Difference between revisions of "Mac As-is Checklist"
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| − | General guidelines for categorizing systems with warranties/as-is/scrap | + | *General guidelines for categorizing systems with warranties/as-is/scrap |
| − | Legacy triaging process for Friday shifts (specifically what the other shifts can recycle) | + | *Legacy triaging process for Friday shifts (specifically what the other shifts can recycle) |
| − | Clear evaluation documentation. May need to have some model-specific information (i.e which systems to remove hard drives from, and which models are best bad-blocked). | + | *Clear evaluation documentation. May need to have some model-specific information (i.e which systems to remove hard drives from, and which models are best bad-blocked). |
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| + | ;Running list of laptops that should be bad-blocked: | ||
| + | *iBook G4s | ||
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| − | MacBook Core Duo: Easy | + | ;ifixit.com difficulty ratings by model: |
| − | MacBook Core 2 Duo: Easy | + | *PowerBook G4 Titanium Mercury: Easy |
| − | MacBook Unibody: Easy | + | *PowerBook G4 Titanium Onyx: Moderate (flexible plastic parts, easy to lose parts) |
| − | MacBook Unibody A1342: Moderate | + | *PowerBook G4 Titanium DVI: Moderate (same reasons as Titanium Onyx) |
| + | *PowerBook G4 Aluminum 15": Moderate to Difficult depending on exact model | ||
| + | *PowerBook G4 Aluminium 17": Moderate | ||
| + | *MacBook Core Duo: Easy | ||
| + | *MacBook Core 2 Duo: Easy | ||
| + | *MacBook Unibody: Easy | ||
| + | *MacBook Unibody A1342: Moderate | ||
| + | *MacBook Pro Unibody 13"(2009 onwards): Moderate | ||
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So basically without looking up the exact model disassembly guide, it's not very practical in a lot of cases to have an inexperienced builder remove the hard drive and reassemble. We'd also need to be pretty good about having drives available to install right away so a machine is only ever disassembled once. | So basically without looking up the exact model disassembly guide, it's not very practical in a lot of cases to have an inexperienced builder remove the hard drive and reassemble. We'd also need to be pretty good about having drives available to install right away so a machine is only ever disassembled once. | ||
| − | Questions: | + | ;Questions: |
| − | Are all mac as-is machines sold with hard drives for the time being, or should we remove them when possible? | + | *Are all mac as-is machines sold with hard drives for the time being, or should we remove them when possible? |
Revision as of 19:21, 5 July 2012
Work in progress.
Laptop incoming: Instructor sorts as-is machines from potential keepers (tentative evaluation method is PPCs and previous are as-is/recycle, Intel macs are keepers). As-is machines may also be keepers that have missing parts or major issues.
Builders attempt to boot to OSX via an external drive (may need to have staff do this)
If the system boots, wipe the hard drive with badblocks or remove the drive (depending on model)
Check processor type and speed (in OSX? In EFI/open firmware?/Ubuntu?)
Check installed RAM amount (512 MB?)
Affix As-Is label and have instructor sign off
- Need
- General guidelines for categorizing systems with warranties/as-is/scrap
- Legacy triaging process for Friday shifts (specifically what the other shifts can recycle)
- Clear evaluation documentation. May need to have some model-specific information (i.e which systems to remove hard drives from, and which models are best bad-blocked).
- Running list of laptops that should be bad-blocked
- iBook G4s
- ifixit.com difficulty ratings by model
- PowerBook G4 Titanium Mercury: Easy
- PowerBook G4 Titanium Onyx: Moderate (flexible plastic parts, easy to lose parts)
- PowerBook G4 Titanium DVI: Moderate (same reasons as Titanium Onyx)
- PowerBook G4 Aluminum 15": Moderate to Difficult depending on exact model
- PowerBook G4 Aluminium 17": Moderate
- MacBook Core Duo: Easy
- MacBook Core 2 Duo: Easy
- MacBook Unibody: Easy
- MacBook Unibody A1342: Moderate
- MacBook Pro Unibody 13"(2009 onwards): Moderate
So basically without looking up the exact model disassembly guide, it's not very practical in a lot of cases to have an inexperienced builder remove the hard drive and reassemble. We'd also need to be pretty good about having drives available to install right away so a machine is only ever disassembled once.
- Questions
- Are all mac as-is machines sold with hard drives for the time being, or should we remove them when possible?