Revision as of 23:54, 25 January 2005

A place to put info on LAPTOP REPAIRS at Free Geek

Laptop Class 1/14/2005

== NEXT CLASS Feb 4 2005 ==

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

Tools:

Hardware

grounding strap
magnifying glass
set of tiny double headed screwdrivers (weiss sets include torx)
dental pick
penlight or small flashlight
x-acto knife set
security torx bits - aka tamper proof
chip puller
tiny tweezers
power splitter
tiny zipties
ps/2 "Y" - for keyboard + mouse to 1 port on laptop
jewler's saw
caliper
3 1/2 inch -> 2 1/2 inch hard-drive adapter
voltmeter (digital)
fine emery boards
alcohol pads
q-tips & alcohol

Software

Software Tools

Download Knoppix

http://www.knoppix.net/get.php

Laptop-HOWTO

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/laptops.html

Download MEPIS Linux MEPIS.org

http://www.mepis.org/book/view/1462

Phoo's laptop floppies

http://www.lostboxen.net/laptopfloppies

TOOLS SOURCES:

Winks Hardware - 200 SE Stark
Frys - Wilsonville
Wheeler Dealer - 144th & SE Stark
Andy & Bax - 324 SE Grand
Wacky Willys Surplus - 2374 NW Vaughn (is moving sometime in February)
Norvac Electronics - 7940 SW Nimbus, Beaverton, www.norvac.net
United Radio Supply - NE 9th & Davis
Mouser Electronics - mail order, www.mouser.com
The Toolshed - SE 88nd and Powell, mostly for used non-small stuff, but sometimes for small stuff.
Random estate and gargage sales

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

The Process

Evaluation:

note Printed material on laptop. MfG, MODEL, Serial
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

System Disassembly

Anatomy of a Laptop Computer

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/laptop2.htm

http://www.myplc.com/sony/laptop_disassembly_and_processor.htm

http://tuxmobil.org/disassembly_laptop.html

http://www.beatthehell.net/pictures/laptops

Sony Vaio GR Series Laptop Disassembly

http://www.automatedsolution.com/vaio/disassembly.htm

Toshiba Satellite 2545 Disassembly and Power switch repair

http://homepages.wwc.edu/staff/stirra/misc/t2545fix/

http://qasimtoep.tripod.com/dell/dell.html

-WereSHARK- 's eMachines M6805 project

http://www.wereshark.com/m6805/

Solo 9300 Assembly/Disassembly Instructions

http://www.leecomputers.com/9300disassembly.htm

compaq Maintenance & Service Guide

Presario 1600 Series Models: 1650 and 1655 http://h18000.www1.hp.com/athome/support/msgs/1650/removal.html

Memory

Power & Batteries

General battery FAQ (large):

http://www.buchmann.ca/faq.asp

question from table author: is this useful here? takes up a lot of space, and tables are tricky to edit

Compaq Battery Chart

Mfg	Family	Model	Battery Model	Part#	Type	Volts	Output Amp Hr	Charge Current	Notes
Compaq
Compaq	Armada	7700 7800	Series 2891	220324-101 314939-001	Li Ion	14.4	2.7Ah
Compaq	LTE 5200 LTE 5300	Model 2880X	Series 2881	213511-001 213564-002	Li Ion	12	3.0
Compaq

Dell Battery Chart

Mfg	Family	Model	Battery Model	Part#	Type	Volts	Output Amp Hr	Charge Current	Notes
Dell
Dell	Inspiron	7500	BAT-30IL		LiI	14.8	5100 mAh	2.5A
Dell	Inspiron	8000	BAT-75UYF		LiI	14.8	3800mA	3.5A
Dell