Difference between revisions of "Laptop Evaluation"
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Revision as of 10:09, 2 February 2010
'The laptop evaluation is a rapid, production oriented process. It is designed to quickly separate old or unserviceable technology for recycling from still serviceable, or repairable, laptops and parts.'
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 Ubuntu (or other debian based) live cds and our netboot server. The Memtest program is a boot option on the hard drive.