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Power adapter compatibility?

post #1 of 9
9/24/06 at 12:27am
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Hey, just a quick question.

The pa-13 adapter (model: PA-1131-02D) is 130W, works in XPSGen2 and Inspiron 5150s and 5160s.

I have another adapter laying around somewhere. It's a 120W, and it's model is PA-1121-12H.

Anyone know if the latter would work in place of the former in a 9300?
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post #2 of 9
9/24/06 at 1:58am
As long as the connectors are physically identical they should work fine. Dell made sure that all power bricks with the same physical connector could run any laptop in some capacity (if the notebook doesn't like the lower wattage it'll tell you it's not going to run in max performance mode.)
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post #3 of 9
9/24/06 at 6:51am
id love to know the answer to that too, anyone know?
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post #4 of 9
9/24/06 at 12:36pm
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Originally Posted by Mr. Spoon
Hey, just a quick question.
...is 130W,
I have another adapter laying around somewhere. It's a 120W, and ...
providing that the adapter fits and same polarity (disclaimer statement )
. same V, more A = cool
. same V, less A = hmmm
. less V, more A - if it is between .5 difference, u can get away with a little bit of murder
. more V, less A - if it is between .5 difference, u can get away with a little bit of murder

look at ur battery specs - V? A? - try not to keep the ac under these
look at ur cpu spec - how much W does it require? add 20-40% on top, then u can decide what W is needed from the brick

my 2 cents ...

cheers ...
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post #5 of 9
9/24/06 at 1:19pm
sweet thanx, gotta figure out if it fits now lol
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post #6 of 9
9/24/06 at 1:40pm
here is an old dig about the subject
http://www.notebookforums.com/thread151062.html

cheers ...
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post #7 of 9
9/24/06 at 1:48pm
nice research thanx, but unfortunetly no luck with finding if it fits the 9300
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post #8 of 9
9/24/06 at 1:57pm
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Originally Posted by rnbguy
nice research thanx, but unfortunetly no luck with finding if it fits the 9300
i see, u want the specific/confirmation, well then, personally: . i would write the 120w (PA-1121-12H) off my list - this is according to specs an adjustable adapter. I cannot see the adjustment step (.5?, 1?). . i m always weary about one size-fit-all power adapter . oh, it "would work" if the jack fits (9300 comes with 90w so the W is ok) cheers ...
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post #9 of 9
9/25/06 at 3:07pm
It works fine.
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