Laptop Hardware ID
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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 1 & 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 on motherboard: Give volunteers some HDDs with different interfaces and laptops (or just bare motherboards) to be match. Include different kinds of adapters to be found.
- PCI/PCI-e
Componets (Stage 3 ?)
- RAM sorting
- PCI Cards: Wifi vs Modem
- PCMCIA (PC Card)