Laptop Hardware ID
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Please list ideas for Laptop Eval including steps, things to ID etc.
Curriculum
Introduction
- Examples of different hardware combos
- Start with a spread of assorted laptops
- paradigm of desktops vs laptops, i.e. the lack of modularity, predictability.
- Different brands, differences thereof.
- Overview
External (Stage 1)
- I/O: Keyboard, trackpad, monitor
- Electron flow: battery, power adapter
- Plates (AKA case, access panels)
Inside (Stage 2)
- RAM
- Exercise: Sorting w/ chart, Insert into appropriate slot motherboard
- Hard Drive
- Exercise: Insert into appropriate slot motherboard, Apply appropriate adapter(s)
- PCI/PCI-e
Componets (Stage 3 ?)
- RAM sorting
- Wifi vs Modem
- PCMCIA (PC Card)