Care of Laptops 2002 General guidelines for caring for mobile electronics like laptops.

1. Care For Laptops
The Hazards of Being a
Laptop
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2. Your Friend the Laptop
• Laptops are our
trusted friends and
helpers
• We use them to help
make our jobs easier
• They need our help to
stay fit, so they will be
there when we need
them.

3. Laptops
• We are going to go over some tips to help us
maintain our laptops.
• These tips will help us be more productive,
• By increase the laptops availability and
dependability,
• And it will help keep the BOSS off of your back.

4. Tip 1 Keep free from liquids
• Electronics in general
do not like WATER
• Laptops being from
the electronics family
have the same dislike
for WATER.
• So keep water and
liquids away from
them.

5. Tip 2 Watch out for damage
• Watch the Wireless
Card
• Watch the
connections
• Watch for little doors
• Anything hanging off
the laptop.
• Closing the laptop
with something on the
keyboard.

6. Tip 3 No food
• Laptops do not need
to be feed.
• So keep food away
from them.
• Treat them like pets
but don’t feed them.

7. Tip 4 Don’t drop them
• Dropping a laptop can
be costly to repair if it
can be repaired at all.
• Don’t rush…
• Doing so could
destroy a laptop…and
get the boss on your
back.

8. Tip 5 Keep out of direct sunlight
• Direct sunlight can
cause damage to the
laptop screen, CPU or
motherboard.
• Costly to repair if it
can be fixed
• Most often left in the
back seat of the car.

9. Tip 6 No Magnets
• The arch enemy of all
electronics.
• Magnets can destroy
data stored on zip
disks, hard drives and
ICs.
• Magnets should keep
a good distance.

10. Tip 7 Theft
• Keep a close eye on them
at all times. Maintain
physical control at all
times.
• Number 1 item stole in
airports.
• It only takes a second for
you to lose your friend
forever.
• Don’t leave in your car
over night

11. 8. Surge Protector
• A surge Protector
should be used at all
times with no
exceptions.
• It only takes one time
to fry your laptop.

12. Follow these tips and…
• You and your laptop
will have a long life
together
• Your boss won’t be
mad at you (for
hurting or killing your
laptop)

13. Questions
Do you have any questions?