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    Dell XPS 9550 - Charging with older thick pin adapters - pin thickness adapter

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by gragusha, May 24, 2016.

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    gragusha Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I just shifted to a Precision 5510 (same as the new XPS 9550). I have been using Dell laptops for a long time and have 5 Dell 130W adapters (1 at office 3 at home + one in the bag) lying with me - all with the thicker 7.4 mm pin at the end. The new Dells work with a thinner (4.5mm??) pin at the end.

    I would ideally like to interchangeably use the old adapters with some kind of thick pin to thin attachment at the end. I still 3 old laptops (my wife and kids use them) and managing 2 different types of adapters is going to be cumbersome.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks.
     
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    gragusha Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well apologies for the trouble - I found it. Yesterday I spent 1 hour searching on Dell forums and could not find it. Today I finally found it on Amazon.

    Amazon 1
     
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    Techland, May 24, 2016
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