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09-07-2017, 01:51 PM
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RE: HP 9825a
(08-26-2017 06:22 PM)Craig Bladow Wrote:  I now have a working drive as I used 10 mm heat-shrink tubing on the capstan.

Good to hear this. Congratulations.

A word of warning for anybody taking the tape drive out of the 9825:

Be sure to record the way that the ribbon cable is connected. It can go in both ways and if you get it wrong, the blue smoke will escape.

In my case it took out a power transistor in the PSU and a chip in the tape drive. I was lucky to be able to repair this so my 9825 now works OK.

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HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 03-10-2017, 01:39 AM
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RE: HP 9825a - Paul Dale - 03-20-2017, 09:58 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 03-20-2017, 06:15 PM
RE: HP 9825a - Dave Frederickson - 03-20-2017, 07:01 PM
RE: HP 9825a - sleibson - 03-21-2017, 02:23 PM
RE: HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 03-21-2017, 04:57 PM
RE: HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 03-22-2017, 01:19 AM
RE: HP 9825a - cruff - 03-22-2017, 11:54 PM
RE: HP 9825a - Paul Berger (Canada) - 03-23-2017, 12:22 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 03-22-2017, 02:30 AM
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RE: HP 9825a - Paul Berger (Canada) - 03-23-2017, 02:35 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 03-23-2017, 03:49 AM
RE: HP 9825a Printer Story - sleibson - 03-23-2017, 04:27 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Paul Dale - 03-23-2017, 06:27 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 03-23-2017, 05:34 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 03-30-2017, 12:25 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 03-30-2017, 01:48 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 04-01-2017, 06:36 PM
RE: HP 9825a - cruff - 04-01-2017, 09:09 PM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 04-01-2017, 09:26 PM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 04-01-2017, 09:33 PM
RE: HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 04-02-2017, 12:35 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 04-02-2017, 12:36 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 04-02-2017, 12:41 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 04-02-2017, 01:04 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 04-03-2017, 01:53 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 04-03-2017, 03:50 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 04-05-2017, 04:03 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 04-05-2017, 07:34 AM
RE: HP 9825a - cruff - 04-06-2017, 12:22 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 04-07-2017, 03:52 AM
RE: HP 9825a - cruff - 04-07-2017, 12:05 PM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 04-09-2017, 12:07 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 04-29-2017, 09:48 PM
RE: HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 04-29-2017, 11:06 PM
RE: HP 9825a - cruff - 04-30-2017, 12:05 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Geoff Quickfall - 04-30-2017, 03:11 AM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 05-06-2017, 02:35 PM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 05-22-2017, 11:30 PM
RE: HP 9825a - Craig Bladow - 08-26-2017, 06:22 PM
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