Year 2000 Compliance
The table which follows describes the pass levels and
what tests the PC must pass to achieve them.
| LEVEL |
REQUIREMENT |
| 1 |
Must pass all three leap year tests up to
2099.
|
| 2 |
Must be capable of retaining a date past
and including the year 2000 once set and then after a power down/up cycle.
|
| 3a |
Must rollover when power is applied. This
level is seen in PC's where the rollover appears to be correct whilst powered up but when
the power is cycled (switched of and then on again) the date is no longer correct.
|
| 3b |
Must rollover to 2000 if the transition
occurred whilst powered off, i.e. the correction is applied only during the boot sequence.
|
| 4 |
Must rollover both when powered up and also
react correctly to the transition to 2000 whilst powered down.
|
| 5 |
CMOS must be updated immediately at the
time of the rollover, i.e. there must be no latency problem. |
Test your PC
FPRO2000 is an accurate and comprehensive set of tests,
designed to reveal the exact level (not just pass or fail), of Year 2000 compliance on
your PC. All the results are displayed on screen and logged. Our software has the
following features:
- Online manual
- Supplied complete with its own bootable floppy disk.
- Operates totally independently of PC operating system.
- Built-in anti-virus protection.
- Does not access hard disc - and therefore cannot cause
hard disc corruption.
- Cannot clash with any other software.
- Does not create network connections and is therefore safe
to use on PC's connected to the network.
- Instant on screen access to all results.
- Results can be printed.
- Log files can easily be transferred to 'Analyser and
Manager'.
- Allows entry of PC identification details i.e.
description, location, model, id no.
- Supplies and reports BIOS details.
- Displays the PC's three main clocks.
- Performs a series of tests, including:
- Power off rollover
- Power on rollover
- Date retention
- Leap year tests
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