[GRLUG] powersupply needed for HP laptop

[Marc Zuverink]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 16:05, John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org>wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:45:39AM -0400, Matt Michielsen wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
>
> I just did that!  It frayed right at the strain relief.  I removed the
> strain relief and spliced it back together.  With a fair amount of
> electrical tape, it's working just fine.  Still, my new power supply is
> coming Friday.
>
> Which reminds me...my other laptop died about a year ago.  It fell with
> a USB dongle in and damaged the port.  The port is right by the power
> supply.  The battery wouldn't charge anymore so I just assumed it was
> the motherboard jack.  Well, I picked up a new power supply and it's
> working.  $10 repair.  *Sweet*  Now I just need to get a new hard
> drive for it.
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What size? What type.  I have 3 HP's that are scrapped, HD range from 80 to
320 gigs.
Phone number is 616-594-0140, its a google tellie number so you'll always
reach me.

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