How We Test Our Equipment
At Flagship Technologies, our bread and butter is providing refurbished, used hardware that has been cleaned, tested and certified for reuse. We acquire most of our inventory off-lease from professional data centers and end-users who have kept the equipment well-maintained. Sometimes we have new gear available. We offer products that provide the highest quality, reliability and value. Our goal is to help businesses substantially reduce their capital investment and extend the use of their existing legacy equipment. All products we sell will have at least a 30-day parts replacement warranty (warranty length depends on the product line). In many cases, warranties can be extended for a nominal fee.
We offer the following condition levels:
New
These products are new, unused and either sealed in factory-original packaging or open-box. In some cases, we will remove new products from the original manufacturer's packaging in order to repack.
Refurbished or Used
These products have had NO problems or failures, they merely have some usage. They have been fully cleaned, tested and certified for reuse by our trained technicians. There may be some cosmetic wear or minor blemishes, but in most cases, these products will perform as well as they did when they were new.
Hard Drives - Only healthy disks are approved for resale to our customers. All refurbished hard drives are cleaned, fully tested by our software program and vetted for surface defects and wear. Hard drives are formatted and wiped of any previous data via the latest DOD standards. We do NOT disassemble, modify or replace individual components of hard disks as part of our refurbishing process.
Processors/CPUs - We test processors (CPUs) in working servers prior to removal. Older CPUs are checked to verify pins are straight and residual heat sink thermal compound may be removed. Modern processors rarely fail, so no futher testing is usually necessary.
Power Supplies - Power supplies are tested to show they supply the correct current to power the unit and any dust is removed.
Memory (RAM) - Memory is tested in designated servers in our tech center. Any memory found to be defective is recycled.
Servers - Pre-configured and custom build-to-order servers and storage units are tested twice prior to boxing and shipment. We initially test all equipment we receive before we pay our vendors. Then we test a second time after configuration is complete and prior to boxing for shipment.