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Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jarom Pena, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Jose Morales, Leander, TX (US);

David Green, Austin, TX (US);

Donna Johnson, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Rodolfo Lopez, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/22 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/2284 (2013.01); G06F 1/263 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

System, apparatus, and/or a method for checking hardware components in an information handling system is disclosed that includes selecting a hardware component for testing; supplying power to the hardware component independent from the power supply provided by the information handling system; performing testing on the selected hardware component using power supplied by the independent power supply; determining the success or failure of the testing on the selected hardware component; indicating the result of the testing on the selected hardware component; and if the result of the testing on the selected hardware component is successful indicate the hardware component passed the testing, and if the result of the testing on the selected hardware component is not successful re-seat the hardware component and perform the testing on the selected hardware again.


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