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billmee · 12-18-2006, 06:25 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by shotgunefx

It's not a simple voltage divider like some, it actually has a chip in it the supply that talks to the laptop. What they say to each other, no one knows (or at least not google when I first researched it)

well now I feel like checking this thing out.

I wonder if the pc can be powered by a simple 19v psu with the battery removed ? maybe some of the necessary communtication is to the battery.

12-18-2006, 06:25 PM	#14
billmee Variable Bitrate Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 239	Quote: Originally Posted by shotgunefx It's not a simple voltage divider like some, it actually has a chip in it the supply that talks to the laptop. What they say to each other, no one knows (or at least not google when I first researched it) well now I feel like checking this thing out. I wonder if the pc can be powered by a simple 19v psu with the battery removed ? maybe some of the necessary communtication is to the battery.