[Olpc-uk] Repair of an XO laptop

[Martin Dengler]

Hi Richard,

Please feel free to send me (or Marten :)) the laptop and I will
repair it from the stock I have.

Martin Dengler
1 Prescot Street, #13
London
E1 8RJ

If you're local  let's arrange a time and I'll pick it up from you.

Martin

On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 09:26:50PM +0200, Marten Vijn 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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