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How to Build a Mainboard: ECS Production Tour

Posted by timothy on from the sheep-dip-is-the-last-step dept.

Unts writes "Ever wondered how they put a mainboard together? HEXUS.net has taken a tour of ECS's production facilities, following a mainboard from PCB creation, right through to burn-in testing. From the article: 'The final production testing is done by skilled female technicians who have the ability to test two at a time, in tandem. They've got some test hardware that I'm jealous of (fast-removal memory modules, CPU heatsinks that don't need full attachment, PCI and PCI Express logic testers, etc.) and can have a mainboard fully functionally tested in a matter of minutes.'"

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  1. Every man's dream.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The final production testing is done by skilled female technicians who have the ability to test two at a time, in tandem.

    1. Re:Every man's dream.... by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 2, Funny

      I so don't want to know why it skilled female technicians are uniquely able to do this job.

    2. Re:Every man's dream.... by RapmasterT · · Score: 5, Funny
      I so don't want to know why it skilled female technicians are uniquely able to do this job.
      my guess is the unskilled ones kept screwing it up.
    3. Re:Every man's dream.... by zippthorne · · Score: 2, Funny

      Seems a little repetative. Almost redundant. Kind of like saying the same thing in more than one way.

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  2. two at a time! by hosecoat · · Score: 5, Funny

    females...two at a time.... theres a video?

  3. A girl tested it? by Ruud+Althuizen · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you are saying that a GIRL has tested and touched my mobo? I am never going to get rid of this one.

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    1. Re:A girl tested it? by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 3, Funny

      Actually, when I was in high-speed PCB assembly, we referred to them as "Carbon Units" .

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  4. uh... by BortQ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because what mainboard article would be complete without being jealous of the female technician's hardware...

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  5. Re:wtf? by birge · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, fool. That article was about motherboards. This one's about mainboards.

  6. Ummmm . . .ECS? by erikharrison · · Score: 3, Funny

    Since it ECS, shouldn't it be how *not* to make a mainboard?

  7. Don't bother reading the article by Jugalator · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's no pictures of them.

    Err, I mean of the women, not the mainboards in production!

    Not that there's anything wrong with being attracted to the latter.

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