New Laptop Docs: Laptop Eval glossery
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Laptop Categories
Keeper
- Criteria
- Within Keeper spec range
- In usuable or repairable condition (determined by Instructor)
- Outputs
- Hardware Grants
- Thrift Store
As-Is
- Criteria
- It does POST, within As-Is spec OR
- It does POST, but has an issue we can't fix
- Outputs
- Thrift Store
- Online Sales
Scraptop
- Criteria
- Is a Mid-grade or Highend system
- It does not POST, or has an issue we can't fix
- Is not needed for Parts
- Outputs
- Thrift Store
- Online Sales
- Warehouse
Parts machine
- Criteria
- Has an outstanding issue we can't fix
- Is a commonly built model in Keeper spec range (determined by Instructor)
- Outputs
- Online Sales
- Warehouse
Recycler
- Criteria
- Does not POST, isn't useful for parts OR
- Is not within Keeper spec range OR
- Extensive physical damage
- Outputs
- Warehouse
Laptop Labels
Uncovered Electronic Device
- Donations from businesses or organizations with 10 or more employees
- Marked with an Uncovered Electronic Device sticker
- If recycled, sorted into Uncovered recycling bins
FG-PDX
- Donations received from the City of Portland
- Marked with a FG-PDX sticker
- If recycled, sorted into Uncovered recycling bins
- All Keepers are sent to Hardware Grants
Hard Drive Removed
- Applied to the following categories:
- Scraptops
- Recyclers
- Must be initialed by an instructor
As-Is
- Applied to As-Is systems
- Must be initialed by an instructor
Parts Machine
- Applied to Parts Machines, and Scraptops designated for Online Sales (determined by Instructor)
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.
- Imaged
- A hard drive that has a OS and is ready for use.
- Unimaged
- A hard drive that does not have an OS. It may have nothing on it, or if it hasn't been wiped clean yet, could have personal data on it.
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.
Tools
- Net(work) boot
- Getting an OS from over Free Geek's internal network
- Mem(ory) test
- Used to test that RAM is free of defects or errors, used via netboot.
- Hardware ID tool/Hardware Detection tool
- Used to acquire information about various hardware componets, used via netboot.
- Basic Check
- Used during the build process to check that hardware and software componets are working correctly, run from the command line with the command 'basiccheck'.
Stickers
- Asset Tag
- Stickers placed on a laptop by a previous owner to indicate ownership, such as a name or inventory barcode. Common with corprate donations
- MS Sticker
- Sticker from Microsoft that have software license keys.
- As-Is stickers
- Label for the store to indicate a laptop is being sold As-Is, includes processor type, speed, and if an AC adapter is included or not.
- HDD Removed stickers
- Affixed to Recyclers to indicate the Hard Drive has been removed.
- Keeper Label
- Affixed to laptops that will be kept and built. Includes system specs and how far along it is.
- Parts Machine sticker
- Affixed to parts machines, includes notes about why it became a parts machine and what componets have been removed.
Charts and steps
Laptop Evaluation checklist
As-Is Checklist
- Instructions for preparing a laptop for it to be sold as an As-Is. Located on one of the four clipboards to the left of the specs whiteboard.
Laptop Recycling checklist
- Instructions for striping bare a laptop destined for recycling. One of the four clipboards left of the specs.
Laptop Build checklist
- Instructions for building up a keeper laptop. Located on one of the four clipboards to the left of the specs whiteboard.
Misc
Screen Swap
- Replacing a non-working screen with a working one. Can involve the screen, the bezel, and the inverter.