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    Studio 15 diagnostic mode!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by venkateshkumar99, Oct 16, 2009.

  1. venkateshkumar99

    venkateshkumar99 Notebook Guru

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    I just found out from a friend of mine who used to work at dell, to check your dell machine and run some pretty low level diagnostics (like RAM tests, LCD tests and other subsystem tests), do the following

    Turn off the power,
    while pressing the Function (Fn key) press the power button to start the laptop in diagnostic mode.

    Mighty useful diagnosing RAM and HDD issues! ;)
     
    venkateshkumar99, Oct 16, 2009
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  2. wild05kid05

    wild05kid05 Cook Free or Die

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    nice found man
     
    wild05kid05, Oct 16, 2009
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  3. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Hah, I though this was common knowledge.
     
    Mastershroom, Oct 16, 2009
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    elbropablo Notebook Enthusiast

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    what is the difference between pressing the "Fn" and turn on the laptop with the other option is to press "F12" to restart the machine?
     
    elbropablo, Oct 16, 2009
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  5. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Pressing F12 on startup just allows you to select your boot device.
     
    Mastershroom, Oct 16, 2009
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