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==Laptop Catagories==
 
==Laptop Catagories==
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* Recycler: Any of the following:
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** No USB
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** Doesn't POST, isn't useful for parts
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** Doesn't meet any of the specs
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** Extensive physical damage
  
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Recycle: Any of the following:
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*Parts machine:  
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*No USB
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** Has an outstanding issue we can't fix, but is (or has parts) rare/valuable enough to hold onto, and salvage as needed.
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*Doesn't POST, isn't useful for parts
 
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*Doesn't meet any of the specs
 
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*Extensive physical damage
 
  
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Parts machine:  
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As-Is: One of 2 criteria:
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Has an outstanding issue we can't fix, but is (or has parts) rare/valuable enough to hold onto, and salvage as needed.
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# It does POST, but has a Pentium 3 or Athlon XP processor, or below
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# It does POST, but has an issue we can't fix
  
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As-Is: One of 2 criteria:
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*Scraptop:
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1. It does POST, but has a Pentium 3 or Athlon XP processor, or below
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**Doesn't even POST, sold with the As-Is.
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2. It does POST, but has an issue we can't fix
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==Types of Storage==
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===Hard Drives===
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;IDE
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:The older of the two most common Hard Drive/disk interfaces. Characterized by  two rows of exposed pins.
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;SATA
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:The newer of the two most common HDD interfaces. Characterized by two rows of pins set in seperate plastic tabs.
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;2.5"
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:The form factor for smaller, laptop size hard drives.
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;3.5"
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:The form factor for larger hard drives for desktops.
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==RAM Types==
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SD RAM: The oldest variety of RAM one could expect, it has a notch that is ~3.8cm from the side, when measured from the side closer to the notch. It is orginized by clock speed, such as PC100 (100MHz) or PC133 (133MHz)
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DDR 1: The first version of DDR RAM, still common at Free Geek. Orginized by it's data transfer rate such as DDR-200 or DDR-333. It has a notch at 1.5cm from the shoter side. With laptops, the full name is SO-DIMM DDR.
  
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Scraptop: Doesn't even POST, sold with the As-Is.
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DDR 2: The second member of the DDR family, it has a notch that is 1.6cm from the closer side.

Revision as of 11:29, 14 July 2012

Laptop Catagories

  • Recycler: Any of the following:
    • No USB
    • Doesn't POST, isn't useful for parts
    • Doesn't meet any of the specs
    • Extensive physical damage
  • Parts machine:
    • Has an outstanding issue we can't fix, but is (or has parts) rare/valuable enough to hold onto, and salvage as needed.

As-Is: One of 2 criteria:

  1. It does POST, but has a Pentium 3 or Athlon XP processor, or below
  2. It does POST, but has an issue we can't fix
  • Scraptop:
    • Doesn't even POST, sold with the As-Is.

Types of Storage

Hard Drives

IDE
The older of the two most common Hard Drive/disk interfaces. Characterized by two rows of exposed pins.
SATA
The newer of the two most common HDD interfaces. Characterized by two rows of pins set in seperate plastic tabs.
2.5"
The form factor for smaller, laptop size hard drives.
3.5"
The form factor for larger hard drives for desktops.

RAM Types

SD RAM: The oldest variety of RAM one could expect, it has a notch that is ~3.8cm from the side, when measured from the side closer to the notch. It is orginized by clock speed, such as PC100 (100MHz) or PC133 (133MHz)

DDR 1: The first version of DDR RAM, still common at Free Geek. Orginized by it's data transfer rate such as DDR-200 or DDR-333. It has a notch at 1.5cm from the shoter side. With laptops, the full name is SO-DIMM DDR.

DDR 2: The second member of the DDR family, it has a notch that is 1.6cm from the closer side.

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