[GRLUG] powersupply needed for HP laptop

[Matt Michielsen]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:32 PM, John-Thomas Richards
<jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 04:29:24PM +0000, Matt Whitaker wrote:
>> I have a power supply for a laptop that just died.  I think it is the
>> right one, if so it is all yours.
>
> Is it for an HP laptop?  They're all just slightly different (much like
> cell phones).  Some day there'll be a spec for power supplies, but that
> day ain't today.
>
> Thanks.
>
>> From: John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org>
>> Sender: grlug-bounces at grlug.org
>> Subject: [GRLUG] powersupply needed for HP laptop
>>
>> My power supply is failing.  The wires are frayed where the enter the
>> brick.  Anyone have an old HP laptop power supply you're willing to sell
>> cheap?  It's a 65W power supply with 18.5V output.  The HP model is a
>> DV6000.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> john-thomas
> --
> john-thomas
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> I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order
> to enjoy ourselves.
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>

Taking apart and repairing your power supply brick is probably the
easiest electronics project ever.  I'm assuming you mean the shielding
is frayed and the other coated wire(s) are ok and nothing has touched
each other when it was plugged in.

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