NB_MB Level 1

Training Materials

(version 1.7)
 Overview

 Chapter 1. Testing flow chart………………………P3~P5

 Chapter 2. Customer Induced Damage (CID) criteria
…………………………………………P6~P28
 Chapter 3. ASUS pretest kit package contents…P29~P34
 Chapter 4. Pretest operate description ………… P35~P79
 Chapter 5.WTP TEST SOP………………………..P80
Chapter 1
Testing Flow Chart
 1. Pretest Flow Chart
Visual Return to
Inspection CID
CID check process Plug all test
tools(USB, R
CPU,RAM etc.).

Rework (ARN)
Check
R
Run DOS Test R

Plug in CPU voltage test

tool on the CPU socket. Check BIOS,
Measure CPU voltage R run Windows Test R
(Vcore)

Turn OFF Power supply

Remove all test devices.
Plug in CPU,Ram,port80
Check post code has passed R
CPU& Memory.
Finished, pass to next station

R Means Return to RMA or Pass to Repair Engineer.

2. Final Test Flow Chart
Visual
inspection (OQC)

Rework Check
(ARN)
Return to engineer
repair again, if can’t
Plug all test
repair, pass to
tools(USB, exchange flow.
CPU,RAM etc.).

Check BIOS,
run DOS Test and
Windows Test

Finished, pass to next station

Chapter 2
Customer Induced Damage
(CID) criteria
 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.S/N Damage
9. Dirt
10.CID & O.O.W. service process flow chart
 1-1 PCB Trace Scratched

Figure 1. Figure 2.

Figure 3. Figure 4.
 1-2 PCB Trace Scratched

Figure 5. Figure 6.

In-
Exchang Out-
Damage Comments Repair Warrant
e Warranty
y
PCB Trace Scratched
and PCB broken Rejected - - -
inside
PCB Trace
Scratched PCB Trace Scratched
[Figure 1~6] and PCB no broken Accepte
inside under 1 lines - Charge Charge
trace d
(If customer request)
 1-3 PCB Trace Scratched

Figure 7. Figure 8.

Figure 9. Figure 10.

 1-4 PCB Trace Scratched

Figure 11. Figure 12.

In-
Exchang Out-
Damage Comments Repair Warrant
e Warranty
y
PCB PAD Broken Rejected - - -

PCB PAD Broken

PCB Trace
Under 2pcs PAD
Scratched
and the same PCB Accepte
[Figure 7~12] - Charge Charge
side d
(If customer
 2-1 PCB Broken

Figure 13. Figure 14.

Figure 15.
 2-2 PCB Broken

In-
Exchang Out-
Damage Comments Repair Warrant
e Warranty
y

PCB Broken The broken part

[Figure already destroy Rejected - - -
13~15] PCB
 3-1 Damaged capacitors, resistors, inductors,
small passive components, socket, etc.

Figure 16. Figure 17.

Figure 18. Figure 19.

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

Figure 20. Figure 21.

Exchang In- Out-

Damage Comments Repair
e Warranty Warranty
If under 3pcs
impacted broken
Accepte
components slightly - Charge Charge
Damaged d
and PCB is ok
Component without any broken
[Figure
16~21] If it’s serious
impacted or PCB Rejecte
- - -
broken more than 3 d
lines
 4-1 PCB & Component Oxidation

Figure 22. Figure 23.

Figure 24. Figure 25.

 4-2 PCB & Component Oxidation

Figure 26. Figure 27.

Figure 28. Figure 29.

 4-3 PCB & Component Oxidation

Exchang In- Out-

Damage Comments Repair
e Warranty Warranty

Component
and PCB
Component or Rejecte
Oxidation - - -
PCB Oxidation d
[Figure
22~29]
 5-1 PCB Burned

Figure 30. Figure 31.

Figure 32. Figure 33..

 5-2 PCB Burned

Figure 34. Figure 35.

Figure 36. Figure 37.

 5-3 PCB Burned
In-
Exchang Out-
Damage Comments Repair Warrant
e Warranty
y

PCB Burned
If M/B PCB is
[Figure Rejected - - -
burned.
30~37]
 6-1 Component Burned

Figure 38. Figure 39.

Figure 40. Figure 41.

 6-2 Component Burned

Figure 42. Figure 43.

Exchang In- Out-

Damage Comments Repair
e Warranty Warranty

Accepte
Component For general - Free Charge
d
Burned
[Figure If it’s very
Rejecte
38~43] obvious as user’s - - -
d
faulty
 7-1 Missing Component

Figure 44. Figure 45.

Figure 46. Figure 47.

 7-2 Missing Component

Figure 48. Figure 49.

In-
Exchang Out-
Damage Comments Repair Warrant
e Warranty
y
if missing
components by Rejected - - -
user
Missing
Component Missing
[Figure components by
Accepte
44~49] user (under 2pcs
d - Charge Charge
not include BGA)
(If customer
 8-1 S/N Damage

Figure 50. Figure 51.

In- Out-
Damage Comments Repair Exchange
Warranty Warranty

S/N No S/N or the S/N

Damaged can’t be seen Rejecte
- - -
clearly whether it d
[Figure 50] is in warranty.
S/N was damaged,
but recognize it is
S/N
in warranty. If Accepte
Damaged - free -
can’t be repaired, it d
[Figure 51]
would be Returned
 9-1 Dirt

Figure 52. Figure 53.

In- Out-
Exchang
Damage Comments Repair Warrant Warrant
e
y y

For general, if the

Dirt board is dirt and
Accepte
[Figure doesn't influence - - -
d
52~53] function. We will
clean it.
10-1 CID&O.O.W service process flow chart
Chapter 3
ASUS Pretest Fixture
Package
 ASUS Pretest Fixture

PART NUMBER Part Name Amount Photo

22-060001280 AUDIO Test Fixture 1

60R-R00LA1000 LAN LOOP BACK 1

80-C1G740-0A01 SWBIOS 1

ENG_EZUSB BOARD
80-C1G036-0301 4
v2.0

22-060000050 USB Cable 4

 ASUS Pretest Fixture

PART NUMBER Part Name Amount Photo

16-000500007 TOOLS PACKAGE

1

14-011000040 IEEE 1394 CABLE 1

14-000500500 MINI USB CABLE 1

ADAPTER 10W
04-267001510 1
AD620(US/JPN/TWN)

20-521055550 CD-ROM TESTING CD 1

 ASUS Pretest Fixture
PART NUMBER Part Name Amount Photo

60-NDDDB1000-B01P PCI-Express Debug Card 1

(type 34)

SOCKET478 VOLTAGE
60R-R0000070 1
TOOL

SOCKET 754 VOLTAGE

60R-R0000250 1
TOOL

90R-NZADB1000Y NB DRAM DEBUG CARD 1

60-N61DB1000-
L2D LPC_DEBUG BD 1
A01P
 ASUS Pretest Fixture

PART NUMBER Part Name Amount Photo

EC JIG BOARD
60-2N61013136 1
(FLASH BIOS Tools)

14G122300280 28 pin FFC Cable 1

14G122300240 24 pin FFCCable 1

EGE5000 GIGABIT ETHERNET

20-T00581702 1
(NEW CARD Test tool)

SCANDISK SD
20-TT2600048 1
Card
 ASUS Pretest Fixture

PART NUMBER Part Name Amount Photo

20-521042381 Memory Stick Card 1

Chapter 4
Pretest operate description
Pretest operate description-1
Visual inspection:
Inspect NB_MB 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

1-1

Check ARN (rework ) Notice to know if the

model in your hand needs to do any rework

1-2
Pretest operate description-2
AC_BAT_SYS Before testing,
signals Please check M/B this signal of
AC_BAT_SYS (19V) must be NO
ground.

2-1

Use Multi-Meter or Oscilloscope to

Measure RTC Voltage.
The range must be between 3.3V~3V.

CMOS
Battery 2-2
Pretest operate description-3
If Visual inspection is OK.
Please plug AC adapter power
into DC-Jack power connector
on Motherboard.

3-1
Pretest operate description-4
1.Plug CPU Voltage tool into CPU
socket

2.And press Power switch button

to turn on.

4-1

Use Multi-Meter or Oscilloscope

to Measure CPU Voltage (VCORE)
on CPU Voltage tool (+ 10% voltage
to permit)

4-2
Pretest operate description-5

1.Turn off power and Remove CPU

voltage tool.

2.Plug CPU into CPU socket.

(Dothan\ Yonah\Merom\Penryn….etc)

5-1

Plug Memory Module

(DDR or DDR2 or DDR3base on
model request) into Memory
DIMM Slot.

5-2
Pretest operate description-6

Plug PORT80_MINIPCI Debug

Card into M/B MINIPCI Slot.

6-1

Note:
Some model NB not supported
MINIPCI Debug Card,
Please use PCMCIA Debug Card to
debug.

6-2
Pretest operate description-7

Plug VGA Monitor Cable into

M/B VGA port connector.

7-1

Press Power switch button to

booting up,
Check System is boot or NO ?

If you find no display on the

monitor, please pass it to engineer
for repair.
7-2
Pretest operate description-8

Plug LAN loop back TEST Fixture

into LAN connector(RJ-45).

8-1

Plug USB TEST Fixture

into USB connector(RJ-45).

8-2
Pretest operate description-9

Plug TEST Hard disk into HDD

connector.

9-1

Plug DVD-ROM drive into

DVD-ROM connector.
9-2
Pretest operate description-10

Plug Internal Speaker into

Speaker connector.

10-1
Pretest operate description-11
Plug Internal Keyboard into K/B
connector.

11-1

Plug Touch Pad Module

device into T/P connector.

11-2
 Pretest operate description-12

12-1

12-2

Plug SD card into card reader.

Pretest operate description-13

Plug LCD Module into LVDS &

Inverter connector.

13-1

Inverter Connector

13-2
LVDS Connector
Pretest operate description-14
Power switching
Push the power switching button once,
And will switching on the system and
start to test Motherboard function.

14-1

NOTE:
All power switching button design is different.

Ex: picture 16-1 .(L3C) The power switch

button is on the motherboard,
14-2 And picture 16-2 ,(M5N) the power switch
Power switching button is another board.
Pretest operate description-15

When system is booting,

Entering BIOS setup Utility, and
Load setup Defaults

15-1

Entering main menu:

Make sure system clock is correct, if
not please adjust to local time.

15-2
 Pretest operate description-16
After Load setup Defaults & setup system clock,

Save configuration changes and exit.

16
 Free DOS Test Program Introduction

 Download
Access SIP-> Public Folder->GTC->ASUS NB，open ASUS NB
Index，click Program PackageY08W01.rar to download the
program.
 Free DOS Test Program Introduction
 Add model
Access SIP web.
 Free DOS Test Program Introduction

Click ASUS NB
 Free DOS Test Program Introduction

Download the Program PackageY08W01.rar about which model

you need.
Free DOS Test Program Flow
Into DOS Mode TEST FANON TEST

Choice execute file by model LED TEST

Model & BIOS TEST CD ROM TEST

CHECK CPU SPEC LID SWITCH TEST

TEMP TEST HARDWARE MONITOR TEST

CHECK MAC&GUID CARD TEST

USB PORT TEST ESCD TEST

TOUCH PAD TEST MEMSIZE TEST

LCD RBG TEST TMP TEST

BATTERY CAPACIT TEST

KEYBOARD TEST

SPEAKER TEST POWER OFF

FUNCTION TEST
Choice Model & Running Test Program
Choice Model name and running test program.
When system standby (like this picture)
Choice TC → NB → XX_SER (Ex.A8_SER) → YYYY (Ex.A8Ja)
Execute the BAT file.
 Model & BIOS Test
Model and BIOS Test
Check Product type
Check BIOS Version
 Check CPU SPEC
Confirm the CPU spec
Check CPU spec same with your fixture
Check Front side bus speed is real (The speed does match that of BIOS setup)
 Temperature Test
Temperature Test
Test fail will show
this PIC
 Check MAC
Check MAC
 Input MAC address
Make sure MAC address is correct, if not please type the right MAC address.
Then save this file!
 USB Test
USB Test Test fail will
show this PIC
 Touchpad Test
PAD Test
When your finger touch the pad and move one direction, the bule sign move the same
direction with your finger.
EXIT：Move the bule sign to EXIT area,and press the LEFT + RIGHT button
 LCDRGB Test
LCDRGB Test
If you find the vertical wave and horizontal wave between the LCD RGB Test,It has
problem.
 Instant Setup
Press the instant key button 3 seconds ,
the grids change to green color.
 Keyboard Test
KEYBOARD Test
Choice one language for the
Keyboard, and then into next
screen.

Please check the keyboard

function. Press all the key at
the keyboard. then the
program can exit and continue.

If any key isn’t change to Bule

colour, it’s means the test
program is fail.
 Speaker Test
Speaker Test

Test fail will show this PIC

 Function Test
Function Test

Test fail will show this PIC

 FAN Test
FAN Test
Unable to wheel or Speed Error on FAN
Test fail will show this PIC
 LEDALL Test
LEDALL Test
Check the light of LEDS,If the notebook’s LEDS are different to
screen display, that’s fail.
 CD ROM Test
CD ROM Test
Test fail will show this PIC
 LID Switch Test
LID Switch Test
Please run test according to the words in below picture
HDD Test
HDD Test
 CARD Test
CARD Test
1.please insert the MS-card into card-Reader(Picture1)
2.please change MS-card to SD-card(Picture2)
Picture1

Picture2

Test fail will show this PIC

 ESCD Test

ESCD Test
 MEMSIZE Test
MEMSIZE Test
 TPM Test
TPM Test
 Battery Test
BATTERY Test

Test fail will show this PIC

Chapter 5 WTP TEST SOP