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Revision as of 23:10, 8 March 2013
Creating the Intel Desktop and Laptop Build Checklist here. When completed it will have its own page and this current page will be the PPC Build Instructions
Getting Started
Visual inspections
- What kind of computer are you working on? Is it a tower, laptop, all-in-one? Does it have an Intel or PPC processor? What's the model number printed on the bottom (if you can read it, mark it on your triage checklist)?
- Check for damage
If the case is dirty, clean it off with a rag. If the (laptop) battery looks beaten up or warped, change it with a good one.
Set Up Your Computer
SEE MACBUILD SPECS TO DETERMINE WHAT KINDS OF HARDWARE YOU SHOULD BE INSTALLING IN THE COMPUTER YOU ARE REBUILDING
Towers:
- Replace RAM with tested memory (if we have the appropriate tested RAM)
- If the computer has an Intel processor, install a hard drive with a Xubuntu image installed
- If the computer has a PPC processor, install a blank hard drive
Laptops:
- Find the appropriate power supply for your laptop. Check the bottom of the laptop for power requirements. Ask your instructor if you can't find this.
- Laptop RAM is never tested before being installed, so you can leave the RAM the computer came with for the moment
- For MacBooks -- replace the HDD with an imaged one
- For iBooks, MacBook Pros and other hard-to-work-on laptops, leave the HDD where it is and you'll follow directions to wipe it later
- Attach keyboard/mouse, monitor, network cable, and power cord (as necessary)
iMacs:
- INTEL: HDDs are difficult to install, so you'll wipe the drive and install an operating system following the directions in this packet later. RAM is easy to install, but it's laptop-sized memory, which we only test in systems, so it's okay to leave the pre-installed RAM where you'll test it later.
- PPC: HDDs are difficult to install, so you'll wipe the drive following the directions in this packet later. Depending on the model, RAM is easy to install. Check the model number on iFixit.com to see which one you have. Ask your instructor for clarification.
OS X Triage
Booting into OS X
There are a couple of ways to boot into OSX 10. Apple computers tend to boot to external hard drives more reliably, but the hard drives themselves are not as reliable as the network. As of writing this, Photobooth is not available on network boots, so if you are working on a computer with a built-in camera, you should boot to an external drive to test the camera.
From Network:
- Connect ethernet cable from the wall to the system
- Hold down the N key on the keyboard while the system starts up to enter the network boot screen.
From External HDD:
- Connect the OS X 10.5 Firewire HDD to the system
- Connect the Firewire HDD to a power source
- Make sure the Firewire HDD is turned on (there's a power switch on the back of the drive)
- Hold the Option key on the keyboard while system starts up to enter the Startup Manager
- Select the Firewire drive (OS X Testing HDD) from the Startup Manager to boot into OS X
- If a warning box appears while you are logging in, just click "ignore"
Confirm hardware
- Click on the System Profiler icon in the dock.
- Check the ATA and Memory sections of System Profiler to confirm that it matches what you've added to the system so far
- If you did not install RAM or a HDD earlier, check the amount of memory now and compare with the MacBuild Spec Sheet. You can adjust RAM by shutting the computer down and removing or adding RAM at this point. Remember that you will probably still need to test the RAM
- If it fails to see the HDD or reports the amount of memory incorrectly, the system may have a bad logic board and end up getting recycled. Ask an instructor for troubleshooting assistance
- Check the Disc Burning section of System Profiler to see what the optical drive in the system can do
- Fill out the system specs on the Keeper label if they are not already filled out
Test CD writing
If you determined that the optical drive in the system can write CD-RWs, do the following:
- Erase a rewritable CD disk
- Insert a CD-RW disk
- Open up Disk Utility (Click on the Disk Utility icon in the dock)
- Click on the optical drive on the left sidebar of the Disk Utility window
- Click on the Erase tab that comes up on the right side of the window
- Confirm that it will perform a quick erase, and click on the Erase button
- When the erasing is complete you'll get a dialog box. Choose Open Finder from the drop down menu and click OK. This will mount the disk on the desktop.
- Write to a blank rewritable disk
- Select the burnme.cdr file in the left panel of Disk Utility and click the Burn button at the top of Disk Utility.
- The disk should automatically eject when finished. If the disk icon still appears on the desktop, drag it into the trash.
Check if WiFi works
- Click on the AirPort icon near the upper-right corner of the screen
- Check to see if the Freegeek wireless network shows up on the list
Disconnect the wired network, select Freegeek from the list, open up a browser, and navigate to any web page. If you see the Free Geek click-through page, it works.
Stress test the CPU
- Click on the cpu test icon in the dock
- choose primenet as the test type and start test
- This should take 3-10 minutes
- If this or any other test fails, mark the printme sheet with the test results and sell the computer as-is, or recycle it - ask your instructor
Stress test the GPU
- Set up the screen saver for the GPU test.
- Under the Apple menu select System Preferences > Desktops and Screen Saver
- Scroll down to the bottom and select GPULife
- Select Options, unclick limit framerate and click show framerate
- Set Zoom to 1 and click OK
- Drag your mouse arrow to the very bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
- A black screen should come up with lots of colorful moving dots which are being generated by the GPU.
- Look for any artifacting (obvious glitches, lines, popping lights, cross hatching), this points to GPU failure.
- Check to see that the frames per second number at the bottom left-hand of the screen stays consistent.
- If everything looks good after a minute or so, you can exit the screen by moving your mouse out of the corner.
- If there are any gross artifacts, such as lines on the screen or a plaid screen, consult your instructor. Occasional white pixels are OK.
Test the iSight camera (Laptop and iMac only)
- Double click on the OS X Testing HDD icon and then double click on Applications. Double click on the Photo Booth application to open it. If you can see yourself in the Photo Booth application the camera works.
Check The Battery (laptop only)
- Select the Coconut Battery icon from dock. Note the battery capacity (not the current charge) and remember that we will need to enter this value in the Notes portion of the printme sheet. For example: "according to Coconut Battery the battery has 67% of original capacity".
Test the memory
This test should only be run if you were not able to install all tested memory (anything with Laptop RAM or older iMacs)
- Open "rember" by clicking on the icon in the dock.
- click OK, leave selected default settings, and run the test.
- The test should take 5-30 minutes depending on the amount of RAM and the speed of the processor. With large amounts of RAM (over 1.0 GB) it may take up to an hour.
- If any memory fails the test, replace it with good tested memory
Bless the Hard Drive
- Open a terminal and type
sudo bless --device /dev/disk0s1 --setBoot --legacy
- You will be prompted for your password, enter "freegeek". It will look like nothing happened, but it worked!
Xubuntu 12.04LTS Time!
(this is more of an outline at this point, more details to come. Go To MacBuild_Xubuntu_QC_Checklist for more instructions.)
Test the Keyboard (laptop only)
First insert an iPXE disk into optical drive and turn the computer on, holding the Option key. Select the Windows disk from boot options
- These testing steps determine if the laptop keyboard, trackpad, and mouse buttons are functioning properly.
☐ Boot to the network menu. Refer to the Laptop Evaluation guide if you need help with this step.
☐ Select Laptop Build → Keyboard and Mouse Testing from the Network Menu list.
☐ Test the Keyboard:
- Select Settings and switch the keyboard layout to Laptop Keyboard Layout. Hit OK.
- Press each key to test. You should see the color of the key on the screen start out red, change to yellow when pressed, then change to green and stay there when released. If a key does not change color (or remains yellow even when released), make a note and finish testing the other keys.
- For some laptop keys, you may need to use the Function (Fn) key in combination with another key, i.e. Fn + Num Lk for Scrl Lk.
☐ Test the trackpad, mouse buttons and pointing stick:
- Switch to Mouse to test the trackpad functions.
- Follow the instructions on the screen to test the trackpad and mouse buttons.
- Scrolling functions may not be available, as drivers run by the operating system are needed.
- If you have multiple mouse buttons on the keyboard/trackpad, hit Reset to test the second set.
- Be sure to test the keyboard pointing stick, if there is one. It will look like a big colored dot in the middle of the keyboard.
☐ Hit Quit to exit the program once testing is finished, and restart. If you have to swap in a new keyboard or button, make sure to repeat the above steps.
What to do if something doesn't work
- If any keys are non-functional, consult with your instructor. They may have you clean the keyboard, replace some keys, or replace the whole keyboard.
- If the trackpad or mouse buttons are finicky or non-functional, consult with your instructor.
Are you working with a MacBook or MacPro?
- If so you hopefully have already installed an imaged drive with Xubuntu on it. If not you could install an imaged drive now or else you could wipe the hard drive, install Xubuntu and Freegeek customizations using the instructions below.
Are you working on an iMac?
- If so you probably did NOT install an imaged hard drive with Xubuntu on it. Follow the instructions below to wipe the hard drive, install Xubuntu and Freegeek customizations.
Set Up Hard Drive
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Instructions for un-wiped hard drives Wipe Hard Drive
This process, sometimes called Badblocks may take up to 8 hours, depending on the size of the hard drive. If it is near the beginning or middle of the shift, check in with your instructor at this point to work on other projects Find more hard drive wiping instructions at Hard_drive_wiping_checklist Install Xubuntu
Install Freegeek customization
freegeek repository to the list of repositories.
If asked about installing the packages without verification, respond yes
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For all computers
Run updates
- If you have installed an imaged hard drive you only need to run the updates.
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get upgrade
PROCEED TO:
Hardware Testing in Xubuntu
BEFORE YOU POWER ON
Do you see more than one video, sound, or network ports?
- Later, when you're testing audio, headphone jacks and standard sound ports should be tested.
- Orange/Black/Gray sound ports are surround sound and do not need to be tested.
- Any damaged ports will need to be covered with electrical tape or port covers. If you see two identical uncovered ports, one integrated and one on a card, ask your instructor how to proceed.
Are there Asset tags (identifying the last owner)? Or branded hardware tags on the faceplate (identifying original components such as RAM, HDD, Optical Drive etc)?
- If there is, take them off. DO NOT remove FG-PDX, "uncovered electronic device" or Processor/graphics tags.
Is the system exterior clean?
- If not, use cleaner and rag to clean. The vacuum cleaner will help remove dust clogged in case fans. Hand sanitizer, Goo Gone and/or isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol can help loosen any stickers; ask your instructor where to find scraping tools to remove them.
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TESTING
Boot up
- Plug in both a power cable and an ethernet cord and connect a monitor, keyboard and mouse to the computer before turning it on. It should already have a hard drive with a Xubuntu image, so it should automatically boot into an Operating System without further instructions. Be patient, it might take a while.
Login to the system
- username will be Default User
password = freegeek
Update the software
- Click on Menu >> System >> Update Manager. When the Update Manager pops up, click "Check" to find updates, then if any updates appear, click "Install All." It may take some time to download and install packages, so feel free to continue on with other steps while this runs in the background.
Activate hardware drivers
- Click on Menu >> Settings >> Additional Drivers
- Click on "Activate" button on bottom of window.
- If your computer goes to a black screen with white text and freezes (Most often with early Intel iMacs), go to Wireless Troubleshooting Guide and scroll down to "Broadcom Wireless" and follow the directions to install special drivers
Find the terminal icon on the launcher panel at the bottom of the screen
- Navigate to the bottom of the screen with your mouse. A launcher panel will appear, with the terminal icon >_, click it to open a terminal window.
Stress test the system for a few minutes
- navigate to your terminal and run "stress-test". Wait a few minutes while it runs, and look for error messages. If you want to know more about what it's doing, open up another terminal and run "man stress". This may take some time; feel free to continue on to the next step while you wait.
Run "basiccheck"
- Click on the terminal icon to open it. Type "basiccheck", then press enter to begin the program. There are basiccheck checklists hanging on the supply shelves which will help with verifying whether each test passes or not. Feel free to ask your peers and the instructor what parts of basiccheck mean so that you understand what each test is checking. When you're finished, close the terminal.
Test USB
- Plug in a USB mouse, see that the cursor moves and can interact with things.
- Repeat with all USB ports, including ports on the front of the system, if any.
Check date and time
- Displayed in the right corner of your top panel. If incorrect:
- Make sure network cable is plugged in.
- Navigate to Menu>>>Settings>>>Settings Manager
- Open the Calender, set Time Zone to America/Los Angeles
Play an audio CD
- Do you hear what you expect? Is it loud enough to be heard easily? Repeat for each optical drive. Also repeat for any additional sound ports. If any sound ports (typically colored green, sometimes blue) don't play audio, cover them up with port covers or electrical tape. If you have functional onboard sound, and a sound card, the card will need to be removed and replaced with a slot cover.
- If you have surround sound ports (usually orange and gray) ignore them; we do not have the means to test this function.
Read data CD
- If your file browser (listed under Places in the top panel) sees files on the drive, it can read data files. Repeat for each optical drive.
If you have a DVD Drive, Read DVD
- If your file browser sees the file, the DVD-ROM can read files. If you are prompted to search for a suitable plugin or codec, please do not do this! The test still passes. Repeat for each DVD-ROM drive.
If you have an Optical Drive with CD-RW function, Test CD Writing
- Insert a CD-RW disc into the drive and open XFburn (under Menu >> Multimedia >> XFBurn.) Select New Data Composition, then navigate to File System >>> USR >>> Share >>> Sounds and click Add. A new window will pop-up with a few options. If available, select Use burnfree and Burn the image directly without saving it to disc and click Burn. When the disc is done, verify that it contains the file by re-inserting the disc and seeing what pops up on the desktop.
- Blank the disc using XFBurn by selecting Black CD-RW from the icons. If available, uncheck the "Fast Blank" option. If blanking does not work, the drive may still be completely functional! Ask your instructor about software bug workarounds.
If you have an Optical Drive with DVD-RW function, Test DVD Writing
- Insert a DVD-RW disc into the drive and in the XFBurn file browser follow the same steps as above to burn a data project. When the disc is done, verify that it contains the file by re-inserting the disc and seeing what pops up on the desktop.
- Blank the disc using XFBurn by selecting Blank DVD-FW from the icons. If available, uncheck "Fast Blank." Again, blanking errors may not indicate a bad drive. Ask your instructor for more information.
Remove all CDs and DVDs from the drive(s)
If the computer you're working on has an iSight Camera installed (Intel iMacs, MacBooks, MacBook Pros, & MacBook Airs)
- Install the program "Cheese"
- In the terminal: Open a terminal window and, when prompted, type "sudo apt-get install cheese" and press enter. You will be asked if you want to add a program, type "Y" and press enter again. The program will install and when it's done you should restart the computer
- Through the GUI: Navigate through Menu >> Ubuntu Software Center. Enter "cheese" into the search bar and press enter. Highlight the Cheese icon and click "Install". You will be prompted for a password; type "freegeek" and press enter. The program will install and when it has finished, you will be prompted to restart.
- When the computer has restarted, go to Menu >> Multimedia >> Cheese. If the iSight Camera works, you should see yourself in the window that opens up. If not, the camera may not be properly installed or you may need to do some research to find extra drivers.
Reboot the system
- Open a terminal and type sudo reboot. Wait while it reboots, and ensure that the system powers on and offers a login screen without user intervention (e.g. requiring you to "press F1 to boot.")
- If it doesn't boot smoothly, try "blessing" the disk. To do this, you need to boot into an OSX session by either connecting a network cable or an external HDD. With either of these options, once you are in the Apple operating system, open a terminal window and type sudo bless --device /dev/disk0s1 --setBoot --legacy, press enter. You will be prompted for a password, enter "freegeek" (it won't show up, but it worked, I promise), and wait a moment. It won't look like anything has happened, but it actually reduces the boot-time to get into the Xubuntu OS. Restart the computer and see what I mean.
Run "printme" from terminal
- From a Xubuntu terminal, type "printme," this will generate a questionnaire in Command Line.
- Refer to your written notes for the RAM type and speed, the BIOS key and Boot Menu key, if applicable.
- When it asks what is notable about this system, enter:
Intel w/ Ubuntu installed Processor type and speed Memory size and speed Wireless card info Battery test results for laptops Press enter to create a web document.
Copy system ID (IMPORTANT!)
- Copy the system ID from the printme onto a blank sticker and put it on back of computer, ideally in a location that isn't covering any fans, other ventilation, or removable case parts such as slot covers.
Add Free Geek Sticker
- Affix on the front of the system, in a sensible location! (Usually adjacent to or above/below the Processor tag)
Check in with Build Instructor
- The Build Instructor will check the printme and edit it to sign it off.
- Your instructor may ask you to replace certain components, which will require re-running the "printme" form. Some changes may also need to be made in the web browser. If your instructor gives the "thumbs-up," proceed to the next step.
Save Printme to the Desktop
- After your Build Instructor has inspected the system, click "Print" in the browser that opens. Choose "Print to file." Save the file to the Desktop and name it "QC Printme", then click "Print" to save. Click on the QC Printme icon on the Desktop to open it up.
Enable network printers:
- Go to Menu >> System >> Printing
- Select Server >> Settings and check the box marked Show Printers Shared by Other Systems and click OK.
- Wait for a few moments and click the refresh icon. A selection of printers should appear.
Print a hard copy of Printme
- Close the "Printing - localhost" window that opens and select the "build" printer from the Print menu once it appears. Click Print and retrieve the sheet from the printer in the back (SW) corner of the room.
- Have your Build Instructor sign off on the printed sheet. Then fold it in half (lengthwise) and tape it to the top of the system (the side of the page with the instructor's initials facing up.)
Shut down and shelve the system
- Open a terminal and type "sudo halt -p" then press enter. When the system has shut down, unplug all cables, double-check that the case is secured properly, and ask a build instructor where to put the system once shutdown is complete.
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