Laptop

A place to put info on LAPTOP REPAIRS at Free Geek

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Laptop Class 1/14/2005

GROUND RULES:

== bringing personal laptops into the laptop repair area = FORBIDDEN == removing parts from the laptop repair area = FORBIDDEN == students are committing to spend ? hours/week doing laptop repair ONLY

students are committing to teach future laptop classes

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TOOLS:

  grounding strap
  magnifying glass
  set of tiny double headed screwdrivers (weiss sets include torx)
  dental pick
  penlight or small flashlight
  x-acto knife set
  security torx bits - aka tamper proof
  chip puller
  tiny tweezers
  power splitter
  tiny zipties
  ps/2 "Y" - for keyboard + mouse to 1 port on laptop
  jewler's saw
  caliper
  3 1/2 inch -> 2 1/2 inch hard-drive adapter
  voltmeter (digital)
  fine emery boards
  alcohol pads
  q-tips & alcohol

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Software Tools

Download Knoppix

  http://www.knoppix.net/get.php

  Laptop-HOWTO
  http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/laptops.html

  Download MEPIS Linux  MEPIS.org
  http://www.mepis.org/book/view/1462

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TOOLS SOURCES:

  winks hardware - 200 se stark
  frys - wilsonville
  wheeler dealer - 144th & se stark
  andy & bax - 324 se grand
  wacky willys surplus - 2374 nw vaughn

ToDo:

  syllabus, repair howto(s) & triage charts, website to FG's store, wiki
  keeper tags showing: clockspeed (pentium is a given?), ram (slots?), 
   co-processor y/n, hd size, card slots
  standardize software load - "somebody start a sub-group" - instructor
  add more tool sources - also sources to AVOID

Evaluation:

1. note Printed material on laptop. MfG, MODEL, Serial
2. Google your laptop
3. Test your laptop
4. Document your laptop
      A. FG Asset tags
      B. Mfg
      C. Model number
      D. Proc speed / Mem size / Drive size
5. Repair your Laptop
6. Burn in your laptop.
7. QA someone Elses laptop. 
8. Finish

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Power & Batteries

question from table author: is this useful here? takes up a lot of space, and tables are tricky to edit

Compaq Battery Chart

Mfg	Family	Model	Battery Model	Part#	Type	Volts	Output Amp Hr	Charge Current	Notes
Compaq
Compaq	Armada	7700 7800	Series 2891	220324-101 314939-001	Li Ion	14.4	2.7Ah
Compaq

Dell Battery Chart

Mfg	Family	Model	Battery Model	Part#	Type	Volts	Output Amp Hr	Charge Current	Notes
Dell
Dell	Inspiron	7500	BAT-30IL		LiI	14.8	5100 mAh	2.5A
Dell

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Laptop Links

Linux on Laptops

http://www.linux-laptop.net/

TuxMobil Linux HOWTOs For Mobile Computers http://www.tuxmobil.org/howtos.html