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| '''Pre-test Evaluation and Storage''' || '''CPUs will not be tested on a daily basis'''. Some socket types will accumulate more rapidly than others. | | '''Pre-test Evaluation and Storage''' || '''CPUs will not be tested on a daily basis'''. Some socket types will accumulate more rapidly than others. | ||
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− | + | *Intel socket 478 processors will accumulate the fastest and will probably '''need to be tested at least once a week'''. | |
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− | + | *Intel socket 775 processors will probably''' need to be tested every two to three weeks'''. | |
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− | + | *AMD socket 754, 939, and AM2 processors will probably '''need to be tested once a month'''. | |
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− | + | *AMD socket AM2+ and AM3 processors are still extremely rare and '''can be tested whenever it is convenient''' (we currently '''do not''' have an AM3 test board). | |
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Pending sufficient accumulation to warrant actual testing, the collected CPUs will be evaluated and stored as described below: | Pending sufficient accumulation to warrant actual testing, the collected CPUs will be evaluated and stored as described below: | ||
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::::*Observe the LCD monitor. | ::::*Observe the LCD monitor. | ||
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− | ::::::If the small green LED stops blinking and remains steady, this is a good sign. The monitor should soon display a logo screen or a POST screen (if necessary take the necessary steps to get to the POST screen). These screens will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. This is what you are looking for. This is the indication that the CPU | + | ::::::If the small green LED stops blinking and remains steady, this is a good sign. The monitor should soon display a logo screen or a POST screen (if necessary take the necessary steps to get to the POST screen). These screens will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. This is what you are looking for. This is the indication that the CPU is receiving, processing, and retransmitting data to and from the system. '''The CPU has passed'''. |
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::::::If the LED continues to blink, the LCD monitor remains blank, and it is difficult or impossible to shut off the system with the onboard power switch, '''the CPU has almost certainly failed'''. Be cautious, however, particularly at the beginning of a test run. If you are getting an unusual number of apparent failures (even in the middle of a test run): | ::::::If the LED continues to blink, the LCD monitor remains blank, and it is difficult or impossible to shut off the system with the onboard power switch, '''the CPU has almost certainly failed'''. Be cautious, however, particularly at the beginning of a test run. If you are getting an unusual number of apparent failures (even in the middle of a test run): |
Revision as of 15:42, 10 November 2010
CPU (Processor) Testing
SVANDUSEN 19:13, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
CPUs are the "brains of the computer system. This is where all of the information and instructions are gathered from, processed, and redistributed to the other components of the system. The following will be a description of a VERY RUDIMENTARY TEST to determine the viability of a CPU to function in a system. In actuality, there are a multitude of details and issues involved that would take far more space to cover and time to perform than is practical in these circumstances. This is a very basic overview of the essentials that are necessary to get through the process. For more information please consult other experienced volunteers, instructors, or research such sources as Wikipedia or forums on Google.
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