Patent ID: 7005877
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A burn-in adapter comprising: a first connector electrically coupled to a burn-in device via a first cable; a jumper assembly including a plurality of jumpers wherein different signal levels are generated by moving or removing the jumpers of the jumper assembly; a reset instruction generator; a second connector electrically coupled to a motherboard via a second cable; and an interface circuit electrically coupled to the first connector, the jumper assembly, the reset instruction generator, and the second connector respectively; whereby pressing a button of the reset instruction generator for causing the reset instruction generator to generate and send a reset instruction to the motherboard, moving the jumpers of the jumper assembly to a position for generating a burn-in signal level, restarting the motherboard, and detecting a predetermined value of the burn-in signal level on the jumper assembly will cause the motherboard to enter into a burn-in state and cause the burn-in device to start burning a memory of the motherboard.