Jason and Alicia had an old all-in-one HP OfficeJet G55xi printer. It was retired because Jason couldn’t figure out why it wouldn’t power up.
After inheriting it from Jason, I Googled around and found very little information on it, mainly probably because the printer didn’t really have any issues. The only information I found pointed me to replacing a part on the printer from gray market (and that source was at least a couple of years old).
Not settling with Google search results, I asked Chee-hoi, the electric engineering and DIY wizard, to at least test the power supply so that I could rule out one variable at a time. But it turned out that the power supply was in perfect working condition. He then took apart the printer in hope to identify maybe a faulty component. He said if we could locate what was damaged (most likely the power regulator of some sort), I could’ve bought a replacement chip and have someone solder it back on, and the printer may work just fine. But HP took the precaution of using very tiny specialized screws that Chee-hoi didn’t have the driver for. So we gave up.
I think I am going to post it on Craigslist to see if some other geek wants it for free.
Sorry, Harlows. I tried. 🙁