Testing Parts

It is important to test parts up front, otherwise we will waste a lot of time in the building process. There is a fair amount of Testing documentation on the Free Geek site. There is not much need to duplicate the information, but to make it specific to Twin Cities Free Geek (TCFG).

Past Documentation

Hard Drives

Notes

People are concerned with how hard drives are handled because they contain data. dban wipes drives securely. We need to have physical documentation of what it does because people will ask.

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Memory (RAM)

  • What is Memory (RAM)?
  • Testing Software
  • Testing Stations
    • Currently located on cart at PPNA (with power, HD, motherboard, etc. testing stations)

Notes

  • Memtest takes a while, and will run forever, if you let it, so if you've completed a pass (or two) without errors, things are most likely OK...

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Motherboards

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Optical Drives

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Power Supplies

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Processors (CPU)

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