Difference between revisions of "Prebuild"

From FreekiWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m
 
(10 intermediate revisions by 9 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 +
{{migrated}}
 +
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bJkB1VjZbsOss-Wbd1gQW4DC6RBDdXqS2zXUK3Mm8PI/edit?usp=sharing link]
 +
 
The first step in Free Geek's Build Program is called '''Prebuild'''.
 
The first step in Free Geek's Build Program is called '''Prebuild'''.
  
Line 11: Line 14:
 
== Hardware Identification Documentations ==
 
== Hardware Identification Documentations ==
  
Each lesson box builds on previous ones and contains a few lessons. Some are basic background information. Others are hands on exercises.  
+
A [[Hardware ID Facilitator's Guide]] is available for all Hardware ID instructors.  It uses the information found in the lesson boxes below, but is designed to help make the teaching of Hardware ID a little easier, including tips from current instructors! 
 +
 
 +
Each lesson box builds on previous ones and contains a few lessons. Some are basic background information. Others are hands-on exercises.  
  
 
; Box A
 
; Box A
 +
* [[Cards vs Memory]]
 
* [[All about memory]]
 
* [[All about memory]]
* [[Cards vs Memory]]
 
 
* [[Memory Sizing]]
 
* [[Memory Sizing]]
 
* [[RAM Sorting]]
 
* [[RAM Sorting]]
Line 21: Line 26:
 
; Box B
 
; Box B
 
* [[All About Cards]]
 
* [[All About Cards]]
* [[Card Sorting]]
+
* [[Card sorting by function]]
 
* [[Card Slot Identification]]
 
* [[Card Slot Identification]]
 +
* [[Card sorting by slot type]]
  
 
; Box C
 
; Box C
Line 39: Line 45:
 
* [[Heat sinks]]
 
* [[Heat sinks]]
 
* [[Processor class and speed]]
 
* [[Processor class and speed]]
 +
 +
; Appendix
 +
*[[POST Lesson]]
  
 
== System Evaluation Documentations ==
 
== System Evaluation Documentations ==
Line 53: Line 62:
 
Here are the main flow charts used in this area:
 
Here are the main flow charts used in this area:
  
* [[System Evaluation Overview]]
+
* [[System Evaluation Overview]] (Red chart)
* [[System Evaluation Visual Triage]]
+
* [[System Evaluation Visual Triage]] (Blue chart)
* [[Getting the Processor Information]]
+
* [[Getting the Processor Information]] (Green chart)
* [[System Evaluation Final Triage]]
+
* [[System Evaluation Final Triage]] (Purple chart)
* [[Removing components from systems]]
+
* [[Removing components from systems]] (Orange chart)
* [[Case Triage]]
+
* [[Case Triage]] (Black chart)
* [[Motherboard Sorting]]
+
* [[Regular Mac Triage]] (pink chart)
  
 
== Finishing Prebuild ==
 
== Finishing Prebuild ==
 
Sometime during System Evaluation you will want to take the basic Linux Command Line Class. (Experience linux command line users can test out of this step.)
 
Sometime during System Evaluation you will want to take the basic Linux Command Line Class. (Experience linux command line users can test out of this step.)
  
When you have finished with all of Prebuild and the Command Line Class, you will move on to the Build Workshops where you will quality check systems, assemble computers, and install software.
+
When you have finished with all of Prebuild and the [[Basic Linux Command Line for Builders]] class '''(that wiki article has not been tagged as of 07/18/2014 for migration to Google Drive and has not been updated since 08/15/2012)''', you will move on to the [[Build]] Workshops where you will quality check systems, assemble computers, and install software.
  
 
[[Category: Prebuild]]
 
[[Category: Prebuild]]

Latest revision as of 15:24, 18 July 2014

deletion

This page has been migrated to a document on Free Geek's Google Drive.

Information remaining behind may no longer be relevant.

MIGRATOR:

When you have tagged this page as migrated,
please add a link to the new document on Google Drive.

(Link to new page immediately below.)


link

The first step in Free Geek's Build Program is called Prebuild.

Prebuild is divided into two main branches, Hardware Identification and System Evaluation.

Most people begin in Hardware Identification by signing up for a shift at the front desk. In Hardware Identification volunteers work through a series of lesson boxes -- each one teaching a basic skill that will later be needed in the build program. The boxes are generally arranged from most basic to more advanced.

As a builder, each lesson box is available to you throughout the program, so you can refresh your memory as needed. If you have enough hardware knowledge, you can test out of Hardware Identification or skip whichever steps are unnecessary. Most people work through all of Hardware Identification in one or two shifts, but it is designed to be a "work at your own speed" experience.

Once you have completed or tested out of Hardware Identification you will move on to System Evaluation. In System Evaluation you will see how the computers fits together, sharpen up your hardware ID skills, learns some basic troubleshooting, and help prep systems for build, culling out systems we do not want to keep.

Hardware Identification Documentations

A Hardware ID Facilitator's Guide is available for all Hardware ID instructors. It uses the information found in the lesson boxes below, but is designed to help make the teaching of Hardware ID a little easier, including tips from current instructors!

Each lesson box builds on previous ones and contains a few lessons. Some are basic background information. Others are hands-on exercises.

Box A
Box B
Box C
Box D
Box E
Box F
Appendix

System Evaluation Documentations

Starting with the main overview flow chart, you work your way through the instructions. Each chart is color coded to help you keep track of where you are. When you are sent to another chart you will (most of the time) find yourself working through it and coming back to the main chart.

Along the way we are determining if the computers will be coded as Red Light, Yellow Light, or Green Light systems. Depending on the system's class, we'll be processing it differently.

Red Light
We're recycling everything in the system (not using it for build). We'll only pull what we need to for data security purposes.
Yellow Light
We're recycling the system, but some of the components will be kept for reuse. We will pull out a lot of components if they are present.
Green Light
The system is a keeper. We'll be pulling only a few components for data security and testing purposes.

System Evaluation is "go at your own speed" and "each one teach one". This means that you can take as many shifts as you need to learn everything you need and that you will likely teach a newer volunteer how to do the job when you want to move on to the next step.

Here are the main flow charts used in this area:

Finishing Prebuild

Sometime during System Evaluation you will want to take the basic Linux Command Line Class. (Experience linux command line users can test out of this step.)

When you have finished with all of Prebuild and the Basic Linux Command Line for Builders class (that wiki article has not been tagged as of 07/18/2014 for migration to Google Drive and has not been updated since 08/15/2012), you will move on to the Build Workshops where you will quality check systems, assemble computers, and install software.