Laptop Disaster

Chong

Please please someone help me, I discovered this morning that my ac adapter wire had snapped at the end. I have a Satellite Toshiba A30-921, I proceeded to ring Toshiba this morning. They informed me that because I am still under warranty I get a new a power adapter, but there is a catch. They have to get DHL to retrieve from my house and have it delivered to Toshiba in the U.K. It'll be monday before they will collect and then it could take up to two weeks to get it back. Heres my dilemma I need it for college and so I cant part with so I was hoping to pick an adapter but the cost is very high, it'll cost me 110 euro to ship it in from England. Does anyone know where I could possibly pick one up on the cheap, if anyone knows where I could get one in Ireland .

Regards

Willem D

Ps: It seems really screwed up that I have to send it back to the manufacturer just to get a new Power adapter.

dubdvd

Willem D wrote:

Please please someone help me, I discovered this morning that my ac adapter wire had snapped at the end. I have a Satellite Toshiba A30-921, I proceeded to ring Toshiba this morning. They informed me that because I am still under warranty I get a new a power adapter, but there is a catch. They have to get DHL to retrieve from my house and have it delivered to Toshiba in the U.K. It'll be monday before they will collect and then it could take up to two weeks to get it back. Heres my dilemma I need it for college and so I cant part with so I was hoping to pick an adapter but the cost is very high, it'll cost me 110 euro to ship it in from England. Does anyone know where I could possibly pick one up on the cheap, if anyone knows where I could get one in Ireland .

Regards

Willem D

Ps: It seems really screwed up that I have to send it back to the manufacturer just to get a new Power adapter.

Maplins are doing a universal one with different voltages from about 15v to 20v and if im right your one is a 19v ....They have a sale on them at the moment they where 60 or 69 euro...you might get them for about 40 maybe 50 euro which is a lot cheaper than pcworld's 150 for a simular one ...hope this helps

SoBe

got a sale leaflet from maplins in the post today,they have a 1/2 price universal one at the minute.it was 82.49 reduced to 40.99.order code is L23AY

hope this helps

fli

Chong

But is it ok to use it then if it supports 19v no matter what make its made for and if it had the right connection.

dubdvd

Willem D wrote:

But is it ok to use it then if it supports 19v no matter what make its made for and if it had the right connection.

Well tbh if its just to tie you over for a couple of weeks , it should'nt be to bad or do to much damage to the battery ...but dont quote me on that , if your going to use your laptop a couple a times a week for the next 2 weeks till you get yours back it should be fine ..it does state the different models and makers that it supports on the box you could have a look first and then see it your ok

or if you would,nt feel safe with it here,s a cheap one in the uk
http://www.interbatteries.co.uk/index.php/cPath/290_295
or go buy irish
http://www.expansys.ie/other.asp?cat=POWER

ps here is the maplins page ...the one i bought a while ago was called sunpower..http://www.maplin.co.uk/search.aspx?MenuNo=1278&MenuName=Notebook+Adaptors&FromMenu=y&doy=5m5

Paddyo

Willem D

Give Mark Carroll in BMS . They are an authorised Tosh repair centre and can handle warranty repairs.

Should be a lot quicker than sending it to the UK

Paddyo

Celt1

Hi....I have a Kerio Universal Notebook AC Power Adapter which is new and unused and should be suitable for your notebook. Its almost identical to the one here http://www.kerio.com.tw/products_b.html

You can have it for 25 Euro plus postage if its of any use to you.

Mike

Stephen

I've had my toshiba laptop running on a 19v universal power supply for maplins for ages now. Its fine.

Chong

Thanks very much for all the advice lately I did as dubdvd said and rang mark carroll and he hooked me up with an adaptor.

Fungtank

What you ant to do is look on the back of the laptop. It'll give you the required voltage and current. Normally 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 Volts and anything between 2 and 6 Amps depending on the power of the processor etc.

Once you get that info, go into maplin or wherever and find one to match. From previously working in maplin I know there is a laptop psu that gives a 6 amp max output. That means it'll supply as much as needed up to 6 amps before the psu will melt. The main point is 'As much as needed', if your laptop needs 3.85A then thats all it'll get.

Oh yeah bring in your laptop to make sure the connection fits!! had plenty of customers who forgot to bring in the laptop.

best of luck with it.