Laptop Hardware ID

Please list ideas for Laptop Eval including steps, things to ID etc.

Curriculum

Introduction

• Examples of different hardware combos
• Start with a spread of assorted laptops
• Paradigm of desktops vs laptops, i.e. the lack of modularity, predictability.
• Different brands, differences between them.
• Overview

External (Stage 1)

• I/O: Keyboard, trackpad, monitor
• Electron flow: battery, power adapter

Exercise: Matching AC adapters to their appropriate laptop. Give volunteers a/they spread of example laptops and and AC adapters to match up, taking into account voltage, amperage, and barrel type.

• Plates (AKA case, access panels)

Inside (Stage 2)

• RAM

==== Exercise: Sorting w/ chart: Give volunteers a pile of unsorted RAM, varying in speed and type, to be sorted using the [RAM Speed & Type Chart]

• Hard Drive
  • Exercise: Insert into appropriate slot motherboard, Apply appropriate adapter(s)
• PCI/PCI-e

Componets (Stage 3 ?)

• RAM sorting
• PCI Cards: Wifi vs Modem
• PCMCIA (PC Card)