Posts by OAK2SLO

interesting. the universal one i bought worked for my roomates computer which is a dell but not for my toshiba, i guess its just hit or miss with those things

yea i thought if the voltage was wrong it wouldn't work, and the current would just effect the speed at what it charged. but i asked the geniuses at geek squad (at best buy) and they said it would still work with wrong voltage AND wrong...

the DC jack i replaced it with was brand new but APPARENTLY universal charger does not mean universal charger. The charger that the people at best buy said was "perfect for my computer" i guess doesn't actually work with...

this one looks right http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=6634160 it says the output current is 6A at the top, but 5A in the description guess i'll order it and see what happens

thanks for your guys replys/input Quote: Originally Posted by dave-p The Slot Load Drives (in teh Studio) are prone to damaging disks, and failing I much prefer the try load - less to go wrong with them I had my...

thanks for the replies guys. yea, ive read through that site before, but as i said before, unfortunately i cant try the BIOS upgrade because i cant even turn my computer on to download it. i think ghn is right, something gone bad on the...

hi everybody, i'm kind of new to the whole computer talk kind of stuff, but i've been doing some research lately because i think my old computer bit the dust and i need a new one. I have narrowed it down to these two laptops: dell...

i'm afraid that my old crappy toshiba has finally kicked the bucket... the battery hasn't held a charge for about a year, so i always had it plugged in. Starting about the same time that i noticed the battery went out, the charger...