[REQUEST] Dell Ac Adapter PA10

Spipov · 15-03-2007 2:47pm #1

Hi all.

looking for one of the above, or a PA 12 for a dell d400. Urgently. like in today or tomorrow. anyone know where i could get one in dublin?

thanks!

Jack B. Badd · 15-03-2007 6:03pm

Tbh your best bet for Dell Adapters is Ebay. I was looking for a replacement for my laptop for ages before I gave up and just bought one from some dude in Hong Kong.

Spipov · 15-03-2007 6:31pm

yeah,its probably gonna come down to that. went to back from the future today. they had one. lovely people, but it was €90

. might as well wait for a week than paying for a power adapter nearly as much as getting a new laptop!!

Jack B. Badd · 15-03-2007 6:53pm

Well, I got mine for under €20 including p&p, but I did buy a second as back up cos the first has a tendancy to stop working temporarily if it gets hot. Although the original Dell one fell apart after a year or so, damn Dell...

Ruu_Old · 15-03-2007 6:59pm

Just make sure it is the same wattage as your old one, some of those on eBay are a little lower and the laptop will have difficulty functioning properly.

geecee · 15-03-2007 7:05pm

Just bought 4 of them from dell today €160

Spipov · 15-03-2007 7:13pm

each or 40 each?wanna sell one of em to me in the meantime?

Oracle · 15-03-2007 7:50pm

I think I saw a multi-adapter universal power supply for laptops in PC World, also in Maplin. Its a normal power supply with about 10 different adaptors with it, they list the laptops it works with on the pack. I think it was Belkin: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=363025

Spipov · 15-03-2007 7:52pm

thanks oracle. i went down to maplin as well. when i asked a guy about if he had any to work with the laptop he was like "if its a dell, go and buy it with dell". needless to say, i wasnt very happy and just left.

Jack B. Badd · 15-03-2007 7:59pm

The problem with Dell is they have finicky connections for their adapters and they change them on a regular basis so even if you find an adapter with the right wattage, etc. it probably won't connect. In short, they're assh*les.

Spipov · 15-03-2007 8:01pm

i know. i saw the round connection first and i was like "wee, no more weird square dell proprietary adapters".then i tried my universal laptop connector - imagine the amount of egg on my face when i realised that was not going to happen. even though all were round...

but i still wasnt very happy with the way the guy answered me. not great customer care?

drdre · 16-03-2007 2:51am

Uk based and not from hong kong.Should be with you within 3-4 days
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-D400-D410-D500-D510-D505-D600-D610-Adapter-PA-12_W0QQitemZ270096897279QQcategoryZ31512QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[REQUEST] Dell Ac Adapter PA10

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