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    90w or 65w for Thinkpad W500?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by FinkPad, Mar 5, 2015.

  1. FinkPad

    FinkPad Notebook Evangelist

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    I bought two thinkpad W500 from the same seller, it came with two adapters, one 65w and one 90w, which in the correct one?
     
    FinkPad, Mar 5, 2015
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    lani100 Newbie

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    I beleive that the 90w is the stock charger but the 65w should work fine depending on the load of the laptop.
     
    lani100, Mar 5, 2015
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    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    90W.

    That machine has switchable graphics and should not be used with 65W adapter unless once has no other choice at the moment.
     
    ajkula66, Mar 5, 2015
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  4. FinkPad

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    Can X200T use the 90w? , so that I don't have to carry two adapters around.
     
    FinkPad, Mar 8, 2015
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    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    Yes.
     
    ajkula66, Mar 8, 2015
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  6. baii

    baii Sone

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    Yes, higher is fine.


    Sent from my 306SH
     
    baii, Mar 8, 2015
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  7. FinkPad

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    Cool, just scared it might explode or something
     
    FinkPad, Mar 8, 2015
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    Qing Dao Notebook Deity

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    The main difference is that the 65w adapter will take longer to charge the battery and gets a lot hotter than the 90w adapter on my T500 with discrete graphics (99% identical to the W500). I recommend the 90w adapter for all uses if you can. It is only slightly bigger than the 65w adapter, runs cooler, charges the battery faster, and works flawlessly on any Thinkpad that takes the big yellow and gray plug.
     
    Qing Dao, Mar 10, 2015
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