What is, and what is the purpose of this part of a laptop power adapter? [more inside]
posted on Mar 16, 2008 - 6 answers 
I would like to power my laptop with the sun. [more inside]
posted on Feb 10, 2008 - 19 answers
I have a Dell 8600 laptop on which it seems that the power switch has slowly died. Is there any way to save him? [more inside]
posted on Jan 10, 2008 - 3 answers
I have a laptop with a completely discharged battery, but no power lead. I do have a power lead from my other laptop, but the outputs differ slightly... [more inside]
posted on Dec 23, 2007 - 6 answers
How interchangeable are laptop power supplies? [more inside]
posted on Dec 20, 2007 - 9 answers
Will an iGo WallPower 120 AC adapter work with a Compaq Presario R3000? [more inside]
posted on Nov 6, 2007 - 4 answers
Where can I get a replacement Macbook Pro power cord fast? [more inside]
posted on Oct 20, 2007 - 9 answers
USB 2.0 PCMCIA cards on a Mac G4 Aluminum Laptop: Does the card brand matter? [more inside]
posted on Sep 30, 2007 - 0 answers
Friend is going to Brazil for a month with a normal US laptop. Are there any power/ethernet issues we should be aware of? Special adapters we need to purchase so the laptop can charge and connect to the Internet?
posted on Sep 14, 2007 - 3 answers
Is my laptop experiencing organ transplant rejection? [more inside]
posted on Jun 1, 2007 - 6 answers
How dangerous is the business end of a Macbook MagSafe laptop power cable to a small child?
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posted on Apr 11, 2007 - 25 answers
My laptop's backlight is acting up. And so is the power button. [more inside]
posted on Jan 15, 2007 - 6 answers
How can I discover how to keep my laptop's hard drive powered down? Hibernating or standby states are unreliable or very slow to wake up from. [more inside]
posted on Dec 3, 2006 - 11 answers
Laptop hardware question: My laptop takes a couple minutes to "warm up" before it will boot... details inside. [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2006 - 5 answers
Help me understand/explain anomalous laptop power adapter and/or battery behaviour. Why would it be dead, then fine? Why would the system crash when it should hibernate? [more inside]
posted on Oct 27, 2006 - 6 answers
My laptop isn't getting along with it's power supply. I thought it was the power supply, but apparently not. Help please! [more inside]
posted on Oct 17, 2006 - 11 answers
My laptop has suddenly run into problems... That is, it seems to like turning itself off with no warning whatsoever. [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2006 - 14 answers
Help! It's my father-in-law's birthday and he wants a "power adapter so he can use his laptop on an airplane"... (details inside) [more inside]
posted on Jul 17, 2006 - 10 answers
My laptop is mysteriously not turning on. I hit the power button, the fans and lights go on, but then it shuts off within about three seconds. [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2006 - 11 answers
used old IBM power adapter on new IBM laptop. The voltage was the same, amperage was lower, but now the machine won't boot with a major Windows 2000 registry error. Am I frying my machine? [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2006 - 8 answers
The power connector to my G4 Powerbook is almost dead. It only charges in one very specific position, and I have to twist it around for a few seconds to find the sweetspot (rotating it in situ). Nothing is loose and nothing is visibly wrong. I tried squeezing the metal sleeve slightly to make it more elliptical in the hope this would create a tighter connection, but it made no difference. [more inside]
posted on Feb 16, 2006 - 18 answers
WindowsXPFilter: How can I make the power meter icon on my new laptop display the time remaining in addition to the percent of battery power left? [more inside]
posted on Jan 28, 2006 - 8 answers
My laptop (due to me always having it in my lap) has quit taking power from my power cord. [more inside]
posted on Jan 24, 2006 - 20 answers
What DC to AC power inverter can I buy for use in a car that won't contribute hum to an audio signal from devices it powers? [more inside]
posted on Nov 15, 2005 - 11 answers
The power cord keeps falling out of my laptop. How can I fix this? [more inside]
posted on Nov 6, 2005 - 12 answers
Laptop power management. [more inside]
posted on Aug 30, 2005 - 6 answers
BatteryFilter: I've got a Dell Latitude C800 that I've been nothing but happy with, until recently. Of late, the power seems to be iffy at best, switching at random between AC power and battery power... [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2005 - 4 answers
Uses for an unstable PC? A department manager purchased a laptop, I won't say what brand, about a year and a half ago. It's had new RAM and two new hard drives. The power socket is coming off the motherboard. It wasn't cheap and is more powerful than some of the other laptops currently in use. However, you can't be sure it's going to start up on any given morning. We would normally add old laptops to a pool of portable equipment used by our 70+ lecturing staff, but they have enough problems with working equipment. There are several interesting hobbyist projects I could pursue (a digital picture frame springs to mind), but I'd like to at least attempt some sort of work-related deployment when he breaks down and buys a new laptop. Any ideas?
posted on Oct 27, 2004 - 7 answers
