Patent ID: 7159157

Claim:
An apparatus for testing a storage device for storing data, which has a storage space having a plurality of storage areas, a plurality of pins for inputting and outputting data, a device for comparing actual data with set point data for individual storage areas of the plurality of storage areas and a device for supplying a comparison signal for each storage area, wherein each comparison signal has a first state if the actual data is identical to the set point data for indicating that the storage area is operationally capable, and has a second state if the actual data is not identical to the set point data for indicating that the storage area is defective, to in each case one pin of the plurality of pins, the testing apparatus comprising: (a) a circuit board on which the storage device can be mounted; and (b) a device for comparing the states of the comparison signals at the pins of the storage device which are assigned to the comparison signals, and for supplying a status signal which has a first state if all the comparison signals have the first state, and has a second state if at least one comparison signal has the second state, the first state of the status signal indicating the storage device is operationally capable, and the second state of the status signal indicating the storage device is defective.