Method and apparatus to detect computing system hardware defects using a portable storage device

An apparatus comprising:

• a set of circuits within a computing system to be tested;
• and
• logic to detect one or more hardware defects of the set of circuits, the detection of the one or more hardware defects of the set of circuits is to:
• access a portable storage device to obtain an identifier and a set of test patterns to test the set of circuits, the identifier to map to the set of test patterns,
• determine that the set of test patterns is to be executed on the computing system based on the identifier to be obtained from accessing the portable storage device, and
• responsive to the determination, execute the set of test patterns loaded from the portable storage device on the set of circuits within the computing system to detect the one or more hardware defects.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor, are capable of causing the processor to perform:

• accessing a portable storage device to obtain an identifier and a set of test patterns to test a set of circuits of a computing system, the identifier to map to the set of test patterns;
• determining that the set of test patterns is to be executed on the computing system based on the identifier to be obtained from accessing the portable storage device;
• and
• responsive to the determination, executing the set of test patterns loaded from the portable storage device on the set of circuits of the computing system to detect one or more hardware defects of the set of circuits.