Questions tagged [charger]
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Can a USB-A charger be used for USB-C laptop charging using an adapter?
I have
a DELL XPS 13 9370 with a DELL H754V84 battery that can only be charged using a USB-C port.
a USB-A > USB-C adapter
a USB-A charger. It can output 9.0V 1.65A or 5.0V 2A
Can I safely use ...
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Inside battery replacement in my laptop
I have a battery of laptop. Its model is MU06 (for HP pavilion dv6 laptop). It is a 6 cell (11.1 62Wh) battery. Each cell is ICR18650 (3.75 normal 4.30V Maximum 1400mA Standard 2800mA maximum). Can I ...
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Is it safe to try charging my laptop with a USB-C PD charger that has less wattage than recommended?
I have a Thinkpad x270 and read that I can charge it using USB C Power Delivery and that it draws 45W. I also have a 36W USB C charger. What would happen if I combined those two?
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I recently bought a replacement charger for my laptop, but I'm worried about the polarity
so a couple of weeks ago my original laptop charger blew. So I ordered a new one with the same voltage and amperage. On arrival I noticed that the polarity might be in reverse. The old charger had (+)-...
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My laptop charger blew a fuse in it, should I just short it?
Soo, I recently had a voltage surge at my house, and a couple of my chargers blew up. My laptop's charger was one of them. Upon opening I found out that only a fuse labelled T3.15A/ 250V had burned. ...
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Using two different chargers for the same laptop
I have laptop HP 650 G1
It came with charger with specs:
INPUT 240V - 1.6A 50-60 HZ
OUTPUT 19.5 V-3.33 A
So I want to know is it safe to charge laptop with another charger (same connector, also from ...
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Laptop Battery and Charger potentially broken?
This is about my roughly 4 years old Asus N551JK, in case it matters.
Whenever the laptop is under heavy load (android studio running, for instance) the battery is acting really weird.
It constantly ...
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Is it safe to use this charging cable for my HP PC?
Recently, my HP PC PSU and the cable had burnt up.
I have tried looking for a charger with kind of the same voltage, power and amps.
So my previous chargers (HP) details are given:
INPUT:
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Dell Precision m6800 won't recognize any power supply (through own DC jack as well as docking port), and battery will not charge
My m6800 has complained occasionally about the AC adapter being seated poorly since I bought it, and I have always been able to pacify it. Since last night, I cannot. BIOS tells me that I have ...
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URGENT - How to fix a broken laptop charger/tell whether its the port? [closed]
I still use my old laptop (asus r500v, ~4-5 years old) for work and university so I have a huge problem now: when I plugged in the charger it made a short buzzing sound and noe it isnt charging ...
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My HP laptop and its charger are becoming incompatible
My HP power adapter (19.5 Volts) is unable to charge my laptop (HP 15G-BR016TX).
These are the symptoms of the charging issue:
99% of charging attempts will not work.
Rarely, however, it does work. ...
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Can i use a universal laptop charger for +10.8v 4400mah, 47wh [duplicate]
I have a universal laptop adapter with listed voltage that i can set 12v/15v/16/18/19/20/24v.. i want to try it on my asus laptop with battery rating of +10.8v 4400mah, 27wh.. it's an li-ion battery. ...
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Does Acer have any protection on its chargers?
I was just wondering if Acer or any other laptop charger had some sort of safety to shut off when extremely hot, because if not, then I would definitely consider bringing this charger to the repair ...
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Why does my macbook give a slight tingling sensation when it is charging and what could i,we or Apple do about it? [duplicate]
I have been facing this problem since the time of purchase. I think the shocks go away once it's fully charged. I experience shocks regardless of whether I sit directly on the tiled floor at my ...
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How to bypass Dell charger detection?
As the title says, I want to bypass the adapter detection, because it disables the battery charging, and slows down the CPU (I have killed this with ThrottleStop).
The charger is working fine under ...
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