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|width="75%" align="center"|NOTES AND DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS
 
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| Check For Damage || *Check for blown capacitors. Do a careful visual check. Then do it again. This will save you wasted time further down the road. '''ANY''' domed capacitors warrant recycling the board.  
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| Check For Damage ||  
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*Then check for damaged sockets or other damage to devices on the motherboard. If it is a socket 775 or socket xxxx check carefully for bent socket pins with a magnifying lens. If there '''ARE''' bent pins recycle the board. It's not worth time repairing the socket.  
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*Check for blown capacitors. Do a careful visual check. Then do it again. This will save you wasted time further down the road. '''ANY''' domed capacitors warrant recycling the board.  
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*Check for dark areas on the underside of the board where a device (surface mounted) may have over heated. Recycle the board if you find any. Broken or missing memory slot attachment arms are not reason to reject a board as long as the board passes all the other tests.
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*Check for damaged sockets or other damage to devices on the motherboard. If it is a socket 775 or socket xxxx check carefully for bent socket pins with a magnifying lens. If there '''ARE''' bent pins recycle the board. It's not worth time repairing the socket.  
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*Check for dark areas on the underside of the board where a device (surface mounted) may have over heated. Recycle the board if you find any.  
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*Broken or missing memory slot attachment arms are no reason to reject a board as long as the board passes all the other tests.
 
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| Is it a DELL motherboard ? || *Remove the heatsink and, if it is of use on other types of motherboards, save it. Otherwise, recycle the heatsink. *Remove the processor and save it for testing later if it qualifies (it is of the minimum speed and processor type).  
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| Is it a DELL motherboard ? ||  
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*Remove the heatsink and, if it is of use on other types of motherboards, save it. Otherwise, recycle the heatsink.  
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*Remove the processor and save it for testing later if it qualifies (it is of the minimum speed and processor type).  
 
*Remove the button battery and save it for testing later.  
 
*Remove the button battery and save it for testing later.  
 
*Remove any jumpers and save them.  
 
*Remove any jumpers and save them.  
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| Check for SATA ports ||  
 
| Check for SATA ports ||  
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*First, make sure that the bluetooth USB dongle is plugged into your testing computer.
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*Absence of any SATA ports is reason to recycle a motherboard.
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*This is where you will need to find out how to pair the device, try googling 'how to pair *make model #*'. Once the device is in pairing mode open bluetooth preferences (System>Preferences>Bluetooth) and select 'add new device...' proceed until it has you select detected devices at which point you should see your device, highlight and continue.
 
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*The device should now come out of pairing mode and should appear in the bluetooth preferences window with a paired icon present (lookes like a plug in a socket just to the right of the listed device name).
 
 
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| Configure Device for Input/Output ||  
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| Reasons '''NOT''' to reject a motherboard ||  
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*Right-click on the sound mixer icon in the top panel and select 'Preferences'.
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*Missing PS2 ports as long as there are USB ports available.
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*Go to the 'Input' and 'Output' tabs and highlight the bluetooth device that you have paired under 'Choose a device for input/output', this sets the bluetooth device to be used as a headphone/microphone.
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*Missing on-board sound (resolved with PCI based sound cards).
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*Missing LAN ports (resolved with PCI based LAN cards)
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*Missing on-board video (resolved by PCI, PCI-e, or AGP slots on the motherboard)
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*Missing PCI slots - as long as there are PS2 or USB, video, and sound ports on the board.
 
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| Test audio recording and playback|| Open Sound Recorder (Applications>Sound&Video>Sound Recorder) and record a short test clip (MAYDAY MAYDAY WE ARE GOING DOWN!!!) and then play it back.  
 
| Test audio recording and playback|| Open Sound Recorder (Applications>Sound&Video>Sound Recorder) and record a short test clip (MAYDAY MAYDAY WE ARE GOING DOWN!!!) and then play it back.  

Revision as of 14:06, 26 May 2010

Bluetooth Testing

Tex 20:37, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

There are a multitude of items to check in motherboard testing. This is not for the faint of heart. Lose hope all yea who enter here.
STEPS NOTES AND DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS
Check For Damage
  • Check for blown capacitors. Do a careful visual check. Then do it again. This will save you wasted time further down the road. ANY domed capacitors warrant recycling the board.
  • Check for damaged sockets or other damage to devices on the motherboard. If it is a socket 775 or socket xxxx check carefully for bent socket pins with a magnifying lens. If there ARE bent pins recycle the board. It's not worth time repairing the socket.
  • Check for dark areas on the underside of the board where a device (surface mounted) may have over heated. Recycle the board if you find any.
  • Broken or missing memory slot attachment arms are no reason to reject a board as long as the board passes all the other tests.
Is it a DELL motherboard ?
  • Remove the heatsink and, if it is of use on other types of motherboards, save it. Otherwise, recycle the heatsink.
  • Remove the processor and save it for testing later if it qualifies (it is of the minimum speed and processor type).
  • Remove the button battery and save it for testing later.
  • Remove any jumpers and save them.
  • Recycle the motherboard. DELLs require a special chassis and cannot be universally mounted in third party chassis's.
Check for SATA ports
  • Absence of any SATA ports is reason to recycle a motherboard.
Reasons NOT to reject a motherboard
  • Missing PS2 ports as long as there are USB ports available.
  • Missing on-board sound (resolved with PCI based sound cards).
  • Missing LAN ports (resolved with PCI based LAN cards)
  • Missing on-board video (resolved by PCI, PCI-e, or AGP slots on the motherboard)
  • Missing PCI slots - as long as there are PS2 or USB, video, and sound ports on the board.
Test audio recording and playback Open Sound Recorder (Applications>Sound&Video>Sound Recorder) and record a short test clip (MAYDAY MAYDAY WE ARE GOING DOWN!!!) and then play it back.

If everything is working correctly you should hear your test clip played back to you through the headset.

Affix sticker Initial a 'Tested by' sticker and stick it to the device in a way that it will be easily removable later. Try sticking it to your jeans or shirt first, it makes the sticker a little less sticky. Once you are done testing devices make sure to place them in the box to go to the store.
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