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Find The Correct AC Power Adapter


Can't seem to find the correct ac power adapter for your laptop / notebook?

Take a peek at our laptop / notebook ac power adapter guide for some helpful tips. We recommend that you only purchase OEM specific ac power adapters for your Acer, Compaq, Dell, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba or other laptop. Generic "OEM compatible" ac power adapters are cheap and more often than not literally fall apart at the seams. If you Have a Dell try to get the specific adapter such as a Dell PA 10 or Dell PA 12...

Laptop Troubleshooting

You press the power button on your laptop / notebook, but nothing happens, no lights, no power no anything. It must be the laptops / notebooks ac power adapter right? Often, it is but not always. Here are some simple steps to save time and frustration before purchasing a new ac power adapter for your laptop / notebook.

• Look for a light on your laptops / notebooks ac power adapter. Most ac power adapters have these to indicated it is functioning properly when lit.
• Ensure that the power cord is fully plugged into the wall and the ac power adapter.
• Test the power outlet with another....



Universal Power Adapters for laptops / notebooks can actually do more harm than good. Almost everything in a laptop / notebook is proprietary and there are only a handful of standardized parts in laptops. AC Power Adapters not being one of them.

To reduce reduce inventory costs and save money big box retail stores only carry universal ac power adapters. While they are easier to sell they can often do more harm than good.

Universal power adapters have a floating voltage, meaning that there is a sensor in them that detects which voltage they ought to be outputting. If that sensor is damaged or for any reason miss-detects the correct setting, the universal power adapter can cause damage to your laptops / notebooks motherboard.

As a general rule you should keep an ac power adapter within one amp and one volt of its specified input, which is located on a sticker on the bottom of the laptop / notebook....