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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. 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! 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 Laptop Tools - if you don't want to use ours, label yours. There are some Tool Sources around town.

Info Here's the howtos and information we need to accomplish our tasks. Laptop FAQ Entering BIOS Software Tools Troubleshooting Laptop System Disassembly Laptop Hard Drive Removal Laptop Service Manuals Laptop Memory Laptop Power&Batteries Laptop Sound 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