[Durham] Slightly OT: temperamental power adaptor

[Nick]

Hi Justin,

That would be amazing! Thanks!

Nick

Quoth 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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