DELL Inspiron 510m Power Supply

Torqay

Anyone know the exact model/part no. for this adapter?

Here's the story: I recentlty "inherited" a Dell Inspiron 510m without a PSU. The laptop is from 2004/2005. I upgraded the RAM to 1.25 GB with a spare 1 GB PC-2700 module, It's working quite well, Centrino CPU (Pentium M 1.60 GHz), 5.400 rpm HDD and a "funny" display: 15" 4x3 @ 1400x1050. I never knew Dell was selling the SXGA+ display with the Inspiron series, have seen it only once before in a Latitude (but then, Latitude and Inspiron were quite identical in that era).

I got the laptop working with the PSU of an Inspiron 1525 (4.62A), but not with the PSU of a 14" Latitude about the same age (3.64A). When I google around I see two different PSUs offered, 4.62A and 4.74A. The thing is, with the 4.62A PSU (of the 1525), I'll get the adapter warning about limited performance due to an unidentifiable power supply, and indeed, feckin' SpeedStep won't budge, 600 MHz, that's it, even though I have it disabled in the BIOS and set the XP power scheme to "Always On" (which should override SpeedStep).

Only once it did show the full 1.60 GHz in the System Properties, but normally it's either 221 MHz (SpeedStep enabled) or 600 MHz (SpeedStep disabled). Either way, CPUz always reports 600 MHz.

So I'd really like to get my hands on a original PSU for this particular model... anyone?

kilianmanning

Does the 4.62 amp charge the battery? If I was you i'd probably just buy the higher wattage one, not going to make any difference unless the voltage is different.

Torqay

Battery acts a bit dodgy, sometimes not present, then idle, then charging (happens with both, the original and the one of the Latitude, exactly the same model). But the battery isn't really of any concern. I believe it's really a matter of the correct PSU. I have now tried two different DELL 4.62A PSUs, both undetermined. All I want is to get rid of the SpeedStep throttle and the normal trick doesn't work.

Jarren

I firmly believe that this the original Psu for your Dell.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0035MNRAK/ref=aw_d_detail?pd=1

The original PSU
L305N-00

Torqay

Jarren wrote: »

I firmly believe that this the original Psu for your Dell.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0035MNRAK/ref=aw_d_detail?pd=1

The original PSU
L305N-00

This somehow doesn't look like a laptop power supply...

Jarren

Nope, got mixed up with desktop, the search goes on....

_AVALANCHE_

Do you know it's listed power output spec?

Google is coming back with 3.34A (PA12), 4.3A, the tried 4.62A (most common-PA10) and 6.6A for me. here

Dell site ain't no help.

PA10 (09t215) looks like it was the one size fits all back then, only original one I see is http://www.partmaster.co.uk/cgi-bin/product.pl?PID=1074335&query=pa10 <-->part of DSG Group, so I assume when they say Dell they mean it. Pricey though.

Reviews of "Genuine" stuff on Amazon-Ebay say they are all Generic. Also noticed that alot/some of the ones listed as compatible for the 510M don't list the 1525 so maybe it's not compatible hence your performance warning.

http://www.dabs.ie/products/psa-parts-dell-latitude-d800--pa-10---power-adapter---90-watt-4BW2.html

http://www.laptopchargers.ie/Dell-09T215-09T215-Laptop-Charger/17120

3.34 version though I think you can have to much Ampage as the laptop will only draw what it needs, but you'll have stuff not working right if other way around...I think...if I'm wrong it's because it's late.:p

I don't know.

Torqay

The 3.34A PSU doesn't even turn on the lights.

And Dell is really no help, they treat that stuff as "legacy", i.e. not at all.

This here says 4.74A... the 6.6A seems to be a 3rd party replacement (by EDAC?).

I have a PA-10 (of a Inspiron 1150), same story as with the 4.62A of the 1525, that's not it.

xsiborg

Torqay wrote: »

The 3.34A PSU doesn't even turn on the lights.

And Dell is really no help, they treat that stuff as "legacy", i.e. not at all.

This here says 4.74A... the 6.6A seems to be a 3rd party replacement (by EDAC?).

I have a PA-10 (of a Inspiron 1150), same story as with the 4.62A of the 1525, that's not it.

hi Torqay, i have an inspiron 510m here running mint 11 with 1.5GB ram and a píss-poor 1.3GHz celeron. im uploading a few pics if they're of any help to you.

it seems the original charger i have here is a PA-12, 65W 3.34A.

DELL P/N 0DF263, here we go:

http://www.amazon.com/LA65NS0-00-Dell-Inspiron-notebook-Adapter/dp/B00115AOTA














hope this helps?


(i only keep it around 'cause the young lad still uses it! :rolleyes:)

Torqay

Ha! That's the same one I have as a spare here (PA-12, 65W, 3.34A), formerly of a Latitude. I have it working alright but the issue remains, "Unable to determine the adapter, 600 MHz is all you get, EoD!".

Of course, your Celery doesn't support the blasted SpeedStep technology... but the power requirements of the Pentium M should be just the same.

Yours have a 15" XSGA+ display as well? I wonder if that would make a difference re the power req.

Thanks for the info anyway, much appreciated.

I should really dump the feckin' thing rather than wasting my time with it.

Just got another oldie here, 14" Inspiron 1150 with a Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (interestingly enough it's got the same PA-10 PSU as the much newer 1525, 4.62A), it must be even older than the Centrino/Pentium M, probably a Northie because of the 512 kB L2 cache (Centrino=2MB). Just ran Geekbench on it, scored well over 1100, which isn't too shabby (still a fair bit faster than a N270 netbook), the 510m only scores 280, but that's because it's throttled.

xsiborg

Torqay wrote: »

Ha! That's the same one I have as a spare here (PA-12, 65W, 3.34A), formerly of a Latitude. I have it working alright but the issue remains, "Unable to determine the adapter, 600 MHz is all you get, EoD!".

Of course, your Celery doesn't support the blasted SpeedStep technology... but the power requirements of the Pentium M should be just the same.

Yours have a 15" XSGA+ display as well? I wonder if that would make a difference re the power req.

Thanks for the info anyway, much appreciated.

I should really dump the feckin' thing rather than wasting my time with it.

Just got another oldie here, 14" Inspiron 1150 with a Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (interestingly enough it's got the same PA-10 PSU as the much newer 1525, 4.62A), it must be even older than the Centrino/Pentium M, probably a Northie because of the 512 kB L2 cache (Centrino=2MB). Just ran Geekbench on it, scored well over 1100, which isn't too shabby (still a fair bit faster than a N270 netbook), the 510m only scores 280, but that's because it's throttled.

far as i can tell torquay (even from the screenshot there) is i only have the XGA screen, and dont even talk to me about the N270, i bought a netbook (advent 4211c, MSI wind clone) and even with the ram bumped up to 2gb, its still slow as... well, im sorry i ever wasted the money on win7 for it, because that's gone to the young lad now too, i thought i'd get some use out of the fact that it was so portable, but i couldnt get any real work done on it, same reason i'll not bother wasting money on a tablet!

i remember the 1150 well too, i used work in the Dell manufacturing facility down here in limerick for ten years and the same laptop adapters could do up to ten different models when they were all being loaded into racks for factory imaging!

Torqay

xsiborg wrote: »

far as i can tell torquay (even from the screenshot there) is i only have the XGA screen

Missed that bit in the BIOS actually. The one here says 15" Super XGA+, the only reason I keep bothering with it. Kinda cool, an 8 yr old laptop with a "HD" (and then some) display. They've musta been quite rare, I have only seen one Latititude with a 1400x1050 display and that was ages ago.

xsiborg wrote: »

and dont even talk to me about the N270, i bought a netbook (advent 4211c, MSI wind clone) and even with the ram bumped up to 2gb, its still slow as... well, im sorry i ever wasted the money on win7 for it, because that's gone to the young lad now too, i thought i'd get some use out of the fact that it was so portable, but i couldnt get any real work done on it, same reason i'll not bother wasting money on a tablet!

You don't "get things done" on a netbook (much less on a tablet). They do have their purpose alright, I have 3 myself, 2 Eee 1005HA (one with a cracked screen is doing a decent job as server here, easy on the ESB bill) with a pretty good battery life, good for entertainment on long travels, but hardly suitable for decent computing. And then there my trusty old 701 4G, 900 MHz Celery M, 2 GB RAM and a 4 GB SSD, now this one is very handy to carry around and virtually indestructable, still putting it to good use when I have to check wireless networks or do some "heat mapping".

_AVALANCHE_

"Googles Heat mapping"

xsiborg

Torqay wrote: »

You don't "get things done" on a netbook (much less on a tablet). They do have their purpose alright, I have 3 myself, 2 Eee 1005HA (one with a cracked screen is doing a decent job as server here, easy on the ESB bill) with a pretty good battery life, good for entertainment on long travels, but hardly suitable for decent computing. And then there my trusty old 701 4G, 900 MHz Celery M, 2 GB RAM and a 4 GB SSD, now this one is very handy to carry around and virtually indestructable, still putting it to good use when I have to check wireless networks or do some "heat mapping".

ah i can do all that stuff though Torqay on my phone since, i used use it when i'd be on the job and i'd need to do a backup of customer's data or show them a presentation, wi-fi testing, etc, but yeah, the young lad nowadays gets much more use out of it than i do, he has it hooked up to his tv as the battery no longer holds a charge...

nah im sticking with my trusty lenovo R400 now as my main laptop since my HP dv9500 series fell victim to the dreaded nvidia 8400GM issue... twice! :eek:

got it fixed for free the first time, second time they wanted €280, i got this lenovo second hand for €350- well worth it imo as technology hasnt moved to a point where i'd consider buying a new laptop yet, no interest in blu-ray and no need for lightning speed for outrageous money as im not a gamer at all at all...

Torqay

_AVALANCHE_ wrote: »

"Googles Heat mapping"

Let me help you out...

xsiborg wrote: »

im not a gamer at all at all...

Not much of a gamer myself (and certainly not on a laptop), except for Diablo... the new one is giving me a bit of a headache at the moment though.