power supply

[Eric Cope]

If it is the power supply, the iGo supplies from Radio Shack are pretty
nice. Change the tip to each new device.

Eric

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:00 PM, mike havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My lap top keeps turning itself off usually right after I start another
> > application as if it caused too much draw. Sometimes I can go days w/o it
> > turning itself off while other times it won't stay on 30 seconds. This
> tells
> > me it is the power supply. Am I correct? Where would I get a power supply
> > for a laptop?
>
> First thing to try: with the power off, remove the battery, plug it
> back in, run it that way.  If there's no problems, then you have
> either one or more shorted cells or the charge controller circuit in
> the battery pack is shot.  Replace battery pack.
>
> If it's still glitching, it's your "brick".  Good source for cheap
> replacements at the bottom of this page:
>
> http://www.geeks.com/products.asp?cat=PWR
>
> They'll cost you double at SWS, even worse at Beast Buy.  Hmmm...Fry's
> Electronics might have something at a reasonable price though.
>
> The aftermarket "universal/multi-tip" types are almost always cheaper
> than a new factory replacement.  Make sure you get one with as much
> output wattage as your original (it will be written on there
> somewhere).
>
> Jim
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