I have a dell inspiron and refuses to respond to the call of the on button on cigarette lighter source or on 12 to 15 volts.
Yanni Marinated S/V Princess Thalia Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3 N 43.13.406 W 73.37.431 www.yannismarine.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosalie B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] 12v computer > On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:16:56 -0400, you wrote: > >>It all depends on the laptop manufacturer. > >>> I've always just plugged my laptops into a cigarette lighter plug like >>> the ones on cars. We have plenty of those on our boat. Do you not >>> have them? I just use the car/flight adapter plugs. > > I've done it with Toshiba, Dell, and Compaq computers, and maybe > others that I don't remember what brand they were over the past 10 > years. The laptops have sometimes bit the dust, but it wasn't from > that. (i.e. you can't blame the laptop for failing if it is outside > in a downpour, gets thoroughly soaked and then decides not to boot > anymore) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.101 / Virus Database: 270.4.3/1524 - Release Date: 28/06/2008 7:42 PM _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
