Geek booty call
I hates computers. They're written in a foreign language that you have to be weird in the head to understand.So anyway my laptop has an AC adaptor that went up in smoke. Literally. I need to replace it but the part I need is not available in Brisbane. It doesn't seem to be made by the firm that made it any more.
Computer geeks, I need you. What I want to know is, can I use a different adaptor? The one I had is a 60W, 3.16A one. Can I use a 65W one? Will my laptop explode? Will the adaptor explode? Will I explode? Can I use a less powerful one?
posted by Dr Zen @ 11:50 am
4 Comments:
IIRC, it's the amperage that will fry your piece, or not give you sufficient juice. But I wouldn't want to make *my* laptop a guinea pig... Sorry for your luck on this one, man.
Take the laptop with you to the shop that will sell you the replacement and ask them to prove to you that what they recommend will do the trick. Not wanting to display any geekiness, but a few extra amps wont hurt you as much as not enough. The amperage rating is the maximum it will supply when required to, not what it will attempt to stuff up the inlet socket of your poor defenceless laptop. Do you think I should take up writing cyber-porn? I've often wondered if my future lies in the seedy side of life.
According to my geek husband, DO NOT try different wattages, different anything. He's hesitant to say it's okay to use one with all the same specifications if it's intended for another brand of computer. If at all possible try to find an adaptor made by someone that specifically states it can be used with your laptop.
Personally, it seems to me that if all the specifications are the same and the plug is the same, one ought to be able to use it, but I'm neither an electrical nor computer geek, and I wouldn't want to make a guinea pig of my laptop, either.
You need to be very close on voltage a little higer is ok but never go lower as this will overheat the laptop. Equal Ampage or higher is OK if you go lower the PSU will blow, like an under rated fuse. Wattage can be higher but never lower, if its lower it may just not work at all or at best boot but not run properly. The laptop will simply use how ever many watts it needs if its higher rated.
Look on EBAY.
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