CraitonTesting Motherboard Testing is a service for motherboard manufacturers. It is a fast and inexpensive way to certify your line of motherboards with the high "Designed for Windows" compatibility standards set by Microsoft

We will test your motherboard against the "Designed for Windows" logo requirements. This includes a large variety of tests and generally takes at least 100 hours. CraitonTesting will address any failures and perform basic problem resolution.

After testing is completed, we can either make a logo submission for you or return the test results via email and provide assistance with the submission if needed.

Why do I need to test my motherboard?

"Designed for Windows" testing ensures that your motherboard meets WHQL compatibility requirements for Windows. Products that have been certified can be expected to work well with Windows and give customers a better experience. Testing your products drastically helps reduce costs (support and product returns), verifies the quality of your hardware and reduces time to market.

Motherboards without a logo will not necessarily cause problems. However, System Builders prefer certified boards as this will give them a certain quality comfort. Motherboards that have not been tested may contain any number of incompatibilities that can result in reduced functionality or instability of Windows. CraitonTesting can identify these problems early and help you address them before your customers call you for support.

Benefits of CraitonTesting Motherboard Testing

• You will know in less than two weeks whether your motherboard qualifies for the logo.
• You can identify incompatibilities and address them early on.
• You will receive detailed logs and analysis in case of any test failures.
• Test results documentation that we provide includes everything needed for a successful submission.
• You will save at least 100 man hours
• You will save on special test equipment such as FoxFire cards
• You get our assistance during the logo submission or we can do the submission for you.

What does a Motherboard Test include?

• One full System Test with the current HCT test kit.
  (This includes the two required full tests with different configurations)
• Problem resolution to address and document failure points.
• Free Retests subsequent to problem resolution.
• One Test Results Conclusion report.
• Submit-ready test result log files (WHQLHCT.CAB) via email.
  - or -
  Submission of the test logs to the WHQL.
• One readme.doc addendum required by WHQL detailing acceptable failures.
• Timely email when a test fails.
• 24h Real-time project status checking via the Step Manager.
• Your hardware.

The Test Results Conclusion report is confidential. We do not share it with Microsoft or with any other third party.

If you have any further questions, please contact us.

We are looking forward to testing your motherboards!