Difference between revisions of "User talk:Manseau"
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poweruf [label="Power off portion of laptop evaluation.", fontsize="12", shape="box", style="bold", color="orange"] | poweruf [label="Power off portion of laptop evaluation.", fontsize="12", shape="box", style="bold", color="orange"] | ||
| − | sort [label="Donated laptops are sorted by an instructor and are grouped by MFG[[]]. \n The first significant step prior to power up, is finding and removing the hard drive. \n Significant why | + | sort [label="Donated laptops are sorted by an instructor and are grouped by MFG[[]]. \n The first significant step prior to power up, is finding and removing the hard drive. \n Significant why? To protect [[personal information]] that may still reside on the hard drive. \n Remove the hard drive unless it's an Apple product!", fontsize="10",shape="box", style="bold", color="red"] |
| − | hddrem [label="A straightened paper clip can be used to open the optical drive to make sure that the media has | + | hddrem [label="A straightened paper clip can be used to open the optical drive to make sure that the media has been \n removed from it. If not, remove the media and put it in the recycle bin where it will be processed \n and destroyed. The same stewardship of information also \n applies to floppy drives and card readers.", fontsize="10", shape="box", style="bold", color="red"] |
busted [label="Is the display cracked, power connection broken or \n other defect present rendering the laptop unusable?", fontsize="10", color="red"] | busted [label="Is the display cracked, power connection broken or \n other defect present rendering the laptop unusable?", fontsize="10", color="red"] | ||
Revision as of 22:15, 17 January 2010
Notes for discussion
1 Would there be a point that you would Eval a mac without an instructor's knowledge?
2 Link to elaboration on macs
3 Link to possible solutions
Memtest Notes
Memtest is a useful tool found on many boot disks. Besides testing memory, it provides us a quick way to find processor and memory info. Memtest is available on ebmulti floppies, ubuntu (or other debian based) live cds, and our netboot server.