Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago#88,933
Some guy gave me a dell inspiron 2350 i5 23 in screen. Are these things any good? Not sure of the age but it has windows 8 on it. Reason I'm asking is this one needs a power adapter I checked and they are around $40 or so. The guy told me he thought it still worked but wasn't sure as it was his brothers and he left town and this guy just wanted it out of the way. Think it is worth the chance of $40 bucks to see if it works?
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 15 minutes later[^][v]#1,016,506
Check ebay or similar site for adapter for 5-10$
Spending $40 for a broken computer? Only if $40 means nothing at all to you.
Ananthanarayanan M R joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 9 minutes later, 25 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,016,509
They're probably fine for watching youtube and such. Do not buy a $5 power supply lol it will explode
Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 10 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,016,513
Quick lookup on ebay - Dell $180 watt power adapter and you only need 150 watt version and it has the matching connector you need. $19.95
Me I might check with neighbors or local friends and locate one to just try a quick does it work test.
Having a back up computer is always nice. Win 8? Not in my world after success of Win 10 (Not that on occasion an update and glitch seem to happen but life is full of glitches)
Gots to scooot
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 50 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,016,531
I would say it depends on if it will make your life better in some way. $40 for maybe a new computer. Like right now I have 2 desktops and 2 laptops and a tablet and a Raspberry Pi and honestly I'm practically drowning in computers and even if it were guaranteed to work, I honestly wouldn't want another one for $40.
> The guy told me he thought it still worked but wasn't sure as it was his brothers and he left town and this guy just wanted it out of the way.
This doesn't fill me with confidence, to put it mildly.
You may not need the exact power supply. I had an old HP laptop and when the power supply died I used one I got from some box of crap that wasn't quite the right voltage or size but it actually did work. You had to jam it in tight though because it was The laptop started bluescreening though a few weeks after that and I threw it away (unsure if related - the laptop was beat to shit and several years old so it wouldn't surprise me either way).
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 37 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,016,546
thanks for the advice...I got 2 pc's a laptop and my phone. Don't know, I wouldn't mind spending 10 bucks or so to see if it works. I am not a friend of win 8 either. If it does work I would prolly try and trade it for something else.
Ananthanarayanan M R replied with this 6 years ago, 11 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,016,554
@1,016,513 (B)
Stop recommending knock off power supplies lol
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 5 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,016,651
you can take it as an opportunity to get familiar with a Linux, like the popular Linus Mint. you could ignore that fucking Windows 8 and Mint it up
Syntax replied with this 6 years ago, 10 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,016,657
@1,016,531 (Meta !Sober//iZs) > You may not need the exact power supply. I had an old HP laptop and when the power supply died I used one I got from some box of crap that wasn't quite the right voltage or size but it actually did work. You had to jam it in tight though >because it was The laptop started bluescreening though a few weeks after that and I threw it away (unsure if related - the laptop was beat to shit and several years old so it wouldn't surprise me either way).
That made me laff for sure - There is a tiny program called Speccy and it gives you a bunch of info when using an old computer such as Temps of CPU
Just an educated guess but perhaps your voltage was a weee but to much for that old computer
@1,016,554 (Ananthanarayanan M R)
At Qualcomm we ship off a mass of working used computers to schools etc but so many that the balance goes to thrift shops. Don't have a clue what they sell them for but for sure we do not ship off anything used that is not working - of course the hard drives are empty except for the OS
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Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,016,659
@previous (Syntax)
If I remember correctly (been nearly 10 years now) it was supposed to get 19 volts and got 20 from the wrong adapter. It was like a 1-2 volt difference if I remember. Nothing major. The polarity of the plug was correct though.
I don't think the bluescreening was related to temp. Before that HP, I had a Toshiba that would overheat CONSTANTLY (using the original, manufacturer supplied AC adapter). The HP never overheated. Toward the end I was only using it for shitposting and whatnot so it wasn't much of a loss.
Syntax replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,016,660
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Yea 1 volt ain't an issue because no CPU runs directly off of that - Internal Voltage converters reduce that a bunch for 3 V here and 5 V there.
Ananthanarayanan M R replied with this 6 years ago, 8 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,016,765
> At Qualcomm we ship off a mass of working used computers to schools etc but so many that the balance goes to thrift shops. Don't have a clue what they sell them for but for sure we do not ship off anything used that is not working - of course the hard drives are empty except for the OS
ok is that supposed to be related to knock off power supplies somehow