CN102855166A - Mainboard testing system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a mainboard testing system. The system comprises a first reading module, a control module, a comparison module and a display module, wherein the first reading module is used for reading hardware information of a standard mainboard; the control module is used for controlling the electrification and self-inspection of a mainboard to be tested and reading the hardware information of the mainboard to be tested; the comparison module is used for comparing the information of the hardware of the mainboard to be tested and the standard mainboard one by one and checking whether the mainboard to be tested is different from the hardware information of the standard mainboard; and the display module is used for displaying the result which is obtained by comparison. The invention also provides a mainboard testing method. By the system and the method, the mainboard can be tested at the time of not entering an operation system.

Description

Motherboard testing system and method

technical field

The present invention relates to a test system and method, in particular to a motherboard test system and method.

Background technique

Before the motherboard leaves the factory, the production line needs to test some functions of the motherboard. The usual method is to plug all the interfaces of the motherboard, then enter the operating system, and start the test program to test the various functions of the motherboard. However, because some hardware on the motherboard (such as memory, network card, etc.) is not inserted properly, the test result may be inaccurate. In this case, the testers only have to shut down the power, re-check and plug in all spare parts, and then restart the machine for testing, wasting a lot of time.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a motherboard testing system, which can detect the motherboard at the initial stage of starting up.

It is also necessary to provide a motherboard testing method, which can detect the motherboard at the initial stage of starting up.

A motherboard testing system, the system includes: a first reading module, used to read the hardware information of a standard motherboard; a control module, used to control the power-on self-test of the motherboard to be tested, and read the hardware information of the motherboard to be tested; The comparison module is used to compare the hardware information of the main board to be tested and the standard main board item by item, and check whether the main board to be tested has hardware information different from the standard main board; and a display module is used to display the result of the comparison.

A method for testing a motherboard, the method comprising: a first reading step of reading hardware information of a standard motherboard; a control step of controlling the power-on self-inspection of the motherboard to be tested, and reading the hardware information of the motherboard to be tested; a comparison step of item compares the hardware information of the motherboard to be tested and the standard motherboard, and checks whether the motherboard to be tested has hardware information different from that of the standard motherboard; and a display module to display the result of the comparison.

Compared with the prior art, the motherboard testing system and method can carry out the hardware connection test of the motherboard without entering the operating system, preventing the problem of the later test due to the problem of the hardware connection, saving a lot of time and improving the work efficiency. efficiency.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is an operating environment diagram of a preferred embodiment of the motherboard testing system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the motherboard testing system 10 in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the motherboard testing method of the present invention.

Description of main component symbols

Standard Motherboard 1 Motherboard test system 10 Standard Hard Disk 2 Motherboard to be tested 3 display 4 The first read module 100 write module 101 control module 102 The second reading module 103 compare module 104 display module 105

The following specific embodiments will further illustrate the present invention in conjunction with the above-mentioned drawings.

Detailed ways

As shown in FIG. 1 , it is an operating environment diagram of a preferred embodiment of the motherboard testing system of the present invention. The motherboard testing system 10 runs on a standard motherboard 1 . The standard mainboard 1 is connected to a standard hard disk 2, and the standard hard disk 2 is connected to a mainboard 3 to be tested. The mainboard 3 to be tested has the same type and configuration as the standard mainboard 1 , that is, the non-pluggable hardware information connected to the mainboard 3 to be tested is the same as the non-pluggable hardware information of the standard mainboard 1 . The motherboard 3 to be tested is also connected to a display 4, which is used to display the test results of the motherboard 3 to be tested.

As shown in FIG. 2 , it is a functional block diagram of the motherboard testing system 10 in FIG. 1 . The motherboard testing system 10 includes: a first reading module 100 , a writing module 101 , a control module 102 , a second reading module 103 , a comparison module 104 and a display module 105 . Described module is the software program segment with specific function, and this software is stored in computer-readable storage medium or other storage device, can be executed by computer or other calculating device that comprises processor, thus completes the operation of motherboard testing system 10 in the present invention process.

The first reading module 100 is used for reading hardware information of the standard motherboard 1 . The hardware information includes information of all non-hot-swappable hardware on the motherboard 2, such as memory, network card, hard disk, optical drive, and the like.

The writing module 101 is used for writing the read hardware information of the standard motherboard 1 into the standard hard disk 2 . The writing module 101 calls the INT13 interrupt command to write the hardware information into the standard hard disk 2 . In this preferred embodiment, the first reading module 100 can generate a list, which records the read hardware information, and the writing module 101 writes the list into the standard hard disk 2 .

The control module 102 is used to control the power-on self-test of the main board 3 to be tested, and read the hardware information of the main board 3 to be tested. In this embodiment, the hardware information includes information about all non-pluggable hardware of the motherboard 3 to be tested.

The second reading module 103 is used for controlling the motherboard 3 to read the hardware information of the standard motherboard 1 in the standard hard disk 2 . In this embodiment, the motherboard 3 to be tested calls the INT13 interrupt command to read the hardware information of the standard motherboard 1 in the standard hard disk 2 .

The comparison module 104 is used to compare the hardware information of the mainboard 3 to be tested and the standard mainboard 1 item by item, and check whether the mainboard 3 to be tested has hardware information different from that of the standard mainboard 1 .

If the hardware information of the mainboard 3 to be tested is the same as that of the standard mainboard 1 , the display module 105 is configured to display on the display 4 that the hardware information of the mainboard 3 to be tested is the same as that of the standard mainboard 1 .

If the hardware information of the mainboard 3 to be tested is different from that of the standard mainboard 1 , the display module 105 is used to display the different hardware information of the mainboard 3 to be tested and the standard mainboard 1 on the display 4 .

As shown in FIG. 3 , it is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the motherboard testing method of the present invention.

Step S30 , the reading module 100 reads the hardware information of the standard motherboard 1 . The hardware information includes information of all non-hot-swappable hardware on the motherboard 2, such as memory, network card, hard disk, optical drive, and the like.

Step S31 , the writing module 101 writes the read hardware information of the standard motherboard 1 into the standard hard disk 2 . The writing module 101 calls the INT13 interrupt command to write the hardware information into the standard hard disk 2 . In this preferred embodiment, the first reading module 100 can generate a list, which records the read hardware information, and the writing module 101 writes the list into the standard hard disk 2 .

Step S32 , the control module 102 controls the power-on self-test of the mainboard 3 to be tested, and reads the hardware information of the mainboard 3 to be tested. In this embodiment, the hardware information includes information about all non-pluggable hardware of the motherboard 3 to be tested.

Step S33 , the second reading module 103 controls the motherboard 3 to read the hardware information of the standard motherboard 1 in the standard hard disk 2 . In this embodiment, the motherboard 3 to be tested calls the INT13 interrupt command to read the hardware information of the standard motherboard 1 in the standard hard disk 2 .

Step S34 , the comparison module 104 compares the hardware information of the mainboard 3 to be tested and the standard mainboard 1 item by item, and checks whether the mainboard 3 to be tested has hardware information different from that of the standard mainboard 1 . If the hardware information of the mainboard 3 to be tested is the same as that of the standard mainboard 1, step S35 is executed. If the hardware information of the mainboard 3 to be tested is different from that of the standard mainboard 1, step S36 is executed.

Step S35 , the display module 105 displays on the display 4 that the hardware information of the motherboard 3 to be tested is the same as that of the standard motherboard 1 .

In step S36 , the display module 105 displays on the display 4 hardware information different between the motherboard 3 to be tested and the standard motherboard 1 .

Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention without limitation. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that the technical solutions of the present invention can be The scheme shall be modified or equivalently replaced without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical scheme of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1. A motherboard testing system, characterized in that the system comprises: The first reading module is used to read the hardware information of the standard motherboard; The control module is used to control the power-on self-test of the motherboard to be tested, and read the hardware information of the motherboard to be tested; A comparison module is used to compare the hardware information of the motherboard to be tested and the standard motherboard item by item, and check whether the motherboard to be tested has hardware information different from the standard motherboard; and The display module is used to display the result obtained by the comparison. 2. The motherboard testing system according to claim 1, further comprising: a writing module, configured to write the read hardware information of the standard motherboard into the standard hard disk. 3. The motherboard testing system according to claim 2, further comprising: a second reading module, configured to control the motherboard to be tested to read the hardware information of the standard motherboard from the standard hard disk. 4. The motherboard testing system according to claim 1, wherein the hardware information refers to information of non-pluggable hardware. 5. A main board testing method, characterized in that the method comprises: The first reading step is to read the hardware information of the standard motherboard; The control step is to control the power-on self-test of the motherboard to be tested, and read the hardware information of the motherboard to be tested; The comparison step is to compare the hardware information of the motherboard to be tested and the standard motherboard item by item, and check whether the motherboard to be tested has hardware information different from the standard motherboard; and A display module for displaying the result of the comparison. 6. The motherboard testing method according to claim 5, characterized in that, after the first reading step, the method comprises: a writing step of writing the read hardware information of the standard motherboard into the standard hard disk. 7. main board testing method as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, this method also comprises after controlling step: The second reading step is to control the mainboard to be tested to read the hardware information of the standard mainboard from the standard hard disk. 8. The motherboard testing method according to claim 5, wherein the hardware information refers to information of non-pluggable hardware.

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