Reported by Samuel Li
On January 17th, 2020, students from the San Diego Branch of AYLUS organized and participated in the 104th 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:
Items Sorted from Pallets:
2 – Computers
16 – LCD Screens
14 – Phones & Phone Cords
20 –Speakers
1 – Printer
2 – Printer Adaptors
1 – Toner Cartridge
31 – Keyboards
55 – Power Cords
34 – Mice
3 – Switches
10 – Adaptors
18 – RAM
63 – CD’s
22 – Hard Drives
1 – Laptop Battery
9 – Server Racks
1 – DVD Duplicator
2 – Power Supplies
25 – Ethernet Cables
13 – Motherboards
3 – Video Cards
3 – CD Drives
14 – Fans
1 – Power Supply
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 4,847 notebooks/netbooks/laptops/tablets/desktops
- Cleaned out, or prepared 790 desktop computers for refurbishing
- Tested/repaired/mounted 698 LCD monitors
- Removed RAM from 865 computers
- Diagnosed, tested, wiped, counted, removed and cloned 8,667 hard drives
- Wrapped, folded, sorted, and packed 22,006 mice/keyboards/power cords/adapters/batteries/etc.
- Tested and Bagged 156 Speakers
- Removed 95 Optical Drives/CD Drives
- Removed 222 Motherboards/Processors
The following members participated in the 104th Computer for Kids Lab: Weston Yang, sarah li, Jessy Zhang, Lejia Zhang, Edward Liu, Claire Jiang, Anthony Jiang, Conan Wu, Xiaoyang Luo, Michael Wang, Kevin Wang and Kaden Wu
The AYLUS San Diego Committee organized the 104th Computer for Kids Lab.
