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| Calab... |
 Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:32 am |
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I have a Gateway T-6815 laptop. The power brick was lost a while ago. I now
have a generic laptop power brick.
I cannot determine the polarity that the laptop needs? There is no tip/ring
diagram. All that it has is:
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19v ----- 3.42 A (thats a solid line over a dashed line)
So... does that tell me anything? Is it possible that the laptop doesn't
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| John Fields... |
| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:56 am |
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 22:32:50 -0700, "Calab" <myspam at (no spam) csd.ca> wrote:
[quote:f5c5442357]
I have a Gateway T-6815 laptop. The power brick was lost a while ago. I now
have a generic laptop power brick.
I cannot determine the polarity that the laptop needs? There is no tip/ring
diagram. All that it has is:
____
19v ----- 3.42 A (thats a solid line over a dashed line)
So... does that tell me anything? Is it possible that the laptop doesn't
care about the polarity?
[/quote:f5c5442357]
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http://support.gateway.com/support/ask_gateway.aspx?cmpid=topnav
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| Gnack Nol... |
| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:49 am |
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On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:32:50 -0700, Calab wrote:
[quote:8e091853a6]
I have a Gateway T-6815 laptop. The power brick was lost a while ago. I
now have a generic laptop power brick.
I cannot determine the polarity that the laptop needs? There is no
tip/ring diagram. All that it has is:
____
19v ----- 3.42 A (thats a solid line over a dashed line)
So... does that tell me anything? Is it possible that the laptop doesn't
care about the polarity?
[/quote:8e091853a6]
It is very defiantly polarity sensitive don't try to use just any
connection polarity or you will damage it.
Your best bet is to go to Ebay and look for one. I just looked
and there are many for sale from $10-20 new and used. Buying a
universal supply from a regular supplier would cost much more and using a
general purpose wall wart will not work since the supply is a switching
type and the computer is very sensitive to noise in the power supply.
Gnack |
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