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Hi George,

Glad it worked for you too! I guess you may have figured this out as well but when it comes to re-engaging the slots in the SMA connector with the stripline I found the springy stripline position seemed to be offset from centre a bit. I assume this is to ensure good contact with the slot in the pin.

I found that by leaving the screws holding the top plate slightly loose and angling the SMA plate a small amount away from the bottom plate it was possible to use the SMA plate to push down on the top plate a tiny amount and still just see (with a good light!) the end of the stripline and the slot to align them and then 'hinge' the SMA plate into position before tightening the top plate fully.

As to what caused the problem my guess is that the corrosion is galvanic in nature as it was very local to the contact area of the resistor ground connection. I couldn't figure out what that contact 'lip' was made from though - I thought it looked like some sort of elastomer in color but on mine at least it seemed pretty hard for that?

I notice there's I guy selling a dozen or so 7A29s on the 'bay tonight - 60 bucks each or offers, would be a good deal if I wasn't on the wrong side of the Atlantic these days! he has them all listed as 'TA29' for some (typographical?) reason.

Adrian

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 04:53 AM, <glkinst@...> wrote:

Also, I found cracks on the plastic cams on the shaft. The cams are still
secure, but I wonder if the cracks will cause problems at some point.

Yes, both of my 7A29s are like that. On one of them a couple of cams had rotated so the attenuator settings no longer made sense. I added a fillet of epoxy at each side of each cam (I used Loctite 3430 because it's what I have in the lab, but other would probably do fine) to support the cams on the shaft. Time will tell whether it works long-term, but they've been OK for a couple of years now.

Chris

Adrian,
I was able to restore one and now two of my 7A29 units following your procedure! It is definitely a ground contact issue between the resistors and aluminum block. One more to go. It is indeed a tedious and a delicate operation. As you mentioned, it is really important to remove the SMA connectors first before removing of the bottom plastic plate that has the gold-plated fingers and tabs. The tabs fit in the slot on the SMA connector. Re-assembly requires patience, don't force for it or you will damage the connection.

Also, I found cracks on the plastic cams on the shaft. The cams are still secure, but I wonder if the cracks will cause problems at some point.

George

Not sure it will work, but I'm attaching a scan of the 465 manual pages describing the option. It's basic SMPS EMI filtering plus a mesh screen on the face of the CRT. I'm guessing the mesh screen was removed from mine at some point.

My 585 manual says “with 485 EMI mod option 4 meets mil 1-618D req: power line conducted, 150khz -25mhz; radiated , 150khz-GHz [sic].
Don’t know what the mod is though. If someone knows, please post.

Sent from kjo iPhone

Ah, the HP 54503A must be similar to the 400 MHz 54504A DSO that we have
unused in the storage area at work. Came from a power supply vendor who
went out of business, but we have more modern Tek TDS3034's and 3054's
to do the job it used to do, and theyr'e easily portable to boot. The
hardware lead said he wants the 54504A thrown in the trash. I said,
don't do that, give it to me for my garage lab! Would be nice to have a
digital sampling scope to "stop time". Analog scopes like my 7904, 7603
(still working on nursing that one back to health), and 5103N/D10 are
great, but since I don't want to fool with analog storage scopes, I
don't have a way to get screen persistence. Until the lab manager fills
out the paperwork - the bane of those who work for big companies like me
(Raytheon).

Jim

The 2440 can be a real craps shoot. I had one on the shelf for many years that was failing self tests so bad that it would never boot to even crippled functionality. One of the failures, as I recall, was one of the custom ADC chips. Since I already had a 500mhz HP 54503A & a Tek485, I sold the 2440 off as a parts mule.
I remember opening it several times trying to muster the energy to fix it. I remain to this day amazed at the quantity of thru hole ICs on all 4 sides ! Hats off to those who are willing to work on these scopes!

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I just got a 19.5 volt 45 watt HP supply today.
The connector is a large 3 contact coaxial, Positive Center pin, Negative Outside Sleve
and Voltage control on the Inside Sleeve.
Voltage measured 13.4 from Outside to Center Pin with the Inside Sleeve open.

Voltage measured 22.2 from Outside to Center Pin with the Inside Sleeve shorted to the Center Pin.
I will probably cut the connector off for my use, because the Supply will be mounted
inside the case along with the other circuitry.?Leon Robinson ?? K5JLR

Political Correctness is a Political Disease.

From: Jeff Urban <JURB6006@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [TekScopes] OT: +19.5 V connector on laptop computers

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 05:08 PM, Harvey White wrote:

I've seen a standardization to several end destinations. One is that
the voltage rating seems to determine the size of the barrel
connector. That's now, from what I can see.

You mean the outer diameter ? It seems the pin is more based on the current. this laptop, I can plug its adapter into a smaller and older laptop, but the for it will not plug into this one because of the pin diameter.

I'm going to conclude that there's an evolving standard out there, and
I have no idea of what it is.

Now, that is completely screwed up by the "DELL" standard, which
apparently includes some HP laptops.

Dell has a 3 wire cable to the power supply brick. The inner pin is
apparently an I2C connector. The inner and outer shells are power and
ground (suggest that the outer is ground). In a DELL computer, if the
power block does not identify itself as a "genuine" power adaptor,
then the battery will not charge.

Typical corporate behavior.? Captive market is king. If they continue this and sell enough of them like that then a market will be created for aftermarket chargers. It is not all that difficult. Just a matter of a custom tailored current output and their batteries are not of any brand new technology that doesn't exist yet.

Those adaptors (and don't ask me what I think of them) work with a
different standard. Not sure what the effective voltage and current
limits are in this case.

That's why we have test equipment. Take all OEM parts and let them work together a couple of times, Measure everything. Would I do a one off for myself ? No, I would get rid of the thing. I almost didn't buy these Gateways but the price was right. Large screen, full keyboard and 2 HD bays. But though there are multiple connection on the batteries (I have 3 I think) but the adapter only has 2, so there is none of that captive market shit.

I? used to build all my own PCs, and some for others, but you really can't do that with a laptop.

Actually for Jim's needs, there are probably surplus VCR power supplies that would do the job. For a one off it might be free on Craigslist or whatever. They fry out but with a new chopper, sometimes another transistor and changing the caps they can definitely do the job. Inmost the 3 major caps they need are those in the pi filter for the 5 volts because it feeds the feedback loop, and there is one in the snubber without which the chopper will short. Very rarely any other parts except do change a bunch more caps.

It's a thought.

On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 19:11:56 -0700, you wrote:

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 05:08 PM, Harvey White wrote:

I've seen a standardization to several end destinations. One is that
the voltage rating seems to determine the size of the barrel
connector. That's now, from what I can see.

You mean the outer diameter ? It seems the pin is more based on the current. this laptop, I can plug its adapter into a smaller and older laptop, but the for it will not plug into this one because of the pin diameter.

The outer diameter. I've seen 6, 9 and 12 volt adaptors where the
plugs will not go into something with the "wrong" voltage requirement.
The older ones seem to standardize on one thing and it's up to you to
hit the right voltage.

I design all my stuff with polarity protection, and the voltage
limiting/protection is starting to be a design feature, too.

I'm going to conclude that there's an evolving standard out there, and
I have no idea of what it is.

Now, that is completely screwed up by the "DELL" standard, which
apparently includes some HP laptops.

Dell has a 3 wire cable to the power supply brick. The inner pin is
apparently an I2C connector. The inner and outer shells are power and
ground (suggest that the outer is ground). In a DELL computer, if the
power block does not identify itself as a "genuine" power adaptor,
then the battery will not charge.

Typical corporate behavior. Captive market is king. If they continue this and sell enough of them like that then a market will be created for aftermarket chargers. It is not all that difficult. Just a matter of a custom tailored current output and their batteries are not of any brand new technology that doesn't exist yet.

Now ask what happens if the MOTHERBOARD won't recognize a valid power
adaptor.

Now ask if I buy any more DELL computers.

Those adaptors (and don't ask me what I think of them) work with a
different standard. Not sure what the effective voltage and current
limits are in this case.

That's why we have test equipment. Take all OEM parts and let them work together a couple of times, Measure everything. Would I do a one off for myself ? No, I would get rid of the thing. I almost didn't buy these Gateways but the price was right. Large screen, full keyboard and 2 HD bays. But though there are multiple connection on the batteries (I have 3 I think) but the adapter only has 2, so there is none of that captive market shit.

Not a connection on the battery. Didn't look and didn't at that time
care. Power brick and laptop.

Harvey

I used to build all my own PCs, and some for others, but you really can't do that with a laptop.

Actually for Jim's needs, there are probably surplus VCR power supplies that would do the job. For a one off it might be free on Craigslist or whatever. They fry out but with a new chopper, sometimes another transistor and changing the caps they can definitely do the job. Inmost the 3 major caps they need are those in the pi filter for the 5 volts because it feeds the feedback loop, and there is one in the snubber without which the chopper will short. Very rarely any other parts except do change a bunch more caps.

It's a thought.

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 05:08 PM, Harvey White wrote:

I've seen a standardization to several end destinations. One is that
the voltage rating seems to determine the size of the barrel
connector. That's now, from what I can see.

You mean the outer diameter ? It seems the pin is more based on the current. this laptop, I can plug its adapter into a smaller and older laptop, but the for it will not plug into this one because of the pin diameter.

I'm going to conclude that there's an evolving standard out there, and
I have no idea of what it is.

Now, that is completely screwed up by the "DELL" standard, which
apparently includes some HP laptops.

Dell has a 3 wire cable to the power supply brick. The inner pin is
apparently an I2C connector. The inner and outer shells are power and
ground (suggest that the outer is ground). In a DELL computer, if the
power block does not identify itself as a "genuine" power adaptor,
then the battery will not charge.

Typical corporate behavior. Captive market is king. If they continue this and sell enough of them like that then a market will be created for aftermarket chargers. It is not all that difficult. Just a matter of a custom tailored current output and their batteries are not of any brand new technology that doesn't exist yet.

Those adaptors (and don't ask me what I think of them) work with a
different standard. Not sure what the effective voltage and current
limits are in this case.

That's why we have test equipment. Take all OEM parts and let them work together a couple of times, Measure everything. Would I do a one off for myself ? No, I would get rid of the thing. I almost didn't buy these Gateways but the price was right. Large screen, full keyboard and 2 HD bays. But though there are multiple connection on the batteries (I have 3 I think) but the adapter only has 2, so there is none of that captive market shit.

I used to build all my own PCs, and some for others, but you really can't do that with a laptop.

Actually for Jim's needs, there are probably surplus VCR power supplies that would do the job. For a one off it might be free on Craigslist or whatever. They fry out but with a new chopper, sometimes another transistor and changing the caps they can definitely do the job. Inmost the 3 major caps they need are those in the pi filter for the 5 volts because it feeds the feedback loop, and there is one in the snubber without which the chopper will short. Very rarely any other parts except do change a bunch more caps.

It's a thought.

Speaking of the 7104 I have a very nice R7103 ( rack mount 3 slot version of 7104) that as Harvey says I no longer wonder why I need it .....I dont!!

_*Make an offer*_ , pick up ONLY in Tampa FL area. Includes 7A29, 7A19 and 7B92A P-I's. I will NOT SHIP ..dont ask

Dave
manuals@...

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On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:02:28 -0700, you wrote:

I think I'm going to pass it up. I need to start being selective on my scope choices. I think my next scope will be one I really want. Which is a 2467 or 7104 with a MCP CRT.

I have a 7104. I use it only when I need the MCP or the 1 GHZ
bandwidth. That requires either a direct coax input or a 1 GHz probe
(and, for that matter, something where the bandwidth is needed).

Having one, I wouldn't give it up. Not having one, I'd wonder if I
need it. (mostly my use would be digital stuff, and looking at pulses
there. I've got an HP 16702B that helps here).

Harvey

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 01:23 PM, goran parezanovich wrote:

Personally I would offer less - in addition to power supply caps and
possible damage to the traces under the caps there is a possibility
that the NVRAMs will have to be changed ( dead batteries ) .


<-----Original Message----->

From: lop pol via Groups.Io [the_infinite_penguin@...]
Sent: 7/19/2018 2:04:37 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Looking at a broken 2440

?I'm looking at a 2440 that won't power on for $85. Worth it or not?

What is

the likelihood of just power supply issues and no IC problems?
Thanks fellas

The 1982 catalog lists Option 04 for the 485 indeed as EMC option
-DC
manuals@...

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Manuals@...
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The 2400 series digital are pretty cool. What I’ve dealt with over the years of repairing them is yes the NVRAM batteries can be failed which adds up to replacement recalibrate. . But rebuilding the PS isnt too bad. You just need all the caps. Disassemble the scope remove PS module. Disassemble the rack assembly from off the PS and then replace the caps. Yes this is a process but can work out ok. The other issue with the 2400 digital I have dealt with is the CRT being shorted out. So right now I have 4 2400 digital scopes with shorted CRT removed and disposed of. So buying a cheap scope thinking repair will be apiece of cake isn’t always true. Many hours of work and unobtainable parts can be required to fix. Which is now you have to buy two scopes to maybe fix one. I currently have a nice working 2467 in my inventory if you are deciding to go another route.

I just got a nicely refurbished 485 which lists "opt4" under the SN. I could find no information despite several searches. I was surprised at how little information there was at the w140.com/Tekwiki. My 465 manual says opt 4 is EMI environmental. Is that true of the 485 also?

It came with a CD of the service manual, but I'd like to get a nice hard copy original if anyone has one they are willing to part with. I can offer a 465 and RM45 manuals in good condition in exchange.

On 7/19/18 1:06 PM, lop pol via Groups.Io wrote:

I'm looking at a 2440 that won't power on for $85. Worth it or not? What is the likelihood of just power supply issues and no IC problems?
Thanks fellas

I'd say that could be likely.? I bought a 2440 at a flea market for
more, and it was stone dead when I got it home.? With the help of people
on this list, I got it running.? The archives should contain the saga.?
It has some small nits that I live with.? I bought a second one with a
self-test failure to use as a parts mule, but the fix for that failure
was trivial...? It's my go-to scope now.

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"Delete! Delete! OK!" -Dr. Bronner on disk space management
Card-sorting, Joel. -Crow on solitaire

I think I'm going to pass it up. I need to start being selective on my scope choices. I think my next scope will be one I really want. Which is a 2467 or 7104 with a MCP CRT.

Just remembered something - there is also a safety circuit designed to
stop powering up in the case of short for any of DC voltages rails - so
theoretically if there is a short at some other board the unit will not
start and power supply is still working correctly .

Personally I would offer less - in addition to power supply caps and
possible damage to the traces under the caps there is a possibility
that the NVRAMs will have to be changed ( dead batteries ) .

Gentlemen,
The vast majority of comments on this topic are completely lacking any relevance to the TekScopes.

Please stop wasting our bandwidth.

Thank you, Dennis Tillman W7PF