Re: power supply

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@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:00 PM, mike havens <bmike1@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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