Followups to two electronic repair issues

[PeterB]

First post: https://forums.macresource.com/read.php?...sg-2958916

... turns out the DS1216D isn't really being produced any more, and the DS1248Y-70 is indeed the correct replacement. I got in touch with the company, they were nice enough to send me out free samples.

I just swapped out the DS1216D for the DS1248Y-70, and everything is now working great! (The hardest part was really getting the equipment disassembled and getting the chips off the board... turns out the whitish stuff on the old chip wasn't webbing or leakage, no idea what it was.)

Thanks to all who offered useful suggestions.

Second post, much older: https://forums.macresource.com/read.php?...sg-2859786

... I finally got around to disassembling the printer; NOT easy, the service manual for the printer isn't really all that clear about how to get the side panels off. Sure enough, it was the solenoid, and all I had to do was to add a little piece of rubber foot to prevent the solenoid from sticking (used a teensy bit of crazy glue to make sure the rubber foot doesn't come off). Once I put everything back together, I was able to get this printer perfectly functional again.

Crazy to me that the printer would become nonfunctional due to what must be only a $1-2 part, but maybe that's intentional... would cause folks to buy new, and add to landfills a piece of equipment that could be relatively easily repaired.

In any case, I'm happy to have this printer working again, it's been a total workhorse, and other than the solenoid, built like a tank.

[rich in distress]

So nice on both accounts!
Thanks for the FO. It’s inspiring (literally, staring at my brother laser).

[PeterB]

rich in distress wrote:
So nice on both accounts!
Thanks for the FO. It’s inspiring (literally, staring at my brother laser).

It just strikes me as so incredibly stupid that Samsung (and perhaps other manufacturers) are seemingly so hell-bent on your having to buy new, that they refuse to acknowledge what is clearly a design flaw, instead leaving it up to customers to figure out what's wrong with their equipment -- and clearly intending for the consumer to give up and buy new. If I hadn't have found that Hardware Canucks page, indeed I probably would have probably given up on the printer and it'd have gone into ewaste. It is true that some problems aren't worth trying to fix, but... a stuck solenoid? Really???

[GGD]

Many Many years ago I applied a third party repair solution to fix my Laserwriter II NTX, their ordering description didn't give details of what the fix was, and when it arrived it seemed overpriced for what it consisted of, a sheet of printed directions and a very small square of thin rubber with an adhesive backing. When following the directions and sticking the rubber pad in the exact correct spot, it did fix the problem. A good part of the price was their knowledge of how to fix this specific problem and all units will eventually have due to age and use.

[Bill in NC]

PeterB wrote:
[quote=rich in distress]
So nice on both accounts!
Thanks for the FO. It’s inspiring (literally, staring at my brother laser).

It just strikes me as so incredibly stupid that Samsung (and perhaps other manufacturers) are seemingly so hell-bent on your having to buy new, that they refuse to acknowledge what is clearly a design flaw, instead leaving it up to customers to figure out what's wrong with their equipment -- and clearly intending for the consumer to give up and buy new. If I hadn't have found that Hardware Canucks page, indeed I probably would have probably given up on the printer and it'd have gone into ewaste. It is true that some problems aren't worth trying to fix, but... a stuck solenoid? Really???
Over $50 for a real-time clock?

I remember when those were under $10 for the Apple //.