OLPC DC Repair

DC Repair Center

Introduction

OLPC DC Repair is a repair center run by three high school students near Washington DC, later to be integrated into Arlington, VA's Career Center facility and programs.

Members

The following are members of the repair center:

• FFM
• Thomas Doggette
• Matthew Gallagher
• Ian Smith

== News ==TBA

• [[metawikipedia:wikiped
• We're doing a brisk business in repair and parts sales!

Prices

We follow the pricing recommended by OLPC, it is as follows:

• For a tested screen: $70
• Battery: $20
• ALPS Touchpad: $20
• Keyboard: $20
• Power adapter: $15

In addition, the following services can be provided (5USD flat fee plus S/H):

• Fix bad motherboard batteries and the bricking that occurs because of it.
• Upgrading to the software build of your choice (656, 703, and the joyride builds) (may cause loss of data)
• Replacing the backplate of your XO to the colors of your choice

Shipping/handling not included.

Shipping estimates:

• In the past, one way shipping for items under 20 USD (including insurance) through the lower 48 states has been 6.45, but it varies depending on the weight of the package.

Stock

We have an OLPC Serial Adapter and can thus fix D6 brickings.

We received the following on 2008-06-19:

• 2 M stock machines
• 8 D stock machines

System Survey

UnID	Serial	Issue	Resolution
aa	CSN748001E5	Greyed out screen	None
ab	CSN747033E7	Sticky keys	None
da	CSN74801666	Battery loose	Clock set and glued
db	CSN747016A5	Battery loose	Clock set and glued
dc	CSN7470121A	Battery loose	Clock set and glued
dd	CSN74801CBF	Battery loose	Clock set and glued
de	CSN74701AC0	Battery loose	Clock set and glued
df	CSN74801E13	Battery loose	Clock set and glued
dg		Clock unset	Clock set and glued
dh	CSN74901C04	Clock unset	Clock set and glued

Key

A == Mash
D == Dead

DOA == Reported as Dead-On-Arrival

Contact

Please sent all inquires to olpcdcrepair+wiki (A-T) gmail (D-O-T) com