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Is it safe to replace a 11.25V laptop battery with 11.1V or 10.8V?
I need a replacement battery for an older laptop that originally came with an 11.25V Li-ion battery (presumably 3 cells at 3.75V each).
The batteries I found online mostly have a nominal voltage of 11....
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Can a loosely connected PSU damage a laptop?
is it a bad thing that the cable connects to the power adapter block in a laptop power supply comes loose and is left alone while the laptop is under use (as shown in the picture)? I am worried it ...
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low voltage POST only means battery problems?
No doubt the watch battery on the motherboard long since lost its juice.
However, I'm not quite sure what error I saw on boot, I think it was before POST and I think it mentioned "low voltage&...
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Laptop Power Supply Modification
I have an old laptop which I no longer have the charger for. I ordered a new charger for the same laptop series, but the plug is too large, and it is unlikely that I will find the same adapter (Acer ...
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Will an external battery power bank power an mini-ITX board (~200W)?
I was planning to build a laptop from scratch, and I've found some good DC-DC converters that allow you to use an external power source to power a standard desktop board (in this case a mini-ITX). The ...
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Can low voltage damage laptop or it's battery?
Sometimes I get very low voltage in my house. I am worried if I connect my laptop charger to the socket, will it damage the charger, battery or the laptop itself?
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