Fucking AC Adapters, how do they work?

[Duck, Duck, Goose]

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.

[CaffeinePowered]

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

[Duck, Duck, Goose]

[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.

[HeK]

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.

[Kirby]

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.

[Luinbariel]

Yeah... HeK has repaired my laptop cord like this more than once....

[Mission Difficult]

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.

[Luinbariel]

[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.
[/quote]

lol leprechaun typo.

Fix'd.

[Duck, Duck, Goose]

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

[Kirby]

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.

[at0m]

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.

[Kor]

Atom's Golden Opportunity to willingly impart specific, practical knowledge purely for altruistic(and self-satisfyingly so) reasons, is lost.

/hug buddy