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Sparks @ Power Suply!!!

post #1 of 6
1/25/07 at 5:11am
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Hi,

i've got a very strange problem:

when I put up my sager 9890 (clevo d900t, cyber system p17)there are sparks coming out of the power supply input to the power supply connector (sry too early for me to remember the correct english words )

here a pic of what i trie to explain u:

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3892/omg0lh.jpg

often there are no "sparks" coming out of the power supply input, but when i by accident com in the naer of in/output at the back on the laptop, its the same....once i recognized it also at the usb port (dont remember wht i tried to connect) but there were also sparks....could that be my external harddrive??

hope u were able to encrypt my baaaaad english...

also hope for ur help

mfg

honk
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post #2 of 6
1/25/07 at 3:40pm
The best way to avoid this, is plug the power supply into the laptop, then plug the power cord into the outlet, THEN plug the power cord into ithe power supply. Thats what the manual says to do, in any case.
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post #3 of 6
1/26/07 at 5:06am
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so my notebook is not doing anything strange, its just me not having read the manual?
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post #4 of 6
1/26/07 at 4:21pm
Following the instructions in the manual will prevent the possibility of sparks occuring at the main power input due to connector mis-alignment (loved your diagram BTW ). However, this should not be an issue for USB ports. Personally, I've never seen sparks fly as a result of connecting any USB device. Does the problem occur only while attempting to connect one particular USB device?
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post #5 of 6
1/26/07 at 6:28pm
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ok thank u for ur help

@diagramm: 10secs paint work but THX
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post #6 of 6
1/28/07 at 12:16am
I've experienced this myself, and believe it or not I have previous experience with edison connectors. Has anyone seen this design feature in other laptops? I sure haven't, but then again I've only been plugging things into outlets as long as I can remember.
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