Laptop
info on LAPTOP REPAIRS at Free Geek
(Original Laptop Class was on 1/14/2005)
Next class Feb 4 2005
Subjects:
- DVM digital Volt Meter
- Salt & Battery
- Bootin Blues
- Q&D drive replacement
- give aways
- KeyBoard cleanups
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 at Freegeek
Laptop_Tools
Tool_Sources
Software_Tools
Troubleshooting
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:
- note Printed material on laptop. MfG, MODEL, Serial
- Use WHATSIT! diskette
- Google your laptop
- Test your laptop
- Document your laptop
- FG Asset tags
- Mfg
- Model number
- Proc speed / Mem size / Drive size
- Repair your Laptop
- Burn in your laptop.
- QA someone Elses laptop.
- Finish
[Troubleshooting by topic - ThinkPad] http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4YRRG6
Laptop System Disassembly
Laptop Service MANUALS
Laptop Memory
Laptop_Power&Batteries
Laptop Sound
Graphics
Laptop Network & Modems Cards
Keyboards & Mice
Support Bulletins Using PS/2 "Y" connector with a Toshiba notebook
Docks & Port Replicators
Whats the diff?
- Port replicators just extend existing connectors
- Docks give new functionality.