| US 7,577,828 B2 | ||
| System and method for information handling system manufacture with verified hardware configuration | ||
| Curtis Sammer, Austin, Tex. (US); and Sin-Wei Yee, Austin, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/35,910. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0195208 A1, Aug. 31, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 9/24 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 713—1 [713/2; 713/100] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A method for manufacture of an information handling system having a predetermined configuration of plural hardware components
based on a customer order, the method comprising:
verifying that the plural hardware components have the predetermined configuration;
creating a hardware signature representing the plural hardware components;
storing the hardware signature;
testing the hardware components;
querying the hardware components to create a current hardware signature;
comparing the current hardware signature with the stored hardware signature to determine whether the current hardware configuration
has the predetermined configuration;
detecting a difference between the stored hardware signature and the current hardware signature; and
corrupting the stored hardware signature to indicate that verifying the hardware components is required.
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