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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. *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. *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. | + | | 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. |
+ | *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. | ||
+ | *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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− | | 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. | + | | 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. | ||
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| Check for SATA ports || | | Check for SATA ports || |
Revision as of 13:51, 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.
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