B4 motherboard question

[John Watlington]

On Jul 15, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 2:37 AM, Guylhem Aznar <olpc at guylhem.net>  
> wrote:
>> I wouldn't necessarily want another machine - just a motherboard from
>> say a machine that has been returned with a broken screen, or
>> whatever, would be fine
>>
>> A fully working XO  would be best used for someone who hasn't one  
>> yet IMHO.
>>
>> Anyway, I'll drop a message
>
> There are some "refurbished" MPs - G1G1 or deploymetn machines that
> have come back to 1CC with a fixable problem - I got a few of those
> for testing, and they work mostly alright. One ofthem has a flakey
> keyboard, but otherwise good.
>
> If you are not afraid of refurbished kit do mention it, you might get
> a faster turnaround :-)

Unless your name is Martin, you live in NZ, and you speak
spanish with that smooth Argentinian/Uruguayan accent, we kindly
request that you use the developer program.  The small number of
"non-refurbished" machines are earmarked for testing, whereas the
developer program taps directly into production.

BTW, motherboard are not in general swappable between pre-production
builds.   I'm the person that has retrofitted the first motherboards  
brought up
into older plastic, and I don't recommend it (even if C2 -> B4 is one  
of the
easier ones.)

wad