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Run the hwtest malfunction diagnosis program (Console)

Use this page to start and operate hwtest, the console-side malfunction diagnosis program, to test the MHR PWBs, the raw data disk array (RDD), and the GCIFA-D2 PWB. Source opens this section by naming two test programs available on the system: hwtest (covered here, started after the system is up) and diagnostics (a PWB stand-alone test started from the RTM using a terminal computer -- covered on

Applies to
Activion16 (TSX-031A). Volume 2, Console -- the hwtest malfunction diagnosis program, run from the console after the system is started up. No revision- or configuration-specific restriction is stated in source for this program or its menu; the sibling RTM-terminal \"diagnostics\" program (§4.6.12.4) is covered on a separate atom (Related), not here.
Steps
4 steps
Source
2D201-113EN*J §4.6.12 'Malfunction diagnosis program' -- §4.6.12.1 'Outline', §4.6.12.2 'Malfunction diagnosis program (hwtest)', §4.6.12.3 'Menu No. and contents of the test program' (pp.477-479)

Full step-by-step for Run the hwtest malfunction diagnosis program (Console)

All 4 steps are documented in the FSELIB Activion16 (TSX-031A) service manual — re-authored, web-first, with the real figures from the source.

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Source: 2D201-113EN*J §4.6.12 'Malfunction diagnosis program' -- §4.6.12.1 'Outline', §4.6.12.2 'Malfunction diagnosis program (hwtest)', §4.6.12.3 'Menu No. and contents of the test program' (pp.477-479). Preview re-authored by FSELIB — the full procedure with figures and steps is in the paid service manual.