[Olpc-open] Great article about kids repairing their XO's in Nigeria

[Seth Woodworth]

Right now? not very easy.  But the Support Gang and various XO User Groups
around the country are working on starting repair centers.  No one is
*entirely* sure how the centers are going to work, but they are going to be
getting parts from existing broken laptops, and (hopefully) eventually parts
directly from Quanta.

So if you can be patient, we should be able to help you.

Oh and as Mel Chua discovered quite nicely, the XO works fine without it's
lower half, as long as it has power. (and a usb keyboard and mouse!)

Seth


On Feb 13, 2008 4:38 AM, Josh Cogliati <jjcogliati-olpc at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, how hard is it to get parts for
> the OLPC?  (As in I got one with the G1G1 program, and
> my son is sometimes putting serious stress on the
> hinge, so I am wondering what happens if it breaks.)
>
>
> --- Seth Woodworth <seth at isforinsects.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Plus, part of the OLPC's ease of repairing also
> > translates to its ease of
> > recycling, which is a big bonus for the planet. Too
> > many devices are
> > difficult to break down into reusable materials.
> >
> > The OLPC also wins praise for it's incredibly low
> > power use (2 watts,
> > compared with 30 to 40 watts for a typical laptop).
> > It was designed to work
> > with alternative sources, since so many parts of the
> > developing world don't
> > have reliable, or affordable, grid electricity.
> > Jepsen said power sources
> > being deployed include simple hand cranks, $10 solar
> > panel kits, wind
> > turbines, stationary bike motors, and even a device
> > that harnesses the power
> > of cows walking in a pasture.
>
>
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