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CMTR1
REV 1.0
ASUS Confidential
 Overview

„ Chapter 1. Testing flow chart………………………..P3~5

„ Chapter 2. Customer Induced Damage (CID) criteria
………………..…………………………….P6~31
„ Chapter 3. ASUS pretest kit package contents..P32~38
„ Chapter 4. Pretest operate description………..…P39~68

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 Chapter 1
Testing Flow Chart –
1. Pretest Flow
2. Final test Flow

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 1. Pretest Flow Chart
Return
Return
Visual
Visual Inspection
Inspection to
to CID
CID
CID check
CID check process
process

Plug
Plug all
all test
test
tools,
tools, run
run ASUS
ASUS R
Rework
Rework (ARN)
(ARN) test program.
test program.
Check
R
Check

Windows
Windows OS
OS
Plug
Plug in
in CPU
CPU voltage
voltage test
test (USB Test)
(USB Test) R
tool
tool on
on the
the CPU
CPU socket.
socket.
Measure
Measure CPUCPU voltage
voltage R
(Vcore)
(Vcore)

Turn OFF Power supply

Remove all test devices.

Plug in Cpu,Ram,port80
Check post code has passed R
CPU& Memory.

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 2. Final Test Flow Chart
Visual
Visual
inspection
inspection (OQC)
(OQC)

Rework
Rework Check
Check
(ARN)
(ARN)
Return to engineer
repair again, if can’t
Plug
Plug all
all test
test tools,
tools,
repair, pass to
run
run ASUS
ASUS testtest exchange flow.
program.
program.

Windows
Windows OS
OS Test
Test

Finished, pass to next station

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 Chapter 2
Customer Induced Damage (CID)
criteria

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 CID Outline

1. PCB Trace Scratched

2. PCB Broken
3. Damaged capacitors, resistors, inductors,
small passive components, socket, etc.
4. PCB & Component Oxidation
5. PCB Burned
6. Component Burned
7. Missing Component
8. Dirt
9. CID & O.O.W. service process flow chart

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 1-1 PCB Trace Scratched

Figure 1. Figure 2.

Figure 3. Figure 4.

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 1-2 PCB Trace Scratched

Figure 5. Figure 6.

In- Out-
Damage Comments Repair Exchange
Warranty Warranty
Less than 2 lines and
Accepted - Charge Charge
PCB no broken inside
PCB Trace More than 3 lines or
Rejected - - -
Scratched PCB broken inside
[Figure 1~6]
More than 3 lines or
PCB broken inside - Accepted Charge Charge
(If customer request)

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 1-3 PCB Trace Scratched

Figure 7. Figure 8.

In- Out-
Damage Comments Repair Exchange
Warranty Warranty
Less than 2 lines and
Accepted - Charge Charge
PAD no broken
PCB Trace More than 3 lines or
Rejected - - -
Scratched PAD broken
[Figure 7~8]
More than 3 lines or
PAD broken - Accepted Charge Charge
(If customer request)

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 2-1 PCB Broken

Figure 9. Figure 10.

In- Out-
Damage Comments Repair Exchange
Warranty Warranty

PCB Broken The broken part

Rejected - - -
[Figure 9~10] already destroy PCB

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 2-2 PCB Broken

Figure 11. Figure 12.

In- Out-
Damage Comments Repair Exchange
Warranty Warranty

Only a bit broken in

PCB Broken the edge of PCB and
Accepted - - -
[Figure 11~12] will repair after
informing Customer

PCB Broken If the bottom side

Rejected - - -
[Figure 12] has circuit trace

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 3-1 Damaged capacitors, resistors, inductors, small
passive components, socket, etc.

Figure 13. Figure 14.

Figure 15. Figure 16.

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 3-2 Damaged capacitors, resistors, inductors, small
passive components, socket, etc.

Figure 17. Figure 18.

Figure 19. Figure 20.

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 3-3 Damaged capacitors, resistors, inductors, small
passive components, socket, etc.

Figure 21. Figure 22.

In- Out-
Damage Comments Repair Exchange
Warranty Warranty
If only few impacted
broken components
Accepted - Charge Charge
slightly and PCB is ok
Damaged without any broken
Component
[Figure 13~22] If it’s serious
impacted or PCB
Rejected - - -
broken more than 3
lines
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 3-4 Damaged capacitors, resistors, inductors, small
passive components, socket, etc.

Figure 23.
Socket 478, 940, 939,
754, 604, 462, 423, 370,
8, 7, 5 etc.

In- Out-
Damage Comments Repair Exchange
Warranty Warranty
If only few damaged
Damaged
components slightly
Component Accepted - Free Charge
and PCB is ok without
[Figure 23]
any broken

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 3-5 Damaged capacitors, resistors, inductors, small
passive components, socket, etc.

LGA775
LGA775

Figure 24. Figure 25.

In- Out-
Damage Comments Repair Exchange
Warranty Warranty
Lost Protective The protective cover
Cover is removed by Accept - Charge Charge
[Figure 24] customer

Socket Pin The pin inside socket

Damaged is damaged by Accept - Charge Charge
[Figure 25] customer

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 4-1 PCB & Component Oxidation

Figure 26. Figure 27.

Figure 28. Figure 29.

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 4-2 PCB & Component Oxidation

Figure 30. Figure 31.

Figure 32. Figure 33.

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 4-3 PCB & Component Oxidation

Figure 34. Figure 35.

Figure 36. Figure 37.

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 4-4 PCB & Component Oxidation
In- Out-
Damage Comments Repair Exchange
Warranty Warranty
If the PCB is verified
as user’s faulty.
e.g. a. Customer repaired by
themselves and use wrong Rejected - - -
PCB Oxidation way to clear to get the
[Figure 26~32] oxygenation. b. splash
by water.

If it’s verified as
- Accepted Free Charge
ASUS’s faulty
If only component
oxidation and PCB is
ok without any Accepted - Charge Charge
oxidation and verified
Component as user’s faulty.
Oxidation
[Figure 33~37] If only component
oxidation and PCB is
ok without any Accepted - Free Charge
oxidation and verified
as ASUS’s faulty.
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 5-1 PCB Burned

Figure 38. Figure 39.

Figure 40. Figure 41.

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 5-2 PCB Burned

Figure 42. Figure 43.

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 5-3 PCB Burned

In- Out-
Damage Comments Repair Exchange
Warranty Warranty

If M/B PCB is burned.

- Accepted Free Charge
Non-CID
PCB Burned If the PCB is burned
[Figure 38~42] as user’s faulty.
e.g. a. Customer repaired by - Accepted Charge Charge
themselves.
b. splash by water.

If gold finger of the

PCB Burned card is burned. Rejected - - -
[Figure 43] e.g. Customer wrong to plug
in the video card.

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 6-1 Component Burned

Figure 44. Figure 45.

Figure 46. Figure 47.

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 6-2 Component Burned

Figure 48. Figure 49.

In- Out-
Damage Comments Repair Exchange
Warranty Warranty
For general Accepted - Free Charge
Component
Burned If it’s very obvious
[Figure 44~49] as user’s faulty Accepted - Charge Charge

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 7-1 Missing Component

Figure 50. Figure 51.

Figure 52. Figure 53.

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 7-2 Missing Component

Figure 54. Figure 55.

Figure 56. Figure 57.

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 7-3 Missing Component

Figure 58.

In- Out-
Damage Comments Repair Exchange
Warranty Warranty
Missing For general, if missing
Component less than 3 Accepted - Charge Charge
[Figure 50~57] components by user
Missing
If the PCB or PAD is
Component Rejected - - -
destroyed by user
[Figure 58]

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 8-1 Dirt

Figure 59. Figure 60.

In- Out-
Damage Comments Repair Exchange
Warranty Warranty
For general, if the
board is dirt and
Dirt
doesn't influence Accepted - - -
[Figure 59~60]
function. We will
clean it.

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 ASUS
Authorized Service Side

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 Chapter 3
ASUS Pretest Fixture Package

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 ASUS Pretest Fixture Package Contents
(70R-R00FT1000) –Page 1

PART NUMBER FIXTURE NAME AMOUNT PHOTO

22-060000210 CABLE 20P IDC 1

22-060001280 AUDIO CABLE 1

22-060001290 AUDIO CABLE 1

60R-R00IR1000 IR LOOP BACK 1

60R-R00IR1001 IR LOOP BACK 1

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(70R-R00FT1000) –Page 2

PART NUMBER FIXTURE NAME AMOUNT PHOTO

60R-R00LA1000 LAN TOOL 1

70-C1OG10-01 COM PORT-1 1

70-C1OG15-02 SWBO-ASUS 1

80-C1G002-0202 ENG_PRT 1

80-C1G024-0100 ENG_GPORT_A 1

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(70R-R00FT1000) –Page 3

PART NUMBER FIXTURE NAME AMOUNT PHOTO

80-C1OG29-0100 PORT80M 1

USER MANUAL AND

22-210005890 1
TEST

22-060002570 ASUS CD_ROM TEST CD 1

10-090101030 P2T-CABLE THERMAL SE 2

CABLE USB
14-000012220 1
2PORT+GAME

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(70R-R00FT1000) –Page 4

PART NUMBER FIXTURE NAME AMOUNT PHOTO

14-000011360 CABLE 3IN1 ATA/FD/9P 1

14-000500010 USB CABLE 4PORT, W/B 1

60R-R0000030 STEREO TEST CABLE 4P 2

SOCKET370 VOLTAGE
60R-R0000040 1
TOOL

SOCKET462 VOLTAGE
60R-R0000050 1
TOOL

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(70R-R00FT1000) –Page 5

PART NUMBER FIXTURE NAME AMOUNT PHOTO

SOCKET423 VOLTAGE
60R-R0000060 1
TOOL

SOCKET478 VOLTAGE
60R-R0000070 1
TOOL

SOCKET 754 VOLTAGE

60R-R0000250 1
TOOL

60R-R00MO1000 MODEM LOOP BACK 1

60R-R00SF1000 SPDIF FIXTURES 1

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(70R-R00FT1000) –Page 6

PART NUMBER FIXTURE NAME AMOUNT PHOTO

SOCKET 940 VOLTAGE

60R-R0000260 1
Tool

60R-R00LA1001 LAN TOOL2 1

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 CMTR1

Chapter 4
Pretest operate description

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 2. Pretest operate description-1

Visual inspection:
Inspect M/B have broken, oxidized…..
(Please refer Visual inspection Description)
Customer induce or not.
(Please refer Customer Induce Description)
If any M/B components failed to work after
inspection, Please paste the arrow stacker and
write on Diagnostic Card
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Measure RTC current:

Find out the resistance(1K ohm) near
the battery.
Measure the voltage of resistance, the
range must be between 1.0mV~10mV.

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 Pretest operate description-2

If Visual inspection is OK.

Please plug in the power connector on
Motherboard

Some Motherboards have 4pin

ATX extended power connector.
Please also remember to plug it on.

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 2. Pretest operate description-3

Plug in CPU test sock on CPU socket and

Turn on power supply.

Check CPU voltage on CPU test

card (±10% Voltage to permit)

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 2. Pretest operate description-4

Turn OFF Power supply and Remove

CPU Test sock

Plug CPU into CPU socket and CPU

FAN、PWR FAN、CHA FAN
connector

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 2. Pretest operate description-5

Plug DDR(SDRAM) into memory Slot

Plug in Port 80M card on Motherboard

PCI Slot

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 2. Pretest operate description-6

Plug VGA Card into AGP slot and

connect VGA output to Monitor. If only
has onboard VGA just connect VGA
output to Monitor.

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Plug the ASUS power button and turn on

the power.
If you find no display on the monitor
please pass it to engineer for repair.

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 2. Pretest operate description-7

Put in TEST CD on CD_ ROM Drive

NOTE:
CD Name : ASUS CD_ROM TEST CD
Parts Number : 22-060002570

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1.Turn OFF the power supply

2. Plug in PS2 K/B, Mouse

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 2. Pretest operate description-8

Plug in COM ports

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Plug in Printer port loop back

NOTE:
Please plug in power
connector
On printer port loopback.
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 2. Pretest operate description-9

Plug Lan loop back into Lan

connector

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Plug in Audio ports

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 2. Pretest operate description-10

Plug Audio loop back into

Motherboard audio connector
CD_IN, AUX_IN

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Plug in IR Loop back on Motherboard

Connector

NOTE:
1*5 IR Loop back Yellow line is pin 1
2*5 IR Loop back Black line is pin 1

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Plug in Thermal Sensor Cable on Motherboard
(TRPWR or PWRTMP or JTPWR) Connector

NOTE:
Make sure your Motherboard has this function.
If your motherboard doesn’t have power
thermal function. Please skip this
procedure.

Thermal Sensor Cable

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Only used in old model

Plug in Modem loop back on Motherboard

(MODEM) Connector

NOTE:
Make sure your Motherboard has this
function.
Only old model needs to do this procedure.
( Please refer to M/B individual pretest SOP in
MSG technical support web)

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Plug in SPDIF Fixture on Motherboard
(SPDIF) Connector if necessary.
NOTE:
Make sure your MB has this function.
Only old MB needs to do this process.
( Please refer to M/B individual pretest SOP in
MSG technical support web)

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Only used in old model

Plug in Floppy, Hard disc and CD_ROM

on Motherboard Connector

NOTE:
Primary IDE connect Hardisk
Secondary IDE connect CD_ROM

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Plug SATA HDD into SATA connector

NOTE:
Inside SATA HDD must have
SATA.P RAID.P & NEWWIDE.P
three files in side.

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Put in Diskette on Floppy Disk Drive

NOTE:
The Diskette setting to write
protect OFF

Write Protect OFF

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Push (SWBO_ASUS) the PWR.SW

switch button once will switch on
the system and test motherboard
function.

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Enter Bios Setup Utility, Load Setup

Defaults.

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Enter main menu, make sure System

Clock is correct, if not please adjust to
local time.

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Enter boot menu, set the 1st boot

priority to HDD which test program is
inside..

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Save configuration changes and

exit.

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After setting CMOS, if boot ok will enter

to ASUS test program under DOS mode.
You can choose MB’s type under
C:\BAT, inside the BAT folder are
automatic executing files.

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Find out correct model name . For
example left picture shows the model
name is “P4P800”. We can choose P4P
seriesÆ P4P800.

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Find out correct model P/N which

shows on the sticker attached on the
MB.

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Choose correct model P/N which you

want to test and execute.

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 Standard Sample of Test Program Flow

Plug all test devices,

Select related P/N, COM Port Test CD-ROM Test 1394 Test
Run Test Program

Lan/1394
Lan Test Print Port Test ESCD Check
Mac Check

Bios Ver. Check Floppy Test SPEED Check SATA Test

Audio Test PS2 Mouse Test Memory Check USB Test

H/W Monitor
Game Port Test Function Test Finished
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 Test program description-1

Lan Test:
The screen & test item is created by
Lan chipset vendor. Left photo just
shows a sample of 3COM 3C-940 test
screen.

Bios Check:
Check current Bios version.

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 Test program description-2

Audio Test:
Different audio chipset has different
test screen & items.

Game Port Test:

Some models need to enable Game
port function in the Bios setting if you
find it’s fail during the test.

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 Test program description-3

Com Port Test:

Please also check Com Port setting in
the Bios is enable before testing.

Print Port Test:

Some models need to change Parallel
Port setting to “EPP mode”.

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Floppy Test:
Please ensure Floppy setting is enable
in the Bios. Don’t forget put a 1.44MB
disk into the Floppy before testing.

PS2 Mouse Test:

Check all click button & moving cursor
is correct.

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 Test program description-5

Function Test:
Check some items like Clock, Interrupt,
DMA mode….

CD-ROM Test:
Please put ASUS testing CD into CD-
ROM before testing.

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 Test program description-6

ESCD Check:
Test Bios chip ESCD function.

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SPEED Check:
Check current CPU speed & External
Clock. Make sure the speed is the
same as your real CPU.

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Memory Check:
Check memory size shows on the
upper screen is the same as real
memory plug in. If possible, please
plug full of memory slots to avoid any
lost.

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Hardware Monitor Test:

Check H/W Monitor function which
included Fan rotation speed ,
Temperature, Voltage…Please make
sure you’ve plugged all testing devices
like fan card.

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1394 Test:
Some models have 1394 function, if you
can’t get 1394 testing card please skip
this procedure & test it under Windows.

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Lan /1394 Mac address check:

Check Lan /1394 Mac address on the
sticker. If it’s incorrect please re-write it.

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SATA test:
Plug SATA HDD which has SATA
testing file inside to test. Or you can
use a real SATA HDD which installed
OS already for booting.

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USB test:
Plug USB test devices before testing. If
you can’t get USB testing device from
ASUS please test it under Windows.

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 Test program description-10

Asus Test Program finished screen:

All ASUS test program finished, press
“F5” to Power Down.

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