[Olpc-uk] Repair of an XO laptop

[Marten Vijn]

Hi Richard, (cc uk-repairing)

You could open the XO and check the wiring to the battery with a multi
meter. That's what I would do. Just start checking from the motherboard.
Taking the XO apart is really simple. 

Ofcourse you can send it to me and I will fix/replace it.

But maybe better, you use/contact the repairing centre in London.

read more about them:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_UK/Lending_Library_and_Repair_Centre

Just let me know it this works for you.

Kind regards,
Marten

On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 20:05 +0100, Richard Carter wrote:
> Hi Marten,
> 
> I saw your web page (http://martenvijn.nl/trac/wiki/olpc-nl) 

> and I wonder if you could help. I live in the UK, 

> and bought an XO laptop via the give one get one scheme in the US. 
> My five year old son Felix loves it, but it has stopped working. 
> It's definitely a hardware problem - it doesn't boot, and I've 
> tried swapping both the battery and the power lead from 
> his sister's laptop, but it still doesn't work.
> 
> If it's something you think you could help with, please do let me know. 
> I'd be very grateful and I would be pleased to cover any costs there 
> might be. I look forward to hearing from you soon,
> 
> Regards
> 
> Richard Carter
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