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- Patent Title: System and method for automated hardware compatibility testing
- Patent Title (中): 用于自动化硬件兼容性测试的系统和方法
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Application No.: US14093782Application Date: 2013-12-02
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Publication No.: US09183071B1Publication Date: 2015-11-10
- Inventor: Timothy William Estell , Bruce Allen Clark , Littleton Kent Riggins , Jeffrey Errol Cade , Ronald Franklin Cox , Martin William Sutton, Jr.
- Applicant: Leidos, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US VA Reston
- Assignee: Leidos, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Leidos, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Reston
- Agency: Bey & Cotropia PLLC
- Agent Dawn-Marie Bey
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00 ; G06F11/07

Abstract:
Systems and methods for automating testing of multiple SATA hard drives with multiple motherboards are described herein. In certain embodiments any number of SATA drives may be switchably connected to any number of motherboards, and any number of tests may be performed on combinations of the SATA drives and motherboards without or with only minimal manual intervention between tests. In one embodiment, the system may include an automated selector having a controller adapted to receive a testing instruction and transmit the received testing instruction and a mainboard in communication with the controller. The mainboard may include a logic device to receive the testing instruction from the controller and/or a switch for pairing and unpairing motherboards with SATA storage devices.
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