I just bought another HP 50g

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(01-30-2014 02:54 AM)Joe Horn Wrote:  

(01-29-2014 09:49 PM)Mike Morrow Wrote:  My 2007 HP 50G is still working fine (firmware rev. 2.15), except that two of the apparently unobtainable rubber feet have disappeared.

I've had great success with lost 50g feet by replacing them with thin plastic "bumpers". A photo of this is at the very bottom of this old article about how crummy HP 50g feet are.

Joe's "bumpers" seem the perfect solution. What I have done in the past (before being enlightened here) was to remove the offending pad, clean off all the glue, apply a blob of hot-melt glue in its place, and quickly set the instrument down on a flat non-stick (wet or oily) surface. That produces a nice shock-absorbing pad which is absolutely permanent.