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<bold>LAPTOP REFURBISHMENT PROGRAM at Free Geek</bold>

STEPS TO TAKE FOR LAPTOP REBUILD Primarily for data security reasons, but also for educational purposes, the Laptop Instructor Responsibilities require that he or she must be present to work on laptops. The laptop program requires a great deal of PC hardware experience, so it is expected that all students have gone through the build program before moving into laptops. Additionally, volunteers are required to take the command line class. From here, we have some familiar steps: Laptop Specs: Guidelines for Evaluators on the specs and what needs to be removed or included as systems move through Evaluation. Laptop Evaluation: Determine if the incoming pizza boxes are full of tasty, fresh goodness or dried and rotting crap. Laptop Build Checklist: Get your hands dirty with questionably functional laptops. Side effects of this step may include frustration, yelling, belief in demonic forces at work within laptops, and learning all sorts of exciting new things. Laptop QC Checklist: Double-check the builder's work, keep things clean and standardized, and prepping laptops for their final destination. There are additional tasks that can be done throughout your time in laptops: Laptop Recycling OS installation - A workstation dedicated to loading 2.5" hard drives is available in the Laptop Build area. Drives which have been successfully erased are loaded, one at a time, at that station. Sorting Laptop Memory Shelf organizing WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING? We have hand tools to accomplish the rebuild and recycle tasks, but over time you may find you want to bring and use your own. No problem! Be sure to label them so they don't get lost. Here are some Tool Sources around town for those that are interested. Classes Verify Instructor on [TheSkedjulnator] DAY TIME LAPTOP MANUFACTURER INSTRUCTOR Tuesday AM Gateway Team Dave H (John) Tuesday PM Dell Team and Others Team E-Beth S Wednesday AM HP/Compaq Team ALI Wednesday PM Sony Team Dave H Thursday AM Dell Team E-Beth S Thursday PM IBM Thinkpad Team Dave H Friday AM Dell Team Ali B Friday PM Toshiba Team E-Beth S Saturday AM Toshiba Team and HP/Compaq Team E-Beth S Saturday PM No Class Yet NA

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