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* Grab a Motherboard, check for visual defects (blown caps, mutilated components) | * Grab a Motherboard, check for visual defects (blown caps, mutilated components) | ||
* Secure MoBo to plate, ensuring the risers are not grounding out the board. | * Secure MoBo to plate, ensuring the risers are not grounding out the board. | ||
| − | * Test | + | * Test battery, |
| − | * Add a processor and a fan for that | + | * Add a processor and a fan for that MoBo (may need to do some research to figurer out what kind) |
* Add some memory | * Add some memory | ||
* Attempt to post | * Attempt to post | ||
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** imaged hard drive to IDE1 | ** imaged hard drive to IDE1 | ||
** CD Drive to IDE2 | ** CD Drive to IDE2 | ||
| − | ** Floppy Drive to FD | + | ** Floppy Drive to FD controller |
** periferials (mouse, keyboard, Video) | ** periferials (mouse, keyboard, Video) | ||
* Boot into BIOS | * Boot into BIOS | ||
| − | ** change the boot order to be | + | ** change the boot order to be Floppy, hard drive |
| + | * Boot to Memtest, Let it run for a minute, it will run for ever if you let it (The memtest program is a boot option on the hard drive) | ||
* Boot up to Operating System | * Boot up to Operating System | ||
** Check that the mouse and keyboard work | ** Check that the mouse and keyboard work | ||
| − | ** If you have | + | ** If you have on board video check that it works. |
** Test all the USB ports with a mouse | ** Test all the USB ports with a mouse | ||
| − | ** play a audio cd, | + | ** If you have on board sound play a audio cd, if not then take a look at a data cd |
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** run stress-test | ** run stress-test | ||
*Some cases might call for testing | *Some cases might call for testing | ||
**RAID | **RAID | ||
**SATA | **SATA | ||
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==HAVE FUN== | ==HAVE FUN== | ||
[[Category:Hardware Testing]] | [[Category:Hardware Testing]] | ||
Revision as of 15:51, 3 June 2008
Boards We Like to Test
How to Test
- Grab a Motherboard, check for visual defects (blown caps, mutilated components)
- Secure MoBo to plate, ensuring the risers are not grounding out the board.
- Test battery,
- Add a processor and a fan for that MoBo (may need to do some research to figurer out what kind)
- Add some memory
- Attempt to post
- connect the minimal things needed to post (power, keyboard, video, etc)
- power down, then attach:
- imaged hard drive to IDE1
- CD Drive to IDE2
- Floppy Drive to FD controller
- periferials (mouse, keyboard, Video)
- Boot into BIOS
- change the boot order to be Floppy, hard drive
- Boot to Memtest, Let it run for a minute, it will run for ever if you let it (The memtest program is a boot option on the hard drive)
- Boot up to Operating System
- Check that the mouse and keyboard work
- If you have on board video check that it works.
- Test all the USB ports with a mouse
- If you have on board sound play a audio cd, if not then take a look at a data cd
- run stress-test
- Some cases might call for testing
- RAID
- SATA