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<center>'''LAPTOP REPAIR PROGRAM''' at Free Geek</center>
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==Program==
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Laptops is a post-Build program available to most people who have completed Build. You will need an instructor to sign off and move you into post-Build. It is much more hands on that Build, as you will need to replace many more components than you would in a regular desktop build. As apposed to a typical build shift, often in Laptops we have you take the system from evaluation straight through the build process.
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It would be helpful to take both our Command Line 1 and Command Line 2 class, as we do much more in command line than Build. You will need to be comfortable working with small parts; cables, wires and screws are all much smaller in laptops than they are in a standard desktop.
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Laptops is also a good starting place if you then want to move onto [http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/MacBuild Macbuild].
  
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==Build Process==
=The Program=
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* [http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Laptop_Build_Abbreviated_Checklist Abbreviated Build Checklist]: A good place to start just to look over and see what a typical laptop build contains.
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* [http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Laptop_Recycling Laptop Recycling]
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* [http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/As-Is_Checklist As-Is Checklist]
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* [http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Laptop_Evaluation_Checklist Evaluation Checklist]
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* [http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Laptop_Build_Checklist Build Checklist]
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* [http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Laptop_QC_Checklist QC Checklist]
  
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==Additional Links==
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* [http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Category:Laptops Laptops Category Page]: Links to all of the wiki pages for Laptops, along with templates and PDFs of the current build checklists.
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* [http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Dead_trees#Laptops Laptops in Dead Trees]: Stickers, labels, etc
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* [http://bios-pw.com/ BIOS Password Generator]: Helpful for Dell's with a BIOS password
  
==Steps==
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==Spanish Translations==
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.
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Spanish Build is currently Wednesday afternoons.  
  
Primarily for data security reasons, but also for educational purposes, an instructor must be present to work on laptops.
 
 
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]] - some info for Eval on the specs and what needs to be removed or included in each spec as systems move through Eval.
 
# [[Laptop QC Checklist]] - double-check the builder's work, time the battery life, keep things clean and standardized.
 
# [[Laptop Build Checklist]] - Now that you're familiar with things, get your hands dirty with questionably functional laptops.
 
 
==Recycling==
 
 
Recycling instructions have changed! [[User:Koopa|Ian]] 22:24, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 
 
These are the recycle instructions we use in Eval before we take a system to the recycle area: [[Laptop Recycle]].
 
 
We now have two categories of reycled system and instructions to go with each. Those instructions are on the Eval flow chart (above) and in the Recycle area in Laptops.
 
 
As per the [[Laptop Recycle]] flowchart there are some things that are worth pulling out of Oreon E-Cycles machines to make them normal Free Geek recyclers and they are here: [[Mining Parts from Oregon E-Cycles Machines]].
 
 
Supervisors keep track of the number or recyeld FG-PDX systems and enter them into FGDB.
 
 
==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 AM: [[Gateway Team]]
 
::Tuesday PM: [[Dell Team]] and [[Others Team]]
 
:Wednesday AM: [[HP/Compaq Team]]
 
::Wednesday PM: [[Sony Team]]
 
:Thursday AM: [[Dell Team]]
 
::Thursday PM: IBM [[Thinkpad]] Team
 
:Friday AM: [[Dell Team]]
 
::Friday PM: [[Toshiba Team]]
 
:Saturday AM: [[Toshiba Team]] and [[HP/Compaq Team]]
 
::Saturday PM: No Class Yet
 
 
==What to Bring==
 
* If you don't want to use ours, label yours.  There are some [[Tool Sources]] around town.
 
 
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=Info=
 
Here's the howtos and information we need to accomplish our tasks.
 
* [[Laptop FAQ]]
 
* [[Entering BIOS#Laptop|Entering BIOS]]
 
* [[Troubleshooting]]
 
* [[Laptop Service Manuals]]
 
* [[Laptop Memory]]
 
* [[Laptop Power&Batteries]]
 
* [[Graphics]]
 
* [[Installing DamnSmallLinux]]
 
* [[Wireless Tips]]
 
 
=Links=
 
These are mostly pages full of links to other places:
 
* [[Laptop Links]]
 
* [[Laptop Service Manuals]]
 
* [[OS X86 Links]]
 
 
Battery charts
 
* [[Compaq Battery Chart]]
 
* [[Dell Battery Chart]]
 
 
OS 
 
* [[Ubuntu_links]]
 
 
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Program

Laptops is a post-Build program available to most people who have completed Build. You will need an instructor to sign off and move you into post-Build. It is much more hands on that Build, as you will need to replace many more components than you would in a regular desktop build. As apposed to a typical build shift, often in Laptops we have you take the system from evaluation straight through the build process. It would be helpful to take both our Command Line 1 and Command Line 2 class, as we do much more in command line than Build. You will need to be comfortable working with small parts; cables, wires and screws are all much smaller in laptops than they are in a standard desktop. Laptops is also a good starting place if you then want to move onto Macbuild.

Build Process

Additional Links

Spanish Translations

Spanish Build is currently Wednesday afternoons.