laptop charger

n3kro · 04-03-2007, 08:50 AM

A friend of mine lost her charger for her laptop a while back and she couldn't find one online. I went on and found one but I don't know anything about the kind of requirements needed for a charger (ex: watt reqs) and I've heard that a charger with a different wattage than your laptop can do some serious damage. I have no desire to be responsible for recommending a charger to my friend that permanently damages her laptop.

Here is the charger that I found online:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16842207001

I am pretty sure this will work (it says universal lol) but I just wanted a second opinion. Better safe than sorry.

Thank you

Dropkickmurphys · 04-03-2007, 10:14 AM

that looks ok, not 100% sure about it though.

what make was the laptop? and what model?

Hass · 04-03-2007, 05:41 PM

Wal-Mart sells universal chargers for cheap.
(I work there and people ask for them all day long, so I know)

They're in most walmarts.
unlike some other items.

**DCIScouts** · 04-03-2007, 07:43 PM

Universal laptop chargers ARE NOT universal. They are just available on multiple models of laptops, and no offense Hass, but I wouldn't but one from Wal-Mart. Let us know what make and model the laptop is, and we'll find one for ya...

04-03-2007, 08:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
n3kro Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 37	laptop charger A friend of mine lost her charger for her laptop a while back and she couldn't find one online. I went on and found one but I don't know anything about the kind of requirements needed for a charger (ex: watt reqs) and I've heard that a charger with a different wattage than your laptop can do some serious damage. I have no desire to be responsible for recommending a charger to my friend that permanently damages her laptop. Here is the charger that I found online: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16842207001 I am pretty sure this will work (it says universal lol) but I just wanted a second opinion. Better safe than sorry. Thank you

04-03-2007, 10:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dropkickmurphys Diamond Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Worthing, UK (Uni at Kent) Age: 19 Posts: 1,871	that looks ok, not 100% sure about it though. what make was the laptop? and what model? __________________ Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz (OC @ 2.5GHz) Gigabyte P35C-DS3R motherboard 2GB 6400 DDR240 RAM 512Mb Geforce 8600GT OC'd (Hoping for a 9800GT soon) 500GB Seagate 7,500RPM HDD Lite-on 20x DVD+RW OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU CoolerMaster Black Centurian 534 Case Samsung 19" 1440x900 SyncMaster 940BW monitor / Samsung 19" 1440x900 TV Dual Booting: Windows XP Proffessional SP2 / Windows Vista Business SP1

04-03-2007, 07:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Age: 26 Posts: 5,094	Universal laptop chargers ARE NOT universal. They are just available on multiple models of laptops, and no offense Hass, but I wouldn't but one from Wal-Mart. Let us know what make and model the laptop is, and we'll find one for ya... __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF

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04-03-2007, 05:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hass Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 219	Wal-Mart sells universal chargers for cheap. (I work there and people ask for them all day long, so I know) They're in most walmarts. unlike some other items.