[kwlug-disc] OT: Laptop repair Nov 21

[CrankyOldBugger]

I will try to make it out.  I can bring my own tools if that helps...


On Tue, 3 Nov 2015 at 15:10 Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> Originally I had proposed Nov 7 for a Computer Recycling laptop rescue
> day, but it would work better (for me, if nobody else) to hold it on
> the 21st.
>
> For those unfamiliar: Computer Recycling (at The Working Centre) gets
> in all kinds of laptops, but for a few reasons it is not
> economical to refurbish them as part of general CR sales. (The biggest
> problem is that we cannot offer warranties on the laptops because we
> have no replacement parts.) Last year some of us got together to
> prepare some of these laptops for sale, and scrapping laptops that
> were not appropriate.
>
> We pick out laptops, match them with power supplies, make sure they
> have wiped hard drives installed, use an autoinstaller to put on
> Xubuntu GNU/Linux, and test the machines for things like battery life,
> sound, wireless, and video abilities. None of this requires pre-existing
> knowledge much beyond using a screwdriver, but there is a fair amount
> that we learn along the way (and being familiar with computers and
> Linux is definitely an asset, especially when trying to get wireless
> cards and sound cards to work).
>
> Interest fizzled out by summer, but now that it is winter I am
> wondering whether people are again interested in helping out.
>
> The date would be Saturday November 21.
>
> The time would be the afternoon, starting at 4pm and going until 8pm
> or whenever people have had enough. (You would not need to be there
> right at 4pm; coming in later in the afternoon would be fine.)
>
> The location would be Computer Recycling, at 66 Queen Street South in
> Kitchener.
>
> If you are interested then please RSVP. This helps me get a sense of
> how many tools we need, and lets me tell you how to get into the
> building.
>
> Ideally it would be nice to have five or more people participating in
> this, but I will probably be present on the 21st regardless.
>
> If the 21st is bad (or Saturdays are bad) then I am completely open to
> scheduling something for a different weekday evening, but you have to
> make suggestions for when and we have to make sure we have enough
> people RSVPing to make the additional session worthwhile.
>
> - Paul
>
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