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    New Dell Adaptor

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by eskimo_socks, Nov 20, 2004.

  1. eskimo_socks

    eskimo_socks Notebook Guru

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    About two months ago Dell launched a big recall of power adaptors because some of the old ones got too hot and caught on fire, anyway I just got my new one but I swear that its running hotter (I have it on my desk so it dosen't matter that much...) any other experiences with this??

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3727852.stm

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    Dell Inspiron 2500, 800 Mhz P3, 312 MB Ram, 6.5 MB Onboard Graphics

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    Dell 9200, 2.0 GHz, 1024 MB Ram, 128 MB Ati Mobility Radeon 9700 Graphics
     
    eskimo_socks, Nov 20, 2004
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  2. HabeasPorpoise

    HabeasPorpoise Notebook Guru

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    I've had my laptop on for nearly ten hours straight while at work... the adapter gets painfully hot to touch but I've never had it catch fire.
     
    HabeasPorpoise, Nov 20, 2004
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    inspiron9200 Notebook Guru

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    me i hang it so its not touching anything so 100% of the adaptor is in air and gets not too hot. Not practical but it works.
     
    inspiron9200, Nov 20, 2004
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    Phylter Notebook Enthusiast

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by inspiron9200
     
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    Phylter, Nov 21, 2004
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    inspiron9200 Notebook Guru

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    my adaptor has that rubber thing that is like a cable tie when you wrap the cords in the adaptor. i use that rubber tie so im not risking any elicrical fire from wired short circuiting.
     
    inspiron9200, Nov 22, 2004
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