Okay, so is it going to fuck up my laptop if I used a 19V 3.16A ac adapter versus the 19V 3.95A adapter it's supposed to use?

If so, why?

12/30/2005 12:27:51 AM

it won't harm your laptop as much as prolly just blow the adapter fuse

[Edited on December 30, 2005 at 12:28 AM. Reason : .]

12/30/2005 12:28:46 AM

Laptop should be fine. I'm guessing this will work without a hitch.

If there was a problem most likely the adapter will go like ^ said. I doubt the laptop will draw the max amperage all the time.

12/30/2005 3:58:54 PM

lol

12/30/2005 5:56:41 PM

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"I doubt the laptop will draw the max amperage all the time."

yea i would hope a laptop wouldn't draw 3 amps that's the equivalent of what, about six 60W bulbs?

12/30/2005 6:56:20 PM

^WTF?

12/30/2005 7:38:19 PM

yea, well it charged, but I had to cycle the adapter on and off with it running, bastard got hot as FUCK.

12/30/2005 10:47:52 PM

my apple charger gets hot as hell when i charge my powerbook up from near-dead charge, almost too hot to touch. im guessing what happened to yours is okay... just keep an eye on it. if it's designed well, the fuse will blow before anything bad happens.

^^ don't worry about it

12/30/2005 11:05:45 PM

Except that those 6 60 watt bulbs aren't running on 19v DC

12/30/2005 11:12:31 PM

^^It was way beyond the normal temperature. I know what a power brick is supposed to feel like. It was on the verge of melting the casing into the carpet hot.

12/30/2005 11:14:30 PM

d00ds

The adapter gets very hot if your battery is drained out because the large potential difference causes a lot of current to flow. More current means a hotter transformer core.

12/30/2005 11:17:37 PM

d00d: it gets danerously hot because it was trying to charge the battery WHILE powering the laptop as I was using it. The combination was what put it in dangerzone. Just charging it was fine.

12/30/2005 11:53:59 PM

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"dangerzone"

12/31/2005 1:56:12 AM

i have the targus tornado coolingn system for my laptop

its powered through the usb hub

today it gave me 2 warnings for having a power surge on the usb hub

whats the deal with that, can i fix it?

12/31/2005 2:33:56 AM

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"yea i would hope a laptop wouldn't draw 3 amps that's the equivalent of what, about six 60W bulbs?"

hahahahahahahahha

12/31/2005 10:36:30 AM

i love it when people don't know if im being serious or not.

12/31/2005 11:41:30 AM

my laptop draws over 4A consistently

12/31/2005 2:36:55 PM

4A that's what, 360W?

or maybe it's 320, depending on your IP address.

12/31/2005 6:50:18 PM

dude you're not at all funny.

12/31/2005 6:51:30 PM

who says im trying to be

12/31/2005 6:57:31 PM

well, if you're not trying to be funny, then you're clearly an idiot.

12/31/2005 6:59:59 PM

12/31/2005 7:02:11 PM