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    Asus AC Adapter question

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Gaming One, Dec 29, 2010.

  1. Gaming One

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    Hey everyone, I have a problem. I'm at a friends house, and I left the AC adapter for my G73JW (i7 740QM) gaming laptop at home. :eek: It's an hour drive away. However, he has an old AC adapter with an Input of 100-240V and an Output of 19V. Can I safely use this Adapter to power my laptop?

    Thanks in advance.
     
  2. mite_jan

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    interesting question i would like to know the answer too
    i am just too lazy to google it :)
     
  3. Gaming One

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    I googled it, but for the site I foudn they never listed the Q740, They did the Q720 and 820, but not the 740. Better safe than sorry when your talking about 1500 dollars...
     
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    Sure, it'll work.
    Not sure if the amp rating will be adequate.
     
  5. Gaming One

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    Will it do any damage? I went on ASUS's website and it says this:
    AC Adapter:
    Output: 16 V DC, 4.7 A, 150W
    Input: 100-240 V AC, 50/60 Hz universal (Intel® i7-720QM / i7-820QM platform)
    Output: 19 V DC, 4.74 A, 120W
    Input: 100~240 V AC, 50/60 Hz universal (Intel® Core™i7-620M/ i5 / i3 platform)
     
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  7. Gaming One

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    Haha I didn't google for the actual adapter, just the specs that are required... if you get my meaning. But thanks a ton man.
     
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    It'll probably be able to charge your battery, but it might not let you boot up your laptop (due to a low Ampere). You can try though. At least you can wait hours for the battery to charge and then play using the battery and repeat ;o
     
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    DC output voltage:19V
    DC output current:7.9A
    Power:150W
    that's all you need dude
    if your friend adapter has those numbers put it on :)
     
  10. Gaming One

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    I tried out his adapter... got about 3 minutes before the computer just shut down. I see now the current was off... anyway we ended up going back and getting it lol. Had left some other stuff back there too so we took a ride.

    Just FTR My addapter is
    100~240V, 2.0A INPUT
    19.5 V, 7.7A OUTPUT

    Thanks for the help guys.