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Dell Latitude adapter
Someone gave me a Dell Latitude D630
It works OK except the battery will not charge. The power adapter is non-OEM but of the right voltage and current. On boot-up I get the message that it cannot determine the adapter and the unit will not be able to charge. I searched some on-line forums and see that the only way to avoid that problem is to actually get an OEM Dell adapter. Though I can pick one up on eBay for under $20 I am trying to figure out if there is a work around and how the BIOS can determine the adapter is non-OEM I can turn the warning message off in the BIOS but it still does not allow it to charge. |
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Dell Latitude adapter
philo wrote:
Someone gave me a Dell Latitude D630 It works OK except the battery will not charge. The power adapter is non-OEM but of the right voltage and current. On boot-up I get the message that it cannot determine the adapter and the unit will not be able to charge. I searched some on-line forums and see that the only way to avoid that problem is to actually get an OEM Dell adapter. Though I can pick one up on eBay for under $20 I am trying to figure out if there is a work around and how the BIOS can determine the adapter is non-OEM I can turn the warning message off in the BIOS but it still does not allow it to charge. And how many contacts does the connector have ? This one has: outer metal cylinder, inner metal cylinder, central pin http://www.ebay.in/itm/65w-Original-...#ht_2536wt_921 If the connector has three contacts, the third contact provides "ID info". Some machines come in low power and high power SKUs, and the machine family comes with two different adapters. And they don't allow the high power unit, to run off the low power adapter. Paul |
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Dell Latitude adapter
On 08/24/2017 09:31 AM, Paul wrote:
philo wrote: Someone gave me a Dell Latitude D630 It works OK except the battery will not charge. The power adapter is non-OEM but of the right voltage and current. On boot-up I get the message that it cannot determine the adapter and the unit will not be able to charge. I searched some on-line forums and see that the only way to avoid that problem is to actually get an OEM Dell adapter. Though I can pick one up on eBay for under $20 I am trying to figure out if there is a work around and how the BIOS can determine the adapter is non-OEM I can turn the warning message off in the BIOS but it still does not allow it to charge. And how many contacts does the connector have ? This one has: outer metal cylinder, inner metal cylinder, central pin http://www.ebay.in/itm/65w-Original-...#ht_2536wt_921 If the connector has three contacts, the third contact provides "ID info". Some machines come in low power and high power SKUs, and the machine family comes with two different adapters. And they don't allow the high power unit, to run off the low power adapter. Paul Aha, that's it, thank you. I noticed that it was a non-standard "barrel" type of connector but did not realize it had three connections. Sure enough , in addition to the center pin there is an inner and outer contact on the barrel. Will have to pick up and OEM adapter. |
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philo writes:
Will have to pick up and OEM adapter. While it's annoying that Dell uses a proprietary connector, at least it's been the same for a very long time. I have one at home from about 15 years ago and it charges my new E5570 without any issues. |
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Dell Latitude adapter
On 08/29/2017 02:46 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:
philo writes: Will have to pick up and OEM adapter. While it's annoying that Dell uses a proprietary connector, at least it's been the same for a very long time. I have one at home from about 15 years ago and it charges my new E5570 without any issues. Since I don't really have much use for the laptop I have not ordered the OEM adapter. I suppose I should so I can determine if the battery can even take a charge. |
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