Chip Partners, a division of Grove Electronics

Beyond 100% inspection of all incoming and outgoing product, Chip Partners also performs rigorous testing on the following system components:

  • Quick test to verify functionality; Long test to check data reliability, data erasure to DOD or customer standards, 50 hr. drive burn-in to reduce early drive failures, hard drive duplication from Master Disk drive.
  • SCSI, SATA, SAS, PATA (IDE) interfaces
  • HDD, ODD and other magnetic media
  • Full laptop, server and desktop board or system functional verification
  • Peripheral board test, video, serial, Ethernet, modems full functional test
  • Board level repair
  • Server, laptop, desktop and mobile, BGA, LGA and PGA packages
  • Full functional test is performed running in a windows environment. Diagnostics, performance and operating system level testing
  • Run Intel or AMD processor verification tool as part of verification
  • Tested for correct voltage levels and sequencing
  • Load testing per customer requirements

* Dedicated Memory Tester, High and Low Voltage, Max Frequency
  • DDR, DDR2 modules in desktop and laptop configurations at all frequencies
  • SDRAM component level
  • Test for correct functionality and to insure no missing pixels
  • Functional testing for embedded microphone, switches, etc.