Please send us a shipping address and we will send you a couple of the serial adapters and cables.
Regards, John On May 23, 2010, at 11:16 PM, F Young wrote: > Hello! > > I purchased the very first versions of the XO laptop through the "buy > one give one" program in 2007. Although we used several right away and > they worked without any problems...we stored 6 of them away and > recently discovered that none of the screens turn on when powering up. > It appears to be the "fix clock" problem and since I live in > Kyrgyzstan it is too expensive to ship back to the US to get them > repaired. I would like to try to fix this myself but it would be great > if I can get more specific instructions for the following (from > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Fix_Clock): > > "Using an OLPC serial adapter, connect the laptop to your personal > laptop. On the laptop's motherboard, the serial adapter should be > connected to J1. J1 is a small white connector near the wireless > module." > > Since I am not familiar with computer hardware at all, here are my questions: > > (1) Can you tell me specifically which OLPC serial adapter to buy if I > do NOT want to solder any wires? It would be ideal if you could send > me a link where I can purchase the exact serial adapter online. > > (2) I understand that the OLPC serial adapter must be connected to the > "J1 Serial Port" on the XO's motherboard but I am not sure what kind > of cable is required and how to connect the serial adapter to this > port...Can you send me a photo which illustrates how to connect the > serial adapter to the J1 Serial Port? (It would also be good if you > can include a link to where I can buy the specific cable online.) > > Thanks in advance for your help! We want to start training local Kyrgz > kids here but we're surprised when many of these new XO laptops could > not boot up. > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel