TITLE: HP Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition (ISO file only)

VERSION: 7.10 Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains the ISO file only for the HP Insight Diagnostics Offline 
Edition for the listed workstation models and operating systems.

HP Insight Diagnostics is a proactive management tool that provides diagnostics 
and troubleshooting capabilities to assist Information Technology (IT) 
administrators in verifying installations, troubleshooting problems, and 
performing repair validation. 

HP Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition performs various in-depth system and 
component testing while the operating system is not running, and is available 
by booting the Documentation and Diagnostics CD. Insight Diagnostics also 
enables IT administrators to track hardware and software configuration changes, 
in order to form a complete and thorough auditing process for the system.

Diagnostics issues are known problems in the diagnostics that may or may not be 
corrected in a future diagnostics release. If a workaround is available it is 
noted in the bullets that follow:

* The system section in Survey incorrectly states hyperthreading is disabled.

* Not all USB disk-on-keys (DOK) will work properly. Most DOKs work correctly; 
however, some DOKs may cause the diagnostics to stop responding during the 
startup (boot) process and some are not configured even when loaded. 

* If you cancel a test that is running and then attempt to run another test, 
sometimes, the second test fails to run and the system displays a warning that 
says that a test is in progress. 

* An incorrect connector for serial ATA (SATA) drives is reported. With 
multiple SATA hard drives connected to the SATA controller, the Survey Section 
for Storage shows all drives being connected to the ''1st Connector.''

* During the Line and Polygon graphics test, previously displayed screens may 
appear as background. For some graphics cards in some systems, when launching 
the Line or Polygon graphics tests, a previously displayed screen may show as 
the background at the start of the test. The tests still runs correctly.

* Some user messages may not be localized and are displayed in US English only 
even when the diagnostics are running in French, Italian, German, Spanish, or 
Japanese.

PURPOSE: Recommended
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP29590
SUPERSEDES: SP27973
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 15, 2005
CATEGORY: Diagnostic
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Workstations

PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP Workstation xw4100: All Models
HP Workstation xw4200: All Models
HP Workstation xw5000: All Models
HP Workstation xw6200: All Models
HP Workstation xw8000: All Models
HP Workstation xw8200: All Models
HP Workstation xw9300: All Models

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Red Hat Linux 7.2
Red Hat Linux 7.3
Red Hat Linux 8.0
Red Hat Linux 9
RH Ent Linux 3 (x86)
SuSE Linux
Windows 2000
Windows NT 4.0
Windows XP Professional

LANGUAGE(S): 
Global

ENHANCEMENTS: 
- Adds graphics card tests.
- Adds CDROM drive tests.

PREREQUISITES: 
N/A

HOW TO USE: 
IMPORTANT: This package provides a master ISO image file of the HP Insight 
Diagnostics Offline Edition CD-ROM. From this ISO file, you can burn your own 
bootable CD.

A CD (ISO) image is not a collection of compressed or uncompressed data files; 
nor is it an executable (binary). Rather, it is a large, single file, which 
must be copied exactly as is onto a CD. In effect, you will download the image 
from the download site and ''burn'' its contents onto your CD.

The CD data is delivered as a single ISO image file (in the format .iso). Once 
this ISO image file is downloaded to your hard drive, it must be burned 
directly to a CD, exactly as is. This is a large file (larger than 60 MB) and 
may take several minutes to download. Make sure you have enough space on your 
hard drive to store the image file.

Burn the full ISO image onto a blank CD using a CD recorder/burner and any 
major CD-burning software, such as Roxio (Adaptec) or Nero. Most common 
CD-burning applications should have the ability to burn an ''image'' to CD.

The following procedure provides an example for creating a bootable data CD 
from an ISO image file (using Roxio/Adaptec Software):

1. Insert a blank CD into your CD recorder/burner (the destination drive).

2. From the File menu, select Create CD from CD Image.

3. Select the image file (*.iso file) that you want to make into a CD.

4. Click Open. The CD Creation Setup dialog box is displayed.

5. If necessary, change the CD Creation Setup settings. 

6. Click OK.


Use the following procedure to run the HP Insight Diagnostics: 

1. Enable your system to boot from CD.

2. Insert the bootable HP Insight Diagnostics CD that you burned into the CD 
drive. 

3. Shutdown and restart the computer, allowing it to boot from the CD.

4. HP Insight Diagnostics automatically loads and runs.



Copyright (c) 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.