$@school laptops

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Description of the laptops in use

This page gives an overview of the laptops available for the class and their current state.
To increase performance some machines need hardware modifications or updates of the operating system

Identification

The laptops have a yellow code tag taped on the lid. Type code 'hp530-3' can be interpreted as "the third laptop of type hp530".
Also on the lid the member identification code can be found.
These are the three colored horizontal strips. The number in the group is denoted with vertical strips.
The member code 'WhiBla-3' means 'the third laptop of the White Black group.'
note: images of the codes here

Finding out what's inside

Hardware

command examples:
# lspci
$ cat /sys/class/dmi/id/bios_vendor
# dmidecode -t bios

Kernel

Command examples
uname -ra

Current state of the laptops

A list of laptops that need repair or upgrades can be found here. https://wiki.techinc.nl/$@school_laptops_current

Specs Laptops

Laptops of the same type can have different chipsets inside.
Some of the laptops can be upgraded with faster cpu's depending on their specific chipsets.
Information about these upgrades can be found in the chipset documentation.

MAX SPECS LAPTOPS
type chipset cpu memory bios date
hp530 Intel GMA 950? Intel Celeron M 520? - - 10.09.2021
m4300 - - - - 10.09.2021

Documentation Chipsets

940gml https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/27876/intel-82940gml-graphics-and-memory-controller.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets#Core.2FCore_2_mobile_chipsets

Service Manuals

hp530
Dell M4300