Recent content by Essiesc

Terrible question, but necessary since I'm not an AC/DC expert. Would a laptop power adapter connected to a laptop that only booted to the BSOD and would not boot to the operating system (Windows) be expected to produce a lower output than normal (15.1 Vdc vs the listed 18.5 Vdc)? Or should a...

Yeah, I have found a bunch of those, but that's not what I'm asking. So, for example, it's 73 F degrees in my house right now. So you're saying it shouldn't get any hotter than 45C more than that, which is just above 150 F degrees. My question is why aren't they testing the max of 167 F...

I wondered if anyone had any guidance or insight on the UL ratings for maximum allowable ratings for laptop power adapters. I've done a considerable amount of research, including reading the numerous articles on this website which have been immensely helpful. I read the updated article...

I purchased the 1 TB Backup Plus Portable Slim External Drive. It works just fine with my Mac. I've tried 3 separate Windows machines now, a brand new Lenovo, an older Sony Vaio, and a year old Dell, and this driver absolutely refuses to install on ANY of those Windows machines (2 Windows 7...