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Services - Hardware Inspection and Testing

- Component Testing

RAM Memory Modules

  • Inversion tree (ID refresh & cross-links bits)
  • Progressive inversion (locates trapped bits)
  • Chaotic addressing (module stressing)
  • Block rotation, module-by-module (extends address & cross-links)
  • Optional user pattern (write all memory; choice of 32 bit repeats)

Cache Memory

  • Integrated & external cache memory
  • Cache fault detection algorithms
  • Auto-repeat without Burn-in mode
  • L2 cache test for 386+ & Pentium II+
  • Pinpoint faults (i.e. RIMM module in Bank 0)
  • Refresh and address line

IDE Drive Disk Drives (1 to 4)

  • Mechanic stress testing
  • Non-destructive read/write
  • Destructive write testst
  • Controller diagnostics
  • UDMA (66/33/100/133)
  • Read Verify
  • 48bit addressing
  • Time Testing
  • HPA

Floppy Disk Drive (1 to 2)

  • Write protect, disk change
  • Read/Write tests
  • Controller diagnostics
  • CD-ROM Drive
  • Butterfly seek, reset and media tray eject

USB

  • USB Host Controller (OHCI & UHCI)
  • USB information
  • Device listing (all devices & particular ports)
  • External PortPlug (port switching & communication)

Serial Ports (maximum 4)

  • Handshake signals, interrupt generation
  • Individual pin testing
  • IRQ display
  • FIFO exercise
  • External Loop-back (1- 25 & 2- 9 pin serial)

Parallel Ports (maximum 3)

  • Controller diagnostics, printer output-
  • Status port, interrupt generation
  • Controller testing
  • Individual pin testing
  • IRQ display, EPP & ECP port support
  • External Loop-back (1- 25 pin parallel)

Motherboard

  • DMA controller, CMOS settings
  • PCI
  • CMOS RAM, real-time clock, system timers
  • Interrupt controller, keyboard controller

Video Adaptor

  • Monitor alignment and linearity
  • Color palette (VGA, SVGA, EGA, CGA, MDA, XGA, & Hercules)
  • Video memory (text & graphics), character set & attributes
  • Mode menu for VESA
  • Test cards, panning, splitting

Keyboard & PS/2

  • Full functionality test, controller signals
  • Scan codes, LEDs, key operations

Mouse

  • Driverless testing
  • Operations, 2 or 3 button
  • Text and graphics modes

Processor & Co-processor

  • Type identification & testing
  • MHZ Monitor
  • MMX instructions testing
  • 3D-NOW! instruction testing
  • Multi-Processor type identification & testing

Multimedia

  • Sound card, FM & sampled audio tests
  • Driverless CDROM/DVD analysis to 66x

ATAPI Devices

  • LS-120, Zip drives
  • Magneto optical cartridges up to 128Mb

Modem (1 to 4)

  • Writable registers
  • Generates carrier & dialing tones
  • Internal analogue loop-back

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