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    D830 Power Adapter ??

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jmgilliam, Apr 26, 2008.

  1. jmgilliam

    jmgilliam Notebook Consultant

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    I've got a D830 - It came with the 90W power adapter and I have been lugging it back and forth from home to the office and back until yesterday when I found a power adapter I had from an old D510 - it is a 65W PA-12. It plugs in and seems to be charging or giving me power (the screen brightened up when I plugged in and batt symbol went away), but will it hurt my laptop or damage it in any way??

    Thanks in advance for responses...

    MG
     
    jmgilliam, Apr 26, 2008
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  2. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    Most Dell laptops will work with either a 65W or 90W adapter. It will obviously not charge as fast using the 65W, but you can run it with either.
     
    Khris, Apr 26, 2008
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  3. silver6

    silver6 Newbie

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    A 65W on my D820 reduces the CPU to the lowest speed and slows down charging. The warning says something along those lines.
     
    silver6, Apr 26, 2008
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    Cestuila Notebook Guru

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    You don't have the Nvidia NVS on your D830? Just the Intel X3100? Then I would say the 65W can manage :)
     
    Cestuila, Apr 27, 2008
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    jaycee Notebook Consultant

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    tested the 65W PSU on a D820 with the Quadro GPU. Works fine. Just charges very slowly. That said, if you were going to max out the notebook, it would be certainly a requirement that you use the 90W PSU.

    For basic tasks like office, web, some CAD, the 65W was ok.
     
    jaycee, Apr 27, 2008
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