[Olpc-uk] Repair of an XO laptop

[Richard Carter]

Hi Marten,

Thanks for such a prompt reply.

Though I know my son would love to watch me to take the thing apart, I struggle with IKEA furniture, so I'm not sure I'd be best placed to do this. If there's anyone at the repair centre in the UK willing to give it a go, please do let me know - if you're in London I'll happily drop it off. Otherwise, Marten, if it's OK I may take you up on your offer,

Thanks to all,

Regards

Richard

 
On Sunday, 05 July, 2009, at 08:26PM, "Marten Vijn" <info at martenvijn.nl> wrote:
>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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