The power brick on my Toshiba died one morning on me (fine at home, got to work, dead) I think it was an internal fuse or something. Ended up getting a generic multi voltage unit from the local Maplin, works a treat.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of warpmedia Sent: 10 April 2005 14:33 To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Generic laptop power adapters Choice pf brand aside, if it names your laptop model as supported & has the connector I'd say it's OK. I have a Targus one here that work fine on the only HP laptop I had but I think it's only 60W so no go on my dell even with the right plug & voltage. Thane Sherrington wrote: > What's the collective's opinion on those power adapters that Radio > Shack sells that supposedly work with every laptop on the planet? I > have one that is supposed to work with a IBM Thinkpad A20 which wants > 16V 4.5A, but the adapter is giving me 17.4V (can't test the amps.) > I'm thinking it's not worth taking the chance myself. > > T > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Anti-Virus] > >
