Ronald Lee Cox

US Patent:

20160042763, Feb 11, 2016

Filed:

Oct 19, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/886845

Inventors:

- Reston VA, US
Bruce Allen Clark - Eldersburg MD, US
Littleton Kent Riggins - Silver Spring MD, US
Jeffrey Errol Cade - Elkridge MD, US
Ronald Franklin Cox - Millersville MD, US

Assignee:

Leidos, Inc. - Reston VA

International Classification:

G11B 20/18
G06F 11/22

Abstract:

Systems and methods for automating testing of multiple SATA hard drives with multiple motherboards are described herein. In certain embodiments any number of SATA drives may be switchably connected to any number of motherboards, and any number of tests may be performed on combinations of the SATA drives and motherboards without or with only minimal manual intervention between tests. In one embodiment, the system may include an automated selector having a controller adapted to receive a testing instruction and transmit the received testing instruction and a mainboard in communication with the controller. The mainboard may include a logic device to receive the testing instruction from the controller and/or a switch for pairing and unpairing motherboards with SATA storage devices.