Acer Aspire easyStore H340 Service Manual

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44 Chapter 4H340 DiagnosticsYou can run the H340 diagnostics to determine whether the problems with the system are caused by failinghardware, such as system fan, LED board, hard disk drive, memory, etc. You must prepare a bootable USBdevice to run the tests on the system.To run the diagnostics, perform the following steps:1. Turn off the system.2. Prepare a bootable USB device by copying or downloading the ANNIE.GHO diagnostic utility to the USBdevice. The diagnostic utility may be obtained from the CD that came with the system.3. Plug the bootable USB device to any USB port on the rear of the system.4. Press the Power button to turn on the system. The system status indicator blinks blue.5. Immediately press and release the Recovery/reset button with the paper clip end. The system statusindicator blinks red and immediately starts the diagnostics:a. Onboard memory flash checkb. HDD account checkc. Memory size check (1024 or 2048 MB)d. Fan speed checke. CPU temperature checkf. MB voltage checkg. Backplane board temperature checkh. PQAF system testi. PQAF memory testj. PQAF HDD testk. Read SN from DMI data checkl. End testDuring diagnostics, the result of the test displays on the HDD status indicators. The indicators blinks bluewhen the system has passed each diagnostic test, blinks red when an error condition occurs, and lightspurple after the system has completed all diagnostic tests. Refer to the table below for detailed diagnosticconditions.Test Items HDD LED status (normal) HDD LED status (failed)Boot fromUSB disk HDD 0 HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 HDD 0 HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3Onboard memoryflash checkHDD accountcheckMemory size checkFan speed checkCPU temperaturecheckMB voltage checkBackplane boardtemperature checkPQAF system testPQAF memory test