Patent ID: 6792378
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for testing I/O ports of a computer motherboard, comprising the steps of:providing a non-volatile memory on the computer motherboard with a test code for initializing the computer motherboard and testing the I/O ports thereof, in which the test code includes a plurality of test routines corresponding to the I/O ports; booting the computer motherboard from the test code in the non-volatile memory; selecting one of the I/O ports to be tested from a display menu; executing the corresponding test routine for the selected I/O port to test the selected I/O port on the basis of the selected I/O port's characteristics; displaying a pass message if every signal pin of the selected I/O port is operating correctly; and displaying a failure message to indicate which signal pin of the selected I/O port is not operating correctly if there is an abnormal signal pin in the selected I/O port.