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[SOLVED] HP Photosmart Scanner's working... - altman - 01-13-2015
Glad to say that scanning s works on my LL Install , top work Team . An HP Photosmart 5520
Never tried it with LL s install yet .
Re: HP Photosmart Scanner s working . - N4RPS - 01-15-2015
Hello!
Yes, Linux gives most old XP-era scanners new life - which is good, because those are dirt cheap now...
73 DE N4RPS
Re: HP Photosmart Scanner s working . - Valtam - 01-15-2015
HP are brilliant. If you're going to get a new printer/scanner please support HP. They do wonders for linux
Re: HP Photosmart Scanner s working . - altman - 01-15-2015
HP for printers ok , but not their Laptops , had to replace hard dick after a little over a year of use & they wanted around a hundred dollars in order just to have it oem , I mean windows 7 . I went with Linux on that lappy .
Re: HP Photosmart Scanner s working . - N4RPS - 01-17-2015
Hello!
Some of the newer HP lappies have issues with inadequate heat sinking on the graphics chip. As a result, the chip gets so hot that the solder connections on the chip itself start to melt. As a result, the soldered connections on the chip then have to be reflowed.
Reflowing the chip requires a considerable investment in a reflow workstation to get it done right, and a heck of a lot of masking with Kapton tape - not to mention stripping the lappy to its guts and removing the motherboard...
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Re: HP Photosmart Scanner s working . - altman - 01-17-2015
True mate . I bought a kind of laptop fan & I used to use it on my old netbook , it was used or sometime used on my other laptop & mostly used on this lappy .