HP 9114B questions

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(02-17-2018 10:48 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  Regarding your question about the adapter, yes that is the correct adapter, however with no battery installed (or a dead battery), it can't supply enough current (as Dave noted above, draw can be very high) and the drive will not always work properly (though oddly, sometimes it does, but not reliably).

Fortunately my new battery:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XB...UTF8&psc=1

Arrived in two days, and charged. Works great, and charger seems to be working as well.

The drive does make a funny noise when first spinning up the disk, but then it is all quiet. Works fine though, formatting or copying back and forth...