[Durham] Slightly OT: temperamental power adaptor

[Justin Bell]

Hi Nick

I have a power supply kicking around from a long dead 901. It's white and you're welcome to it if you want. Am down in Thirsk but get out and about a bit so may be able to drop it in. Let me know and I'll see if I can dig it out.

Cheers

Justin

Nick <durham-lug at njw.me.uk> wrote:

>Ah, OK, fair enough. Pity.
>
>Are universal psus generally reliable? I ask as my brother had an
>unofficial psu a few years ago, and whenever it was plugged into his
>laptop it made an awful high-pitched squeal, and his laptop now does
>that any time it's plugged into any adapter. Which sucks. And we
>have the same model of laptop (Asus EEE 901), so I'm a little scared
>of the same thing happening to mine.
>
>Thanks for the advice, Richard.
>
>Nick
>
>On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 03:55:48PM +0100, Richard Patterson wrote:
>> Hi Nick,
>> 
>> It sounds like a thermal cutout of some kind.
>> 
>> It's unlikely you'll be able to get into the power adapter - they tend to be glued together.
>> 
>> You can get universal PSUs for around £20, so I'd say buy a new one.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Richard
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: durham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:durham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Nick
>> Sent: 26 September 2012 15:44
>> To: nelug at mailman.lug.org.uk
>> Subject: [Durham] Slightly OT: temperamental power adaptor
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm the guy who was enthusiastic about meeting everyone a few months ago, and since actually moving to Durham I've totally failed to make it to any meetings. Sorry about that!
>> 
>> Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had any advice regarding my laptop. It isn't directly Linux related, but it's close enough that hopefully you can forgive me.
>> 
>> My power adapter has recently started randomly turning off for a few hours. After much worried wiggling, turning on and off again, etc, it then will turn back on of its own accord. I wondered whether it was overheating, but it runs quite cool. Anybody have any advice (other than the obvious "buy a new one")? Has anybody taken a power adapter apart to ensure any loose connections are resoldered? I'm slightly wary of doing that, having had a bad encounter with taking apart a PC power supply in the past (don't ask!), but if it's likely to be a case of a loose wire, I'd rather fix it than buy a whole new one.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Nick
>> 
>> P.S. When I say the adapter 'turns off', I mean the LED goes off, and it stops providing power to the laptop.
>> 
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