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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
Phillip A. Leech, Houston, TX (US);
Khaldoun Alzien, Houston, TX (US);
William R. Jacobs, Houston, TX (US);
Phillip A. Leech, Houston, TX (US);
Khaldoun Alzien, Houston, TX (US);
William R. Jacobs, Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a printed circuit board assembly comprises a printed circuit board including a processor, a heat sink mountable to the printed circuit board proximate the processor, and a memory module comprising logic instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to initiate a processor load routine, collect temperature gradient data during the processor load routine, and verify operation of the heat sink using the temperature gradient data.