Difference between revisions of "User talk:Manseau"
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| − | sort [label="Donated laptops are sorted by an instructor and are grouped by manufacturer[[Page with MFG list]]. \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 | + | sort [label="Donated laptops are sorted by an instructor and are grouped by manufacturer[[Page with MFG list]]. \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 already been \n removed from it. If not it should be removed to be recycled. Why? Again to protect personal information. Remove the optical \n media and put it in the recycle bin where it will be processed and destroyed. The same stewardship of information also \n applies to floppy drives and card readers.", 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 already been \n removed from it. If not it should be removed to be recycled. Why? Again to protect personal information. Remove the optical \n media and put it in the recycle bin where it will be processed and destroyed. The same stewardship of information also \n applies to floppy drives and card readers.", fontsize="10", shape="box", style="bold", color="red"] | ||
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asis [label="POSTS to Bios and meets specs \n for thrift store. Affix hard \n drive removed sticker. [[As Is]] sale." fontsize="11", shape="box", style="bold" color="green"] | asis [label="POSTS to Bios and meets specs \n for thrift store. Affix hard \n drive removed sticker. [[As Is]] sale." fontsize="11", shape="box", style="bold" color="green"] | ||
| − | build [label="Laptop meets specs for grant, \n high or low end thrift store sale \n or FG-PDX. Be sure to document | + | build [label="Laptop meets specs for grant, \n high or low end thrift store sale \n or FG-PDX. Be sure to document \n covered or uncovered equipment" fontsize="11", shape="box", style="bold" color="green"] |
Revision as of 09:40, 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.