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In addition, there are some tasks that can be done throughout your time in laptops:
 
In addition, there are some tasks that can be done throughout your time in laptops:
* hard drive testing  
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* Hard drive testing  
 
* OS installation - A workstation dedicated to loading 2.5" hard drives is available in the laptop classroom area.  Drives which have been successfully erased are loaded, one at a time, on that station.  
 
* OS installation - A workstation dedicated to loading 2.5" hard drives is available in the laptop classroom area.  Drives which have been successfully erased are loaded, one at a time, on that station.  
 
* RAM sorting
 
* RAM sorting
* shelf organizing
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* Shelf organizing
* prep for recycling, by disassembling failed laptops into recyclable components.
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* Prep for recycling, by disassembling failed laptops into recyclable components.
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* CBM box: For recycling AC adapters minus their cables, and optical drives.
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* Recycled cables (minus AC adapters) have their own boxes.  
  
 
==Classes==
 
==Classes==

Revision as of 14:14, 13 January 2009

LAPTOP REPAIR PROGRAM at Free Geek

The Program

Steps

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.

An instructor must be present to work on laptops, as laptops are kept on a rolling 'bread rack'-style cart which is wheeled back into the Laptop Holding Tank when an instructor's workshop class session ends.

From here, we have some familiar steps:

  1. Laptop Evaluation1 - determine if the incoming pizza boxes are full of tasty, fresh goodness or dried and rotting crap.
  2. Laptop QC Checklist - double-check the builder's work, time the battery life, keep things clean and standardized.
  3. Laptop Build Checklist - Now that you're familiar with things, get your hands dirty with questionably functional laptops.

Recycling

To prepare a laptop for the recycle box, make sure:

  1. The hard drive is removed and stored above the rolling rack.
  2. The RAM is removed and stored about the rolling rack.
  3. The battery is removed and put in a crate in the recycling area.
  4. The rest of the machine (without power supply) is in a recycling mail bin.

Please count the number of recycled laptops that you take to the warehouse and mark that number on the sheet on the whiteboard.

Other tasks

In addition, there are some tasks that can be done throughout your time in laptops:

  • Hard drive testing
  • OS installation - A workstation dedicated to loading 2.5" hard drives is available in the laptop classroom area. Drives which have been successfully erased are loaded, one at a time, on that station.
  • RAM sorting
  • Shelf organizing
  • Prep for recycling, by disassembling failed laptops into recyclable components.
  • CBM box: For recycling AC adapters minus their cables, and optical drives.
  • Recycled cables (minus AC adapters) have their own boxes.

Classes

Tuesday 11:00-3:00: Gateway Team
Thursday 11:00-3:00: Dell Team
Thursday 3:30-7:00: IBM Thinkpad Team

What to Bring

ToDo:

  • syllabus, repair howto(s) & triage charts, website to FG's store, wiki

Info

Here's the howtos and information we need to accomplish our tasks.

Links

These are mostly pages full of links to other places:

Battery charts

OS