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A place to put info on LAPTOP REPAIRS at Free Geek

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 80 hours doing Freegeek laptop repair ONLY
    • students are committing to teach future laptop classes

Tools:

Hardware

  • 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

Software

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

  • Phoo's laptop floppies

http://www.lostboxen.net/laptopfloppies

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
  • Norvac Electronics - Progress
  • United Radio Supply - NE 9th & Davis

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

The Process

Evaluation:

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

System Disassembly

Anatomy of a Laptop Computer
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/laptop2.htm

Memory

Power & Batteries

General battery FAQ (large):

http://www.buchmann.ca/faq.asp

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 Inspiron 8000 BAT-75UYF LiI 14.8 3800mA 3.5A


Sound

Graphics

Networks & Modems

Keyboards & Mice

Docks & Port Replicators

Whats the diff?

Port replicators just extend existing connectors. Docks give new functionality.

CD DVD & External drives

Links

Parts links

Laptop Links

  • Linux on Laptops

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

  • TuxMobil Linux HOWTOs For Mobile Computers

http://www.tuxmobil.org/howtos.html

  • Free laptop schematics

http://www.eserviceinfo.com/equipment_type/Notebooks_43.html

  • IBM Service Manuals

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?doctypeind=8&template=%2Fproductselection%2Flandingpages%2FonlinePublicationsLandingPage.vm