Did I fry my Palm Tungsten E?

December 10, 2005 1:17 AM

Did I fry my Palm Tungsten E? I'm currently residing in Nepal, and when I arrived and the battery ran down, I plugged it in without thinking and without using a voltage converter. Is it toast or is perhaps the battery dead? I know that the batteries in Tungsten Es often go quickly. I have a chance to send it back to the US with a friend to get it repaired or the battery replaced, and I want to know if this is worth the time and money. It's not under warranty.
posted by AArtaud to computers & internet (5 comments total)

Something's probably toast. Mains power in Nepal is 230 volts. But how did you plug it in without a converter, since the outlets in Nepal aren't the same as North America? Or did you have a European model?
posted by Dipsomaniac at 5:27 AM on December 10, 2005

Outlet adapters don't necessarily have converters.
posted by thirteenkiller at 9:53 AM on December 10, 2005

Oh, honey - I did this with my Tungsten E in Nairobi, but I was using one of those "universal adaptors" which I thought was a converter or something and long story short.....toast.
posted by tristeza at 10:30 AM on December 10, 2005

I was using an outlet adaptor. Thanks everyone, that's what I thought.
posted by AArtaud at 9:31 PM on December 10, 2005

I've also got a palm and use it in Nepal with no problem- the converter switches between 240/110 automatically as far as I know (its the type where you can switch the socket types on the front of the adaptor). If you've got time it and are in Kathmandu it might be worth going down New road to a computer shop to ask if they know of anywhere where someone can take a look at it- it'll probably be cheaper than the US
posted by MrC at 10:32 PM on December 10, 2005