Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Ian Robert Inglis

Akbar Monfared

Steven F Mastoris

Thane Michael Larson

A method of protecting the pins of a pin connector of a backplane preferably includes installing a protective cover over the pins of the pin connector. The protective cover preferably includes at least one connector having receptacles for receiving the pins of the pin connector of the backplane and a handle extending from the at least one connector.

Method and device for protecting pins of a pin connector

A method and apparatus controls fans and power supplies to provide accelerated run-in testing. By modulating fans to increase case temperatures and adjusting power supplies to provide 'worst case' voltages, a computer system can be subjected to a run-in tests under taxing conditions. By alternately cooling and heating devices such as CPUs, devices can be subjected to mechanical stresses associated with power-on/power off cycles. A time based test implements the present invention based on time, and a temperature based test implements the present invention based on temperature. The present invention can be used to implement a run-in test in which the computer system is operated at an elevated temperature, thereby achieving results similar to those achieved by performing a run-in test in an environmental chamber at an elevated temperature. Alternatively, the a run-in test can be performed by repeatedly cycling the temperature between relatively high and low values.

Method and apparatus for controlling fans and power supplies to provide accelerated run-in testing

A tool for evaluating a pin connector of a backplane preferably includes at least one connector having receptacles for receiving pins of a pin connector of a backplane. The receptacles are open at both ends so that ends of the pins are visible in the receptacles when the tool is seated on the pin connector.

Tool and method for evaluating a pin connector

A protective cover for a pin connector of a backplane includes at least one connector having receptacles for receiving the pins of a pin connector of a backplane and a planar member extending from the connector, the connector being on the planar member.

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Ian Robert Inglis