The Platform Confidence Test program files are available on the software CD which accompanied the board they are intended to be used with.

Warning: Each board has it's own specific Platform Confidence Test package. Do not attempt to run the wrong Platform Confidence Test package on the wrong board. This could cause unreliable results and could damage components on the board itself.

1. Insert the resource CD into a Windows* based system and let the autorun feature launch the graphical user interface (if autorun does not launch the GUI, launch it manually by double clicking on your CDROM drive).
2. On the Utilities page, drop down the menu and choose the Platform Confidence Test option. If no option exists for the Platform Confidence Test, contact your Intel Customer Support representative to obtain a copy of the PCT.
3. Click on the Create Diskette icon that appears and when prompted, choose to save the file to a temporary folder on your hard drive.
4. Locate the file you just saved and run the ****PCT.exe (where **** refers to the code for a particular board) program obtained from the CD. This will extract the files for the Platform Confidence Test onto the floppy along with a file called MKBOOT.BAT.
5. Reboot the server to the resource CD and insert the floppy with the Platform Confidence Test files into the floppy drive.
6. Exit to DOS by choosing Quit from the menu and then selecting Quit Now. At the DOS prompt, change to the floppy disk and execute the MKBOOT.BAT file. This will make your floppy disk bootable and copy over the appropriate DOS components for creating a RAMDRIVE for the Platform Confidence Test to extract to.
7. Reboot your system to the floppy.
8. You will be asked to agree to a licensing agreement prior to the actual file expansion occurring. The agreement is the file LEGAL.TXT.
9. A RAMDRIVE will be created into which the diagnostic tests are copied.
10. When the copy process is complete, you will be presented with a menu of five options. These menu options are discussed in greater detail below.

This applies to:

Intel® Server Board SDS2