Submitted 10 months ago by J12@lemmy.world to [deleted]
Dell is really crappy about third party chargers, regardless of I/E. When you get one of their laptops, you are stuck in their ecosystem. They used to do this with memory as well… then they didn’t… then they did again. Don’t know which phase they’re on right now, but I’d dig on eBay or Craigslist for an exact replacement.
what? dells are all USB c or 7mm barrels, at least for commercial/business equipment.
That’s true, but they use nonstandard voltages on their chargers, and it can be tough to find an aftermarket that matches both the voltage and current of stock. Then you run into the “Dell has detected a non-Dell charger” scenario.
Is it just the frayed wires that’s causing the issue? Did they short together to destroy the charger?
Do the sockets fit? Going from 180 to240w should be fine. As long as the expected voltage match on the brick’s supply it should be fine to go higher in wattage.
In terms of wattage, it’ll only draw the current it needs.
In any case you can probably find a 3rd party brick that works just fine for way less. If you have a microcenter near you, they can help.
Any cable that gets frayed could shock you, so to avoid getting shocked, stop using the cable before it rubs though to the metal. Getting a more heavy duty cable can help, but any cable will rm eventually wear through.
LPT: if buying a new laptop, only get one that can charge via USB PD. If it can charge with a proprietary charger in addition, that ok.
Otherwise you are going to be in OP’s situation
any wattage above the new stuff is fine, won’t hurt. less won’t charge fast enough and it will complain. 65w is pretty standard for 14" laptops, 90w is recommended and will work on more devices in case you have one that requires 90w, usually 15.5" screens or larger, 130-180w for docks and gaming laptops. 240w for special scenarios. pick your poison, don’t go unbranded shitty universal ones, get a good genuine oem adapter, the 90w runs about $40 new on Amazon, 65w $22
Things to look for:
Or if you don’t have a charger read the laptop specs
It’s recomended you get a manufactory one that’s made for your laptop which you should be able to Google, make sure you’re not getting fake chargers either because those can cause house fires
output voltage must be the same
Or check what the laptop accepts. Sometimes it is a range.
Junk the laptop and buy one that uses USBC.
That shit should have stayed in the 2010s.
Dell did some non-standard trickery to allow more than 100W charging through a USB C connector. If it’s one of those laptops it will only charge over 100W with a Dell USB charger.
Your current adapter should have the wattage on it - buy the same. If you no longer have it, you can search yoir laptop by the service tag od the Dell Support page nd cjeck the configuration there - it should have the original adapter listed. Buy the same.
If in doubt, just buy the 240W as that should work even if it used 180W.
Let me see if one of my dell spares works for you, I was gonna toss them
I think I have one I’ll know tomorrow
You can buy universal chargers for 40 bucks that have any size adapter you will ever need
original OEM are cheap as hell, universal ones have always been terrible in my experience. a 65w Dell USBC charger was $22 the other day on Amazon, genuine OEM. I always get at least the 90 so it will work with just about anything outside gaming laptops.
They're not even chargers. Laptops have proper external PSUs that directly power them (with or without the battery). Very dangerous (deadly) internals - even unplugged and not something you want to sway away from the exact model that the manufacturer provides.
A laptop charger.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
A LTT video recently mentioned, often it’s cheaper to buy a broken laptop that uses the same charging cord just for the cord than to buy the charging cable directly. But there’s always some hassle second hand even if it is much cheaper.
cRazi_man@lemm.ee 10 months ago
$140 sounds absurd for just a charger. I’d definitely but secondhand and maybe off-brand.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 10 months ago
A quick google search gives me options for €40/€50. But I don’t know if they match exactly.