User talk:Manseau

STEPS TAKEN FOR THE LAPTOP REBUILD PROGRAM

Primarily for data security reasons, but also for educational purposes, the Laptop Instructor Responsibilities require that he or she must be present to work on laptops. The laptop program requires a great deal of PC hardware experience, so it is expected that all students have gone through the build program before moving into laptops. Additionally, volunteers are required to take the command line class. From here, we have some familiar steps:

Laptop Evaluation: Determine if the incoming pizza boxes are full of tasty, fresh goodness or dried and rotting crap.

Laptop Specs: Guidelines for Evaluators on the specs and what needs to be removed or included as systems move through Evaluation.

Laptop Build Checklist: Get your hands dirty with questionably functional laptops. Side effects of this step may include frustration, yelling, belief in demonic forces at work within laptops, and learning all sorts of exciting new things.

Laptop QC Checklist: Double-check the builder's work, keep things clean and standardized, and prepping laptops for their final destination.

OTHER TASKS

There are additional tasks that can be done throughout your time in laptops:

Laptop Recycling

OS installation - A workstation dedicated to loading 2.5" hard drives is available in the Laptop Build area. Drives which have been successfully erased are loaded, one at a time, at that station.

Sorting Laptop Memory

Shelf organizing

WHAT TO BRING

We have hand tools to accomplish our task, but over time you may find you want to bring your own. No problem! Label them though, so they don't get lost. Here are some Tool Sources around town.

Why is the disk imager not working?

• If the imager can't find the root partition, chances are it is either a bad hard drive (try another drive first) connected improperly, or the little IDE adapter is burned out. They burn out periodically. Check the back of the adapter for burned marks. Ask someone if you are unsure.

How do I fix the 2-inch border screen resolution problem on SONYs?

$ sudo displayconfig-gtk

Once that is open click where it says "plug and play"

A new window will pop up. The left pane should be generic and the right pane should be "LCD Panel 1024x768" then click ok.

Then change the resolution in the remaining windown to 1024x768 and click ok.

You will have to log out and back in for the fix to take effect.

How to fix the 3 part screen in Dell Inspiron 8000 series in Hardy

1. Log in
2. Open a terminal
3. Run sudo displayconfig-gtk
4. Select the correct model for Screen 1 (usually the system manufacturer + native resolution)
5. Set the resolution to the monitor's native resolution