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    Laptop Power Cord issues

    Before sometime, my laptop cord got cracked and so I picked up a worldwide cord from a store, one where the connecting end comes with a range of sizes that you can snap on and off to fit a lot of computers. After that I saw one precise to my laptop on eBay which was below half the price, so I ordered that, aiming to return the universal. I know it is the precise one for my computer, because I checked and twice checked both the model number and the part number. Got it, and in progress utilizing it, and immediately later than, my pointer started performing extremely randomly, jumping all over the position, being incredibly hard to manage, and after that it would freeze, and I would boast to press Ctr-Alt-Del and then tab to start again the computer. Later than half a day of this, I am utilizing it while running off the battery, and I observed it was not happening any more. I plugged the universal back in, and another time, it was not occurrence. I have tested it since then, and it just ensues while the other cord is plugged in.

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    Re: Laptop Power Cord issues

    The same thing happened with my laptop and my friend’s laptop as well. I am assuming you purchased a power cord on EBay which was not made by your laptop maker that is you got something transported from China which was pretty contemptible. I am extremely doubtful of these because of the lots of stories I heard. The moment I replaced the general replacement although the voltage or amps matched with a genuine Toshiba, which obviously cost 2x as much, all the troubles left and the battery in progress charging correctly once more.

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    Re: Laptop Power Cord issues

    It was in fact shipped from Mumbai, but the vendor maybe got it from abroad, given the near to the ground value. It was listed on eBay at $16 that is approximately 700 INR, and with delivery, came to almost 1300 INR. But the trouble primary occurred with the unique cord which came with the computer, the pointer being unpredictable at irregular times, and the computer changing to battery while plugged in. With the replacement cord I purchased through eBay, the pointer has been continually unpredictable, to the extent that it is annoying to utilize, but there have been no troubles with it going to battery while plugged in. With the universal cord I purchased at Future bazaar, there is been no trouble at all, the whole things been all right. My just complaint with this cord is that the adapter is a slight loose, and infrequently comes out of the computer while moving it. And, it cost 3100 INR.

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    Re: Laptop Power Cord issues

    I speculate if it is something with the power supply then possibly someone here will have heard of such a thing. As for it being loose, yes this is actually inconvenient. I really do not appreciate why PC laptop creators have not been able to innovate or torture, duplicate the Mac magnetic power cord design which is so easy and up till now so better to anything on the PC market which it is amazing.

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    Re: Laptop Power Cord issues

    What type of laptop? Is it Toshiba Satellite? Normally it is best to purchase the power adapter ready for the model from the maker, or as a minimum make sure the output and make certain it is the accurate similar as what is on your computer's battery. I have utilized a variety of HP cords on additional HPs, but frequently too similar models utilize the similar cords, batteries, and so forth.

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    Re: Laptop Power Cord issues

    I always obtain an extensive warranty on my laptop, but I classically resell them earlier than 4 years and it appears to assist the resale cost if I can tell somebody it is still below a full warranty. Or, similar to in the case at present where I will possibly keep it longer, while it is almost 4 years old I am containing the screen, battery, power connector, and visual drive replaced. You actually get what you pay for with laptops. One problem I observe many these days is the minor ends coming with Vista and only 1 GB of RAM, and a video card which utilizes shared RAM. Vista is such a memory control it is remarkable. My old laptop had 256 MB of RAM and Windows XP Pro. I ran Dreamweaver and Fireworks every day and never had any main slowness problems; it did not damage my work. Now I comprise Microsoft windows Vista with 2 GB of RAM and I am utilizing the similar versions of Dreamweaver and Fireworks and pretty frequently I obtain virtual memory cautions.

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