OLPC DC Repair

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DC Repair Center

Introduction

OLPC DC Repair is a repair center run by three 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:

Contact

Please sent all inquires to rc-dcr (at) laptop (dot) org

News

  • 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: $80
  • Battery: $25
  • ALPS Touchpad: $20
  • Keyboard: $18
  • Power adapter: $15

In addition, the following services can be provided:

  • Fix bad motherboard batteries and the bricking that occurs because of it. - $10
  • Upgrading to the software build of your choice (656, 703, and the joyride builds) (may cause loss of data) - $5
  • Replacing the backplate of your XO to the colors of your choice - $5

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:

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