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Compaq Battery Chart
Dell Battery Chart
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| − | * | + | * Frys - wilsonville |
| − | * | + | * Wheeler dealer - 144th & se stark |
| − | * | + | * Andy & bax - 324 se grand |
| − | * | + | * Wacky willys surplus - 2374 nw vaughn |
| + | * Norvac Electronics - Progress | ||
| + | * United Radio Supply - NE 9th & Davis | ||
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Revision as of 11:14, 23 January 2005
A place to put info on LAPTOP REPAIRS at Free Geek
Laptop Class 1/14/2005
Ground Rules:
- Bringing personal laptops into the laptop repair area -- FORBIDDEN
- Removing parts from the laptop repair area -- FORBIDDEN
- Students are committing to:
- spend 80 hours doing Freegeek laptop repair ONLY
- students are committing to teach future laptop classes
Tools:
Hardware
- grounding strap
- magnifying glass
- set of tiny double headed screwdrivers (weiss sets include torx)
- dental pick
- penlight or small flashlight
- x-acto knife set
- security torx bits - aka tamper proof
- chip puller
- tiny tweezers
- power splitter
- tiny zipties
- ps/2 "Y" - for keyboard + mouse to 1 port on laptop
- jewler's saw
- caliper
- 3 1/2 inch -> 2 1/2 inch hard-drive adapter
- voltmeter (digital)
- fine emery boards
- alcohol pads
- q-tips & alcohol
Software
Software Tools
- Download Knoppix
http://www.knoppix.net/get.php
- Laptop-HOWTO
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/laptops.html
- Download MEPIS Linux MEPIS.org
http://www.mepis.org/book/view/1462
TOOLS SOURCES:
- Winks hardware - 200 se stark
- Frys - wilsonville
- Wheeler dealer - 144th & se stark
- Andy & bax - 324 se grand
- Wacky willys surplus - 2374 nw vaughn
- Norvac Electronics - Progress
- United Radio Supply - NE 9th & Davis
ToDo:
- syllabus, repair howto(s) & triage charts, website to FG's store, wiki
- keeper tags showing:
- clockspeed (pentium is a given?),
- ram (slots?),
- co-processor y/n,
- hd size,
- card slots
- standardize software load - "somebody start a sub-group" - instructor
- add more tool sources - also sources to AVOID
The Process
Evaluation:
- note Printed material on laptop. MfG, MODEL, Serial
- Google your laptop
- Test your laptop
- Document your laptop
- FG Asset tags
- Mfg
- Model number
- Proc speed / Mem size / Drive size
- Repair your Laptop
- Burn in your laptop.
- QA someone Elses laptop.
- Finish
System Disassembly
Memory
Power & Batteries
question from table author: is this useful here? takes up a lot of space, and tables are tricky to edit
| Mfg | Family | Model | Battery Model |
Part# | Type | Volts | Output Amp Hr |
Charge Current |
Notes |
| Compaq | |||||||||
| Compaq | Armada | 7700 7800 |
Series 2891 | 220324-101 314939-001 |
Li Ion | 14.4 | 2.7Ah | ||
| Compaq |
| Mfg | Family | Model | Battery Model |
Part# | Type | Volts | Output Amp Hr |
Charge Current |
Notes |
| Dell | |||||||||
| Dell | Inspiron | 7500 | BAT-30IL | LiI | 14.8 | 5100 mAh | 2.5A | ||
| Dell | Inspiron | 8000 | BAT-75UYF | LiI | 14.8 | 3800mA | 3.5A |
Sound
Graphics
Networks & Modems
Keyboards & Mice
Docks & Port Replicators
CD DVD & External drives
Links
Parts links
Laptop Links
- Linux on Laptops
- TuxMobil Linux HOWTOs For Mobile Computers
http://www.tuxmobil.org/howtos.html
- Free laptop schematics
http://www.eserviceinfo.com/equipment_type/Notebooks_43.html