Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!hp-sde!hpcuhb!garyg From: garyg@hpcuhb.HP.COM (Gary Gitzen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: HP-25's Message-ID: <4280002@hpcuhb.HP.COM> Date: 28 Dec 88 06:28:45 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino Lines: 22 Re the HP 25/25C/29C (My personal love is my 29C), they have a few easy to correct areas. I've fixed power packs with broken output wires (they break at the exit from the charger) and fractured solder joints. Takes patience and a soldering iron. Heat shrink helps too. Display flickering is another problem. Take that critter apart and fix it. Remove 2 phillips (really size #0 pozi, I think) under the rubber feet. Yeah, the feet pull right out. Remove the battery pack, and carefully separate the case halves. Pull the boards apart and *very carefully* spread the brass finger connectors. Replace the boards (again carefully, so as to not bend the connectors) and reassemble. Guaranteed to last until you drop it again. :-) BTW, if the keyboard is sticky for some reason (mine was maple syrup, don't ask how) run the keyboard through the dishwasher. Dry it in front of the furnace heat duct. And of course everyone is aware that this in no way is an official or unofficial statement or recommendation from Hewlett-Packard Co.; merely the ramblings of a satisfied customer and employee. Regards, Gary Gitzen