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=== USA ===
=== USA ===


* '''Cincinnati, OH''' - [[OLPCinci]]
* '''Washington, DC''' - [[OLPC DC Repair]]
* '''Washington, DC''' - [[OLPC DC Repair]]
* '''Miami, FL''' - [[Sunshine Repair Group, Inc.]]
* '''Miami, FL''' - [[Sunshine Repair Group, Inc.]]
* '''Cambridge, MA''' - [[Cambridge repair center]]
* '''Cambridge, MA''' - [[Cambridge repair center]]
* '''Needham, MA''' - [[Olin repair center]]
* '''Needham, MA''' - [[Olin repair center]]
* '''Bellingham, WA''' - [[OLPC Bellingham/Repair center|Bellingham repair center]] (BLIXO)
* '''New York, NY''' - New York Repair Center Organized by [[User:Blaketh|Blaketh]]
* '''New York, NY''' - New York Repair Center Organized by [[User:Blaketh|Blaketh]]
* '''Cincinnati, OH''' - [[OLPCinci]]
* '''Bellingham, WA''' - [[OLPC Bellingham/Repair center|Bellingham repair center]] (BLIXO)


=== Canada ===
=== Canada ===

Revision as of 13:16, 7 October 2008


Introduction

This page is a list of community groups and grassroots businesses who have started (or are in the process of starting) repair centers. The groups listed are separate from OLPC, but generally have great technical knowledge and experience to repair broken computers, including XO laptops.

For common problems, read our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).

Please read Repair and Repair centers to understand how volunteers made this happen, and feel free to list your own group in the appropriate section below.

Spare Parts

Main article Spare parts

Outside of repair centers, many spare parts are also for sale separately at http://xoexplosion.com and http://ilovemyxo.com, EG. if you're the kind of person that prefers to to fix your own XO Laptop.

Map of repair centers

See Map of repair centers - please add your location to the map if you have a repair center!

Current repair centers

Please put a single link to your repair center's main page!

USA

Canada

  • Vancouver - Scott Nelson (scott.bernhard.nelson AT gmail.com) from the Computer Recycling & Linux Users Group Free Geek Vancouver.

Nepal

The Netherlands

France

Potential repair centers

Please put a single link to your repair center's page, along with a link and contact info!

USA

Get Involved! Meet Others who will Support You!

1. Please email < holt AT laptop DOT org > your phone number, to discuss your plans! Include a basic outline of your repair center proposal, and which business model(s) and/or volunteering model(s) you are considering towards sustainability. Be sure to include all the best times of the week when you want OLPC to call you back.

2. Grassroots organizers of Community Repair Centers are strongly encouraged to discuss their plans and share their successes on the repairs mailing list and grassroots mailing list.

3. Finally, consider joining OLPC's 100+ Community Support Volunteers who are driving many of these plans forward.