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|width="75%" align="center"|NOTES AND DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS | |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. | + | | 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 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 | + | *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. | ||
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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). | + | | 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 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 || | ||
− | * | + | *Absence of any SATA ports is reason to recycle a motherboard. |
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− | | | + | | 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. | ||
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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.
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