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    Where to buy power adapter for X1 Carbon?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dB02, Jun 8, 2013.

  1. dB02

    dB02 Notebook Enthusiast

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    My ThinkPad X1 Carbon power charger (the yellow square end that goes into the laptop) somehow got crushed. Does anyone know of any stores that sell a power adapter compatible with the X1 in store? ARe there any generic adapters that will work? Thanks in advance
     
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    If you have any old-style Thinkpad chargers (used genuine ones are sold on eBay for <$20), you could use something like the ThinkPad Slim Power Conversion Cable (0B47046) to make it compatible with the X1C.
     
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    Wow. Just looked this up... that adapter is expen$ive. The adapter is $25-35++. I think I bought the slim charger from the Yoga for under $60.
     
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    Yeah, it's quite unreasonable for a simple converter. But seeing as all the genuine X1C adapters even on eBay are at ~$50 each, buying an adapter for $25 and a normal 65W/90W Thinkpad AC adapter for <$20 might actually be a better deal...
     
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    Certainly a good point. I have at least 3-4 old-style chargers laying about (though my wife is using 2 on my old T410s). Perhaps, an adapter might be handy.

    I found this though... http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkP...e=UTF8&qid=1370751679&sr=8-1&keywords=0b47046
     
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