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    Can the G73 work on the power from a plane adapter?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by wanderer82, Apr 20, 2010.

  1. wanderer82

    wanderer82 Notebook Guru

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    Hi All,
    I was looking into buying a G73, but am trying to find out if while it is on power conserve mode if the power adapter can work on a regular converter on a plane? Has anyone tried?
    Thanks!
     
    wanderer82, Apr 20, 2010
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    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    I read that plane power sockets are a max of 75 watts
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Apr 20, 2010
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    MrVibe Notebook Consultant

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    tried on air France, and Delta in business class, it was a no go, you plug it, it goes on like if it was charging then the charging light fade, you unplug , replug it does the same thing. I conc;ude that the plug does not carry enough power. Samne thing happens with my previous xps 16 but not with my friend's thinkpad whcih worked well in the plane
     
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    betaflame Notebook Evangelist

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    maybe if you downclocked your GFX card and already had a full charged battery it wouldn't draw too much.

    Or tried booting with the battery out so it didn't charge and pull over the limit...

    Just guessing here.
     
    betaflame, Apr 20, 2010
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    Other things to try out: Remove the battery if you don't need it. This will reduce power consumption & I'm using my laptop with a 90W rated third-party adapter (compare to original power adapter rated at 150W).
     
    austbear, Jul 6, 2010
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    Lak666 Notebook Enthusiast

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    maaan, i was REAALLY excited about gaming on my flight to germany in a month, cuz its a really long flight from here to colombia (Minimum 13 hours i have read)...

    this just made me sad: Lost KB lights, cant play GTA EFLC...and now this...D=
     
    Lak666, Jul 8, 2010
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    adamski07 Notebook Consultant

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    can u give me the link f the adapter you are using... is it safe to use different adapter??
     
    adamski07, Jul 8, 2010
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    Using a lower power adapter can cause instabilities if your notebook needs more juice than what is available. It's pretty much the same as using a desktop with an inadequate power supply. You may be able to use it for word and older games if you downclock the GPU but don't expect to play games that will fully use the GPU (the CPU and GPU used at full capacity require 95W: 45W CPU and 50W GPU).
     
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    I thought the same, and for some planes it's limited to ~75W. However I was on a flight on Aer Lingus from Paris to JFK. They had a 110V plug, and I was playing games just fine plugged in. It had a ~200W limit I believe, or something sufficiently high. Laptop is in sig and definitely consumes more than 100W when gaming.
    Bring your AC adapter, you never know.
     
    Duct Tape Dude, Jul 8, 2010
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