The software is operating system independent, Seeds:1 Leech:1 Diagnostic suite v. Developer of PC diagnostics tools. Suite v 14 pc hardware diagnostic software free at treetorrent.. The software is operating Moving around the screens is done with the Arrow keys, or with the mouse if the M key was pressed during startup. One item only one item will be highlighted at any time.
Menus have gray backgrounds with black text, within the MicroScope program itself i. The highlighted item will be shown in white text with a black border. However, in this manual the tonal values of most screens have been altered for clarity. The highlighted item is selected by a mouse left-click or by pressing the Enter key. This will open up a submenu, start the selected item either a test or an information screen , or open a data entry window for that item.
Items with submenus will have an arrowhead pointing to the right. Across the bottom of the screen, a prompt will remind you of which keys will do what. In a few instances, values in a screen can be toggled or incremented by using the Plus and Minus keys. These will be mentioned in the appropriate sections.
The wealth of information displayed is determined from POST, CMOS, and a series of routines run by Micro-Scope on the specific devices, and is vital for troubleshooting, upgrading or just for a thorough understanding of your computer system. In this section the program allows editing of information in the standard areas of CMOS and in the partition areas on the fixed disks.
Compare Settings This display is split into three sections. The middle section displays information on those devices listed on the left. This information is used to determine if the current setting matches the detected hardware.
Incorrect settings for a device may be the cause of a system failure. If a device is failing it may not be detected even though it is set in the CMOS or switches, and therefore would not show up in this window. Running the appropriate diagnostic test will verify the failure. The right side of the screen will show installed or not installed. The right side of the screen shows the CMOS setting for the first two drives, or number of floppy drives set in the XT switches. The right side of the screen shows the CMOS type for the first two drives.
An asterisk may be an incorrect CMOS setting or a drive or controller failure. The maximum mode supported is also displayed after the type of adapter. The right side of the screen displays the current setting for the video. If the two sides of the screen do not match, the memory may be failing, or is reserved by a device or software program. It should be noted that boot viruses such as Stoned, or Michelangelo commonly use 2k of base memory.
An asterisk is usually indicative of a bad RAM chip. The extended memory test will verify the failure. The information is separated into three screens containing system board information, processors and bus information, floppy drive, fixed disk and miscellaneous hardware information. Use PgUp and PgDn to alternate between the three screens. Following is a description of the information displayed.
The manufacturer will be displayed where possible. Some manufacturers have made changes to their BIOS without issuing a new version number, so date information is sometimes crucial. More information on this feature will be found under the DMI Information menu item, described later in this chapter. Manufacturer — This give the motherboard manufacturer name, model number and serial number to the Report and System Information.
If possible the diagnostic will determine the manufacturer and revision of the CPU. This is dependent on the CPU. With multiple processors, the entry will show the quantity up to 4 but will display the CPU type only once.
The speed displayed is based on the results of an ID routine performed by Micro-Scope upon boot-up, and is different than the Benchmark done under System Board Diagnostic and Batch tests.
If the turbo switch is off, or there is an incorrect setting in the extended CMOS, the speed of the system will be affected and the CPU will run slower than its rated speed. If the system is configured correctly, the CPU speed displayed should match its rated speed. System Speed — The speed of the system bus is displayed. Memory must be continuous. Some memory managers create a memory "hole", and Micro-Scope will not report that portion of memory above the hole.
However, that memory can still be selected for testing by the diagnostic. Expanded Memory — This section displays the amount of expanded memory reported by the expanded memory driver. If expanded memory is present and drivers are loaded, the page frame used by the expanded memory driver will be displayed. If drivers are not loaded, the display will report "Not Active".
If available, the number and revision of the video chipset will also be shown. Some video cards do not have full access to their video memory without the aid of a VESA driver e. Video Maximum Mode — This displays the maximum mode for the video adapter. This information is determined by Micro-Scope at boot-up. Micro-Scope is designed to detect and test up to 64 megabytes of video memory.
Micro-Scope is designed to detect and test up to four floppy drives. The drives are designated Drive 0 through Drive 3. This is the actual system terminology for the drives, although they are referred to as A:, B: etc. Fixed Disk Information This section displays the type, model if applicable , parameters, speed, and size of up to four fixed disks.
Detailed information for up to seven fixed disks is available in the fixed disk tests. It should be noted that some operating systems will change the values determined by POST in order to control the serial port access. Modem — Any hardware modems will be listed. Winmodem or other software modem will not be detected. It should be noted that some operating systems will change the POST values in order to control access to the ports.
Miscellaneous Information Keyboard — This section displays the type of keyboard installed in the system. This will state standard or enhanced. Chapter 2 Network Card — Shows the network card installed. If no network card is installed, it will display None. Sound Card — This section displays the type of sound cards detected by Micro-Scope. This will state "SoundBlaster", etc. If no sound card is detected, this will display None.
The amount and accuracy of the information depends on the manufacturer and system integrator and so will vary from one system to the next. System Configuration Any information available will be presented in three screens, which can be cycled through using the PgUp and PgDn keys.
Microscope can report the information either way. The default is LBA when the diagnostic is first loaded. Initially, the screen will show the parameters for the Primary Master device. This will also occur if the program is running under Windows rather than booted to its own OS, because Windows will mask the fact that the device is IDE.
The number of each SCSI device is listed as well as what type of device it is. Pressing the D key and then the number of a device will bring up a screen of additional details about that device. Plug-N-Play The Plug-N-Play screen shows the identification, type and attributes for all plug-and-play devices installed.
Pressing the D key and entering a device number will bring up a screen of detailed information about that Plug-and-Play device.
Three lines are used for each device, with 5 devices showing at a time. Pressing any key will scroll down to display additional devices.
The second line shows the IRQ used by that device, and the beginning address of up to three ROM address ranges used by the device. Any address range not being used will show as all zeroes. If there none detected, it will display an error message. The Active ROM Search looks for this signature in 16 byte increments, displays the segment where the signature is found, reads offset 2 from the beginning of the segment in order to determine the length of the ROM, and displays the ending offset of the ROM.
When installing adapters it is important to determine where the existing ROM BIOS extensions are located so that address conflicts in memory can be avoided. Most adapters have provisions for alternate addressing. Press C Check Interrupts — This runs a series of routines to determine the device assignments. These Check Interrupt routines will actually cause each device to generate an interrupt and access a DMA channel in the same way the device normally operates.
If a device has not been incorporated into the test, the system may lock up. If this occurs, please inform tech support so the device may be incorporated into the next version of the diagnostic.
However, Micro-Scope may lock up if the port is used by a non-standard device. The interrupt priority for a system with two PICs is IRQ 0, 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. This allows 2 to remain open for servicing IRQs 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and This last case would cause a conflict if another device was using the second IRQ that was enabled.
Other device drivers will only enable the IRQ when the device is in actual use. Pressing C will update the column with all devices that respond a maximum of 3 devices can be displayed per IRQ. Operating Systems, device drivers and software programs will also substitute memory vectors. Load Micro-Scope under the Operating System with all device drivers and software programs loaded to display the new memory vectors.
Partition Table A PC can have four physical drives maybe more by the time you read this. Each drive can have up to four physical partitions 0, 1, 2 and 3.
The master boot record is the first partition and points to three additional partitions. Each partition contains a single operating system. DOS 3. Physical partitions can be broken down even further by the operating system into logical partitions. Only physical partitions are displayed. The master partition boot sector contains the master boot loader see Chapter 5, Section F: Rebuild Master Boot and master boot record.
The master boot record starts at cylinder 0, head 0, sector 1, offset 01BE. This area contains four 16 byte entries. The first entry is the first partition table. The second, third, and fourth entries point to additional partition boot sectors. The master boot record ends with a 55AA signature byte. The master boot record window displays the drive number 0 or 1 , partition number 0, 1, 2 or 3 , the four 16 byte entries and the 55AA signature byte.
A 16 byte entry can be broken down into ten separate parts. Starting Head byte — Indicates which head on the drive that the physical partition begins. Starting Sector 6 bits — Indicates which sector on the drive that the physical partition begins. Starting Cylinder 10 bits — Indicates which cylinder on the drive that the physical partition begins. Partition Type byte — Indicates the type of operating system for that physical partition, and also whether it uses a bit or bit FAT File Allocation Table.
Ending Head byte — Indicates which head on the drive that the partition ends. Ending Sector 6 bits — Indicates which sector on the drive that the physical partition ends.
Ending Cylinder 10 bits — Indicates which cylinder on the drive that the physical partition ends. Chapter 2 Start Absolute Sector double word — Indicates the number of sectors from the beginning of the drive to the physical partition. Total Number of Sectors double word — Indicates the number of sectors from the beginning of the physical partition to the end of the physical partition.
Press D to select the physical drive. Press enter to execute. Press E to edit the master boot record. Cursor to area to be changed. Type in numbers for all others. Press W to write the new master boot record over the old master boot record on the drive. If either of these areas is corrupted the partition will not be accessible. These areas can be corrected but first you must understand what a partition boot sector and volume boot sector contain.
The master partition boot sector is also the first partition boot sector. This sector contains the bootloader, first partition table, pointers to additional partition boot sectors and a 55AA boot signature.
System Configuration Additional partition boot sectors contain a partition table, pointers to logical partitions and a boot signature. A volume boot sector is located exactly one head track after a partition boot sector. The disk parameter block allows DOS to read and verify the capacity of the disk volume as well as the locations of the two FATs. The 55AA boot signature ends the volume boot sector.
Below that starting on the left are the listings for the 46 This value is normally This value must be a power of 2. Sectors per Cluster — Indicates the number of sectors per cluster. Reserved Sectors — Indicates the number of sectors reserved for the boot sector. This value is normally 1. This value is normally 2. Max Root Dir. Safe Write Test allows user to perform a write test without destroying any data on the drive.
Also supports DMI 2. This is absolutely essential for upgrading and adding hardware. Health Status This feature displays up to 3 temperatures, 3 fan speeds, and 8 voltage readings. This feature is BIOS dependent. Plug and Play Identification Provides actual locations on all installed and active Plug and Play devices.
PCI Identification Detects all PCI devices on the bus and provides basic parameters for each listed device including device number, ID, type, subtype, and device attributes. An on screen and audio alert notifies you when tests are finished. Batch test can be loaded separately at boot, allowing the diskette to be removed to test multiple systems simultaneously.
Base Memory Testing Prior to loading the entire diagnostic, test for errors in the first K which would prevent other diagnostic programs and operating systems from loading. Make bootable diagnostic floppy disks from the CD.
Video Testing Accurately tests video adapter to the extent of the capabilities of the card, regardless of monitor limitations, and all video memory without size limitations. Cache Memory Testing Internal and external cache memory, including sub-systems, are tested to identify the exact failure. Micro-Scope will also determine if the cache controller is active.
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