The 32 big diagnostics (the extended test you ar looking for) will appear after the PSA (pre boot stsyem assestment) the diags to which you got the 1000-0146. after that test you will be prompt to press any key to continue. Now if you already reinstall the Operating system or this is a blank HDD to which you rienstall the OS. You have to use your "Inspiron resource cd". its a blue cd. so tap F12 put the disc into the drive and choose cdrw/dvd or just boot to the CD drive. and there you will access the 32 bit diags. Note that error code 1000-0146 tells us that the hdd as a bad sector. now if you are getting an Unmountable_boot_volume_error try running CHKDSK /R under the recovery console.
Hello:
I have a Dell Latitude C840. I am having problems booting it. Screen blanked each time it starts.
If I start tapping the F12 key immediately after switch on, it shows onboard diagnostics and then the option “extended test” is given. If I give Diagnostics, it runs for 1 minute doing
1) CPU Time stamp calibration: PASS
2) PIC Functionality test: PASS
3) A20 gate test: PASS
4) Start DST short test : FAIL
Error Code: 1000-0146
Msg: Unit 0: DST Log contains previous error (s)
Can anyone tell me how to do the extended test?
Thanks a lot in advance, Mike at
liuscsu@gmail.com
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I have a Dell Latitude C840. I am having problems booting it. Screen blanked each time it starts.
If I start tapping the F12 key immediately after switch on, it shows onboard diagnostics and then the option “extended test” is given. If I give Diagnostics, it runs for 1 minute doing
1) CPU Time stamp calibration: PASS
2) PIC Functionality test: PASS
3) A20 gate test: PASS
4) Start DST short test : FAIL
Error Code: 1000-0146
Msg: Unit 0: DST Log contains previous error (s)
Can anyone tell me how to do the extended test?
Thanks a lot in advance, Mike at liuscsu@gmail.com