Hardware Grants What We Can Give Out List

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Item Can We Give It Out Waitlist Location Notes People
Systems
Freekboxen Yes No Ready to Go System Shelf
FG-PDXs Yes. No. Ready to Go FG-PDX System Shelf. Can only go out to schools and organizations within the Portland city limits.
High Ends No. No.
Servers Yes. No. Store or directly from Server Build. Server triage form needs to be completed. Check the store to see if they have anything that would fit the bill. If not, submit the specs to Vagrant. Vagrant will let us know what we can/cannot do.
Laptops (PCs) Yes Yes-Laptop Land Laptop closet An organization can receive up 3 laptops every three months.
G4 (iLamps) Yes. Yes-Macland. Macland
G5 Probably not. Yes-Macland. Check with Sergio.
Laptop (Macs) Yes. Yes-Macland. Check with Sergio for available specs.
Monitors
CRT Monitors Yes Yes-Warehouse Tested CRT Monitor Shelves in Warehouse An organization can receive up 3 CRT monitors every three months.
LCD Monitors Yes Yes-LCD Testing Hardware Grants Shelf in Warehouse An organization can receive up 3 LCD monitors every three months.
Printers, Scanners, Etc.
Printers and Multi-function Printers Yes Yes-Printerland Various shelves around the building. The Hardware Grants Instructor allocates them and brings them to the Hardware Grants shelf.
Scanners Occasionally. Yes-Printerland Various shelves around the building. The Hardware Grants Instructor allocates them and brings them to the Hardware Grants shelf. Printerland doesn't test a lot of scanners, so there may be a wait.
FAX Machine As is. Yes-Printerland. Various shelves around the building. The Hardware Grants Instructor allocates them and brings them to the Hardware Grants shelf. Printerland no longer tests FAX Machines, so it may be better to ask for a multi-function printer w/ FAX.
Hard Drives
IDE Hard Drives Yes. No. Store or TARDIS.
SATA Drives No. No.
External Hard Drives Yes. No. Store or A/T. If the store doesn't have what you need, utilize the special requests board in A/T and e-mail the A/T list (advancedtesting@lists.freegeek.org).
RAM
SDRAM Yes. No.
DDR 1 Yes. Under 512 mbs. No. Store or TARDIS.
DDR 2 No. No.
Server RAM Maybe. No. Ask Vagrant.
CARDS
Video Cards Yes. AGP (PCI?) No. A/T or the Store.
Sound Cards ? No. A/T or the Store.
Wireless Cards No. No.
Network Cards ? No.
Network Devices Maybe. Depends on what we have available. No. A/T or the Store. If the store doesn't have what you need, utilize the special requests board in A/T and e-mail the A/T list (advancedtesting@lists.freegeek.org).
Keyboards and Mice
PS2 Keyboards and Mice Yes No Warehouse (Hardware Grants Storage Area)
USB Keyboards and Mice Maybe No Store or Testing Area in Receiving If granting a system, give recipients PS2s if the system can use them. If it's an independent grant, find out if they really need USBs or if PS2s would suffice.
Speakers and Headphones
Powered Speakers No No These are saved for adoption.
Speakers that only connect to a computer If available No Receiving Check the box in receiving to see if any are available. Utilize the special requests board and e-mail receiving list (receiving@freegeek.org).
Home Entertainment Speakers ? ?
Computer Headphones Yes No Store
Cameras
Digital Cameras Yes No There is a stash of cameras for hardware grants in the wooden hardware grants drawer in the monkey house. Put the name of the grant on one when allocating it and make sure that no one else has already allocated it. Ask Tom who tests them for more when the stash runs out.
Web Cams Yes (untested) No Store If you can't some in the store, ask Tom who tests them.