Reported by Samuel Li
On June 28th, 2019, students from the San Diego Branch of AYLUS organized and participated in the 78th Computer for Kids Lab, repairing and cleaning electronic devices in order to prepare them to send to children of low-income families. This helps the kids achieve academic success through possible access to technology.
The participants did the following:
528 – Mice & Two Power Cords Bagged
41 – Desktop Computers & Laptops Dissembled:
36 – Heat Sinc
18 – Power Supply
21 – CD Drives
27 – Motherboards
25 – CPU
21 – Misc. Hardware
8 – Screens
9 – Ram
2 – Batteries
Sorted the following items for processing:
20 – Monitors
50 – Monitor Stands
7 – Desktop Computers
1 – Laptop
2 – Laptop Bags
1 – Tablet
35 – Power Cords
1 – Printer
3 – Phones
15 – Mice
26 – Keyboards
2 – RAM
7 – Docking Stations
1 – Switch
1 – Speaker Set
65 – Misc. Wires
So far, the San Diego branch students have accomplished the following since the first Computer for Kids Lab of this year:
- Diagnosed, repaired, tested, or sleeved 4,569 notebooks/netbooks/laptops/tablets/desktops
- Cleaned out, or prepared 132 desktop computers for refurbishing
- Tested and repaired 474 LCD monitors
- Removed RAM from 575 computers
- Diagnosed, tested, wiped, counted, removed and cloned 6,749 hard drives
- Wrapped, folded, sorted, and packed 16,548 mice/keyboards/power cords/adapters/batteries/etc.
- Tested and Bagged 129 Speakers
- Removed 22 Optical Drives
The following members participated in the first session: Lejia Zhang, Jessy Zhang, Spencer Zhang, Alex Hecker, Jonathan Backues, Eddie Qiao, Liana Xie, Jinghan Zeng, Raymond Li, Chengming Li, Chengda Li, Max Weng, Andrew Feng, Andrew Chen, Claire Jiang, Anthony Jiang.
The following members participated in the Second session: Lejia Zhang, Jessy Zhang, Spencer Zhang, Alex Hecker, Derek Ma, Jonathan Backues, Eric Lin, Ernest Lin, Eddie Qiao, Liana Xie, Jinghan Zeng, Chengming Li, Chengda Li, Max Weng, Andrew Feng, Grace He (MeiJia He), David Wang, Gus Lundquist, Emily Wang, Kevin Wang, Andrew Chen, Claire Jiang, Anthony Jiang.
The AYLUS San Diego Committee organized the 78th Computer for Kids Lab.
