stumpadoodle
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Ok..so my aunt gave me this old Winbook si right? Broken 10 gig harddrive, nonworking keyboard, pentum III 675 mhz coppermine series processor, 128 mb ram, you know the deal
So anyways, i took the broken hard drive out, reconnected the ribbon cable for the keyboard, and I've been running Damn Small Linux on live cd on the thing just fine...I don't like throwing ANY technology away...plus the thing is good just for surfin the net while video is encoding and im downloading on Azureus at the same time on the better PC...
Now then, about a week ago...the adapter starts shorting out...it doesnt work anymore. Being the stingy guy I am, I'm not giving it up without a fight...time for a hacksaw and a multimeter
I open the thing up, and find that all that's wrong is the resistors and such arent working in it anymore..."is that all?" i say to myself^_^...no problem!
I take the 24 volt adapter from my scanner, hooks some wire to the outside metal on the head, and the inside positive prong thingy, then i touch these wired to the two little terminal thingies on the board of the broken adapter(it's 19 volts by the way) and it sparks! Hooray! The laptop turns on and everything, and i find that it is able to load the cd...then it just kinda shuts off...
Is 24 volts of power to much overkill for a Laptop that takes 19 volts? I figured it'd be fine to just test for a few minutes...so I hope I didnt ruin anything...can anyone tell me how much is too much when it comes to going under and over the required voltages on a laptop?
Oh and remember...I'm dead cheap and I throw NOTHING away...I'll go to great lengths to keep those standards...
So anyways, i took the broken hard drive out, reconnected the ribbon cable for the keyboard, and I've been running Damn Small Linux on live cd on the thing just fine...I don't like throwing ANY technology away...plus the thing is good just for surfin the net while video is encoding and im downloading on Azureus at the same time on the better PC...
Now then, about a week ago...the adapter starts shorting out...it doesnt work anymore. Being the stingy guy I am, I'm not giving it up without a fight...time for a hacksaw and a multimeter
I open the thing up, and find that all that's wrong is the resistors and such arent working in it anymore..."is that all?" i say to myself^_^...no problem!
I take the 24 volt adapter from my scanner, hooks some wire to the outside metal on the head, and the inside positive prong thingy, then i touch these wired to the two little terminal thingies on the board of the broken adapter(it's 19 volts by the way) and it sparks! Hooray! The laptop turns on and everything, and i find that it is able to load the cd...then it just kinda shuts off...
Is 24 volts of power to much overkill for a Laptop that takes 19 volts? I figured it'd be fine to just test for a few minutes...so I hope I didnt ruin anything...can anyone tell me how much is too much when it comes to going under and over the required voltages on a laptop?
Oh and remember...I'm dead cheap and I throw NOTHING away...I'll go to great lengths to keep those standards...