provide the correct input.
noinput.tst – The script performs a non-detailed test of most hardware components, excluding those components that require user input (keyboard, mouse, sound, video). This test does not require user input.
full.tst – This script performs the most detailed and comprehensive test on all hardware components, including those components that require user input. This script contains a more in-depth memory test than quick.tst, as well as external port tests (which might require loopback connectors). You must interact with the test utility to progress through these interactive tests.
Each of these scripts tests the operating status of your entire system. If you want to test only a certain percentage of your system’s hard drives, see To Test Hard Drives for information about how to change the test options.
When you select the Immediate Burn In Testing menu option, the Continuous Burn In Testing window appears. The window includes the list of options shown in Table 4–4 for running the tests. When a quick.tst, noinput.tst, or full.tst script is loaded, the defaults indicated in the third column are automatically loaded.
Table 4–4 Continuous Burn In Testing Options
Option |
Default – General |
Default Using quick.tst, noinput.tst, or full.tst Script |
All Possible Choices |
---|---|---|---|
Pass Control |
Overall Time |
Overall Passes |
Individual Passes, Overall Passes, or Overall Time |
Duration |
01:00 |
1 |
Type any number to choose the time duration of the test |
Script File |
N/A |
quick.tst, noinput.tst, or full.tst |
quick.tst, noinput.tst, or full.tst |
Report File |
None |
None |
User-defined |
Journal File |
None |
D:\noinput.jrl, D:\quick.jrl, or D:\full.jrl |
User-defined |
Journal Options |
Failed Tests |
All Tests, Absent Devices, and Test Summary |
Failed Tests, All Tests, Absent Devices, and Test Summary |
Pause on Error |
N |
N |
Y or N |
Screen Display |
Control Panel |
Control Panel |
Control Panel or Running Tests |
POST Card |
N |
N |
Y or N |
Beep Codes |
N |
N |
Y or N |
Maximum Fails |
Disabled |
Disabled |
1-9999 |
Perform script-based burn-in tests using one of the provided scripts or one of your own scripts.
From the main menu, choose Immediate Burn In Testing.
The top portion of the window lists the options described in Table 4–4, and the bottom portion of the window lists the following Burn In testing menu options:
Load Burn In Script
Type one of the following:
quick.tst, noinput.tst, or full.tst
If you created and saved your own script, type d:\testname.tst
where testname is the name of the script that you created.
Save Burn In Script
To save a Burn In script that you created, type d:\testname.tst
where testname is the name of the script that you created.
Change Options
Opens the Burn In Options menu, which enables you to modify the various options listed in Table 4–4 for the currently loaded test script.
Select Tests
Opens a listing of the tests available for your workstation configuration and the currently loaded test script.
Perform Burn In Tests
Starts to run the currently loaded Burn In test script.