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08-09-2010, 05:40 PM

So my adapter for my laptop died. It's a 120W with 100-240V, 2A, 50-60Hz input and 19V, 6.32A output.

I have a 90W, 100-240V, 1.4A, 50-60Hz input and 19V, 4.74A output backup adapter.

It works, but it (obviously) stops working after around 20 minutes. Should I use this until my replacement arrives? Will it catch fire/blow up/end the world?

Edit: My 120W works if I hold it a certain way, resting on a box angled upwards... is that a problem with the adapter or the actual plug in the PC? The 90W works fine no matter how it's plugged in... so idk.
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08-09-2010, 06:30 PM

[me=Caffeine]turns on the HeK signal[/me]


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08-09-2010, 06:38 PM

(08-09-2010, 06:30 PM)Caffeine link Wrote: [me=Caffeine]turns on the HeK signal[/me]
lol :p

Also worth mentioning that the 90W has temperature protection and circuit overload protection, so I guess it won't be catching fire/blowing up.
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08-09-2010, 09:52 PM

You prolly broke the wire inside the plug. That happens to laptops at work all the time.
We just slice them open with a razor blade and solder them back together. Apply hot glue and you're done.
Then again we just order new ones and keep the fixed ones as spares.


Otherwise eBay, get a cloned PSU for <$30.
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08-10-2010, 06:28 AM

(08-09-2010, 09:52 PM)HeK link Wrote: You prolly broke the wire inside the plug. That happens to laptops at work all the time.
We just slice them open with a razor blade and solder them back together. Apply hot glue and you're done.
Then again we just order new ones and keep the fixed ones as spares.


Otherwise eBay, get a cloned PSU for <$30.


This.


I got my laptop for repairing it in this manner 3x over for a coworker. Still running on the repaired cord.


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08-10-2010, 11:23 AM

Yeah... HeK has repaired my laptop cord like this more than once....
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08-10-2010, 11:30 AM

(08-10-2010, 11:23 AM)Luinbariel link Wrote: Yeah... HeK has repaired me laptop cord like this more than once....

Whenever someone uses "me" instead of "my" they automatically sound like a leprechaun in my mind.


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08-10-2010, 11:50 AM

(08-10-2010, 11:30 AM)Mission Difficult link Wrote: [quote author=Luinbariel link=topic=4884.msg168520#msg168520 date=1281457389]
Yeah... HeK has repaired me laptop cord like this more than once....

Whenever someone uses "me" instead of "my" they automatically sound like a leprechaun in my mind.
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lol leprechaun typo.

Fix'd.
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08-10-2010, 12:03 PM

Well seeing as I don't have the pin from inside, I can't exactly fix it. At least I know it's only a problem with the plug and not inside my laptop. ;D
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08-10-2010, 07:52 PM

(08-10-2010, 12:03 PM)Nitrous Oxide link Wrote: Well seeing as I don't have the pin from inside, I can't exactly fix it. At least I know it's only a problem with the plug and not inside my laptop. ;D


Feh.

You can jerry rig anything if need be, both my cord plug and the socket in my laptop are replaced.


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08-14-2010, 08:46 PM

I agree with HeK, you can try to repair it but you're almost better off just buying a new one.

On a side note, I thought this thread was a request for a tutorial on active power supplies, a topic I'm qualified to comment on ;x but alas, trying to explain how awesome (and difficult) it is to regulate output voltage with minimum ripple and an unknown input voltage is irrelevant in this case.



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08-15-2010, 01:32 AM

(08-14-2010, 08:46 PM)at0m link Wrote: Atom's Golden Opportunity to willingly impart specific, practical knowledge purely for altruistic(and self-satisfyingly so) reasons, is lost.

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