Reported by Jonathan Backues
On June 20th, 2020, students from the San Diego Branch of AYLUS organized and participated in the 113th 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:
70 – Yoga Power Cords Cleaned & Boxed.
5 – Computer Motherboards Disassembled
4 – Cases to Waste
6 – RAM Sticks removed
5 – CPU chips Removed
5 – Graphic Cards Removed
3 – Heat Sync with Fans Removed
2 – Hard Drives Removed
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 6,497 notebooks/netbooks/laptops/tablets/desktops
- Cleaned out, or prepared 790 desktop computers for refurbishing
- Tested/repaired/mounted 743 LCD monitors
- Removed RAM from 890 computers
- Diagnosed, tested, wiped, counted, removed and cloned 8,973 hard drives
- Wrapped, folded, sorted, and packed 23,019 mice/keyboards/power cords/adapters/batteries/etc.
- Tested and Bagged 156 Speakers
- Removed 104 Optical Drives/CD Drives
- Removed 275 Motherboards/Processors
The following members participated in the 113th Computer for Kids Lab: Eric Lin, Austin Pierce, and Jiachen Sun.
The AYLUS San Diego Committee organized the 113th Computer for Kids Lab.
