Meeting Notes

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Category:Laptop_Eval

10/29/11 :

• Look for documentation on how to find a hard drive. Big goal is to remove the HD and scrub the data.
• Locate archetypes of Laptops, and determine kinds of disassembly that each one requires (HD, screen, RAM, keyboard etc.)
• HD Complexity (higher=harder). Need to find a way to bring that across to the builders (have them pre-sort). Diagrams could also work.

1. Screw covers on bottom
2. Side loaded HD's
3. Under keyboard
4. Chasis split.

• Use MacLands labeling for tools. (toolkits, etc).
• Locate different websites for disassembly for laptops. Provide examples and links to begin our resource list. Please list them Existing Laptop Documentation.
• Develop curriculum for Laptop Hardware ID.
• Determine transition from Laptop Eval to Laptop Build (i.e. finding drivers, troubleshooting, etc).

1. Require a Command line Class?
2. Require some other kind of class.
3. Require students to do QA.
   1. Provides a higher level overview and basic understanding.
4. Throw them example boxes, i.e. unplug something, or break a driver.
   1. Make it an intro to the troubleshooting.

• Determine a Triage process to sort machines.

1. Determine Laptop Ratings for Red, Yellow, Green etc.
   1. Store Boxes
      1. Low - P4's, Athelon 64, Celeron M, Celeron, Sempron. 512MB RAM. 30-80gb HDD.
      2. Mid - Turion 64, Pentium M, Core Solo. 1GB RAM. 60-80gb HDD
      3. High - Dual Core or better. 2+GB RAM. 80+gb HDD.
      4. As-Is - Pentium 3, or Crappy. <512GB RAM. No HDD.

• How to find specs?

1. Find specs using MemTest.

• How do we recruit people into this new program?

1. Schedule them into specific Saturday slots.
2. Use fliers and emails.
3. Reach out to tech colleges (use existing networks and contacts).

• Begin the program using the large supple of Vesta HP laptops (6200, 6000, 4200, 4400 etc).