Laptop Eval

To Do :

Meeting on 10/29/11

• Look for documentation on how to find a hard drive. Big goal is to remove the HD and scrub the data.
• Locate archetypes of Laptops, and determine kinds of disassembly that each one requires (HD, screen, RAM, keyboard etc.)
• HD Complexity (higher=harder). Need to find a way to bring that across to the builders (have them pre-sort). Diagrams could also work.

1. Screw covers on bottom
2. Side loaded HD's
3. Under keyboard
4. Chasis split.

Solutions :

• Take step by step photos of each laptop disassembly and keep them on file. As a new laptop comes in compare to database of steps, if it's not in there a builder has to make one. We could sort them by the above archetypes.

1. Need time to get it done.
2. Spend time and we all take a different model and disassemble them step by step. begin with the "easiest" kind.
3. Use egg cartons that hold the screws from step 1, 2, 3 etc to held with re-assembly.

• Generalized ideas of what to look for (i.e. the archetypes above), instead of using specific models.

Training :

• Prebuilds documentation is very easy to find.
• Need to find a balance between easily followable documentation, but easily referenced as well (i.e. on the wall in front of them).

1. Binders are possible, but are bulky due to large number of models.
2. Wiki is good, but requires another computer to run on it.
3. Use a printout hung under the lights in laptops to make a "wall".

Challenges :

Hardest part for beginners is how to disassemble old laptops with breaking them.