Hardware Testing Instructor Responsibilities
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Advanced Testing Tasks
- Hard Drive Testing
- External Hard Drive Enclosure Testing
- Optical Drive Testing
- External Optical Drive Testing
- RAM Testing
- Motherboard Testing
- Processors
- Video Card Testing
- Network Testing
- Wireless Keyboard & Mice
- Cell Phones
- Bluetooth Headset Testing
- Wireless Cards - PCI and laptop PC Bus
Volunteer Inventory
- Don't forget to say hello to everyone and introduce yourself to new folks.
- Which volunteers are present during your shift? What are their strengths and weaknesses? Do they want to learn something new?
- Appropriately engage each volunteer in an appropriate task, trying to get all tasks covered.
- Thank volunteers for their work as they leave.
Hard Drive Testing
- Pull and label all tested hard drives. Recycle the failed ones.
- Stock all the machines.
- Repair failed machines as necessary.
- REPORT PROBLEMS WITH MACHINES WHEN THEY HAPPEN (either to those with the know-how to fix 'em or on the AT mailing list)
Sort Incoming Network Stuff
- Match up wall warts with incoming network gizmos.
- Sort incoming wall warts.
- If a particular sorted wall wart container is overflowing, cull the off-brand wall warts (use your judgment).
Task Status
- Is a particular, overflowing task not being covered by a volunteer?
Hard Drive Testing is SUPER IMPORTANT. Your goal is to keep TARDIS as free of unwiped hard drives as you can.