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|<h2><strong>PROCESS PROCEDURES FOR LAPTOP REBUILD</strong></h2>
 
|<h2><strong>PROCESS PROCEDURES FOR LAPTOP REBUILD</strong></h2>
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|style="text-align:left" |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:'''
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|style="text-align:left" |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:'''
 
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|style="text-align:left"|'''*[[Laptop Specs]]*:''' Provides the guidelines for evaluators on the minimum hardware specification and what needs to be removed or included as systems move through Evaluation.  
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|style="text-align:left"|'''[[Laptop Specs]]:''' Provides the guidelines for evaluators on the minimum hardware specification and what needs to be removed or included as systems move through Evaluation.  
 
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|style="text-align:left" width=100%| '''*[[Laptop Evaluation]]*:''' Determine if the incoming pizza boxes are full of tasty, fresh goodness or dried and rotting crap.
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|style="text-align:left" width=100%| '''[[Laptop Evaluation]]:''' Determine if the incoming pizza boxes are full of tasty, fresh goodness or dried and rotting crap.
 
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|style="text-align:left"|'''Laptop *[[As-Is_Checklist]]*:''' Laptops that teeter between "too slow to Build" and "too fast to Recycle" are given a last chance to fly away.
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|style="text-align:left"|'''[[As-Is_Checklist|Laptop As-Is Checklist]]:''' Laptops that teeter between "too slow to Build" and "too fast to Recycle" are given a last chance to fly away.
 
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|style="text-align:left"|'''*[[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.
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|style="text-align:left"|'''[[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.
 
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|style="text-align:left"|'''*[[Laptop QC Checklist]]*:''' Double-check the builder's work, keep things clean and standardized, and prepping laptops for their final destination.
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|style="text-align:left"|'''[[Laptop QC Checklist]]:''' Double-check the builder's work, keep things clean and standardized, and prepping laptops for their final destination.
 
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|style="text-align:center"|<h2><strong>ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THE LAPTOP PROGRAM:</strong></h2>
 
|style="text-align:center"|<h2><strong>ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THE LAPTOP PROGRAM:</strong></h2>
 
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|style="text-align:left"|'''*[[Laptop Recycling]]*'''
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|style="text-align:left"|'''[[Laptop Recycling]]'''
 
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|style="text-align:left"|'''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 with a fresh operating system, up to four at a time, at that station.
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|style="text-align:left"|'''[[Laptop Testing]]'''
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|style="text-align:left"|'''[[Laptop Drive Imaging]]''' - A workstation dedicated to loading 2.5" hard drives is available in the Laptop Build area. Drives which have been successfully erased are loaded with a fresh operating system, up to four at a time, at that station.
 
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|style="text-align:left"|'''Sorting *[[Laptop Memory]]*'''
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|style="text-align:left"|'''Sorting [[Laptop Memory]]'''
 
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|style="text-align:left"|'''Shelf organizing'''
 
|style="text-align:left"|'''Shelf organizing'''
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|style="text-align:center"|<h2><strong>WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING?</strong></h2>
 
|style="text-align:center"|<h2><strong>WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING?</strong></h2>
 
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|style="text-align:left"|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.
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|style="text-align:left"|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.
 
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<h1><strong>Classes</strong></h1>
 
<h1><strong>Classes</strong></h1>
'''Class Calendar'''*[[http://www.freegeek.org/calendar/ Improve your skills!]]*
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[http://www.freegeek.org/calendar/|'''Class Calendar''' (Improve your skills!)]
'''Verify Instructor on *[[http://schedule.freegeek.org/ TheSkedjulnator]]*'''  
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'''Verify Instructor on [http://schedule.freegeek.org/|The Skedjulnator]'''  
 
   
 
   
Normal hours of operation 10AM to 2PM and 2PM to 6PM
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Normal hours of operation '''10AM - 2PM''' and '''2PM - 6PM'''
  
 
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|style="text-align:center"|'''DAY'''||'''TIME'''||'''LAPTOP MANUFACTURER'''||'''INSTRUCTOR'''
 
|style="text-align:center"|'''DAY'''||'''TIME'''||'''LAPTOP MANUFACTURER'''||'''INSTRUCTOR'''
 
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|Tuesday||AM||*[[Gateway Team]]*||Jen H  
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|Tuesday||AM||[[Gateway Team]]||Jen H  
 
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|Tuesday ||PM||*[[Dell Team]]* and *[[Others Team]]*||E-Beth S  
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|Tuesday ||PM||[[Dell Team]] and [[Others Team]]||E-Beth S  
 
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|Wednesday||AM||*[[HP/Compaq Team]]*||Sean E
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|Wednesday||AM||[[HP/Compaq Team]]||Sean E
 
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|Wednesday||PM||*[[Sony Team]]*||Jen H
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|Wednesday||PM||[[Sony Team]]||Jen H
 
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|Thursday||AM||*[[Dell Team]]*||E-Beth S   
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|Thursday||AM||[[Dell Team]]||E-Beth S   
 
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|Thursday||PM||IBM *[[Thinkpad]]* Team||Jen H
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|Thursday||PM||IBM [[Thinkpad]] Team||Jen H
 
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|Friday||AM||*[[HP/Compaq Team]]*||Sean E
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|Friday||AM||[[HP/Compaq Team]]||Sean E
 
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|Friday|| PM||*[[Toshiba Team]]*||E-Beth S
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|Friday|| PM||[[Toshiba Team]]||E-Beth S
 
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|Saturday||AM||No Laptop Class Scheduled||
 
|Saturday||AM||No Laptop Class Scheduled||
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=Links=
 
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* [[Laptop Ubuntu]]
 
* [[Laptop Ubuntu]]
 
* [[Ubuntu new user FAQ]]
 
* [[Ubuntu new user FAQ]]

Revision as of 22:54, 14 September 2011

LAPTOP REFURBISHMENT PROGRAM at Free Geek

PROCESS PROCEDURES 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: Provides the guidelines for evaluators on the minimum hardware specification 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 As-Is Checklist: Laptops that teeter between "too slow to Build" and "too fast to Recycle" are given a last chance to fly away.
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.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THE LAPTOP PROGRAM:

Laptop Recycling
Laptop Testing
Laptop Drive Imaging - A workstation dedicated to loading 2.5" hard drives is available in the Laptop Build area. Drives which have been successfully erased are loaded with a fresh operating system, up to four 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

Class Calendar (Improve your skills!)

Verify Instructor on Skedjulnator

Normal hours of operation 10AM - 2PM and 2PM - 6PM

DAY TIME LAPTOP MANUFACTURER INSTRUCTOR
Tuesday AM Gateway Team Jen H
Tuesday PM Dell Team and Others Team E-Beth S
Wednesday AM HP/Compaq Team Sean E
Wednesday PM Sony Team Jen H
Thursday AM Dell Team E-Beth S
Thursday PM IBM Thinkpad Team Jen H
Friday AM HP/Compaq Team Sean E
Friday PM Toshiba Team E-Beth S
Saturday AM No Laptop Class Scheduled
Saturday PM No Laptop Class Scheduled

Info

Here's some supplemental information to help us accomplish our tasks.

Links