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    Power Adapter Help

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by MINIz guy, Nov 8, 2008.

  1. MINIz guy

    MINIz guy Notebook Consultant

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    How much watts does a P-6831FX power adapter pull? I expect any Gateway P - FX series will do.

    I couldn't find it on my power adapter and I'd like to find out soon.
     
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    The power adapter they give you out of the box is 120w. If you do any upgrades I'd suggest picking up a 180w
     
    BigHops323, Nov 8, 2008
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    If your charging battery from dead up to 120 watts. I've seen, If I remember 125 watts , but I have not charged my battery in a long time.
     
    mechrock, Nov 8, 2008
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    Batteries are rated in Amp-hours (Ah or mAh). You can charge a car battery with a 10-watt trickle charger if you don't mind waiting :)
     
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    mAh = milliamp hours :D . I'm sure you know this but just clearing it up incase others were confused.
     
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    Well, I'm looking for a DC to AC Inverter for those long car rides.

    Since it pulls 120W, would a 150W inverter be fine for those surges? On the box, it says 120W constant but it can handle up to 150W for a short amount of time. It sounds like it's enough, but should I go higher to be super safe?
     
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    Are you going to be gaming while you go down the road?
     
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    Heck, why not? We've already got in-dash DVD players and headrest/ceiling-mount LCD panels, console games connected to those same screens, in-car computers running XP/Vista; why not a mobile gaming rig?

    Somebody contatc MTV and see if they still do "Pimp my ride". We've got a new toy for them!!
     
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  9. MINIz guy

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    No CoD4 or anything like that. Mostly typing and the occasional solitaire.
     
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    Then that inverter should be fine. If you undervolt your CPU it will use a lot less power.
    I have a p-6860fx and playing Crysis only draws 80 watts with Wifi on.
     
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    Yea, I'm at 1.2v for my highest multiplier on my T5450. Before my trip, I will explore how low mine can go safely as I haven't had the time to test out the lowest this can go.
     
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    On my t5550 I can go to .95. Totally stable, stress tested for 3 hours.
    My laptop playing a DVD only uses 40 watts.
     
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    Very nice! That must be a very nice chip you have, atleast a very lucky pick :p I remember I couldn't even get below 1.1v before I had to RMA. Maybe they did something to this new motherboard so I could clock lower (not likely but hey...I can dream)
     
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