VintagePunk
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Before Christmas, my laptop cord got destroyed (kittens ) and so I picked up a universal cord from a store here, one where the connecting end comes with various sizes that you can snap on and off to fit many computers. Then I saw one specific to my laptop on eBay (well, specific to mine and a bunch of others) that was less than half the price, so I ordered that, intending to return the universal. I know it's the right one for my computer, because I checked and double checked both the model number and the part number.
Got it, and started using it, and very soon after, my pointer started behaving very erratically, jumping all over the place, being very difficult to control, and then it would freeze, and I'd have to Ctr-Alt-Del and then tab to restart the computer. After half a day of this, I happened to be using it while running off the battery, and I noticed it wasn't happening any more. I plugged the universal back in, and again, it wasn't happening. I've tested it since then, and it only happens when the eBay cord is plugged in.
Thinking back, it used to do this sometimes with the original cord, too, but not as bad as it was with the eBay cord. I think I even posted about it months ago, and I was told to increase my virtual memory, which helped a lot, but didn't completely take the problem away. [For several months when I first had the computer, it would do the erratic pointer - freeze - need to reboot thing, and then that mostly stopped, and what started happening instead is that while the computer was plugged in, it would switch over to battery, work until the battery ran down, and then stop. If I waited for 20 minutes or so and restarted it, it would then register that it was plugged in and start recharging the battery. This would happen maybe once a week.]
So obviously, something is going on with the power. With those other cords, it's either getting too much or two little - the former, I suspect. Does this point to a problem with the computer and the way it's handling the power? And if so, why does it seem to be fine with the universal cord? If anyone has any thoughts, I'd appreciate it. There's another month left on the warranty, so if something's wrong, there's still time to get it fixed at no cost.
Got it, and started using it, and very soon after, my pointer started behaving very erratically, jumping all over the place, being very difficult to control, and then it would freeze, and I'd have to Ctr-Alt-Del and then tab to restart the computer. After half a day of this, I happened to be using it while running off the battery, and I noticed it wasn't happening any more. I plugged the universal back in, and again, it wasn't happening. I've tested it since then, and it only happens when the eBay cord is plugged in.
Thinking back, it used to do this sometimes with the original cord, too, but not as bad as it was with the eBay cord. I think I even posted about it months ago, and I was told to increase my virtual memory, which helped a lot, but didn't completely take the problem away. [For several months when I first had the computer, it would do the erratic pointer - freeze - need to reboot thing, and then that mostly stopped, and what started happening instead is that while the computer was plugged in, it would switch over to battery, work until the battery ran down, and then stop. If I waited for 20 minutes or so and restarted it, it would then register that it was plugged in and start recharging the battery. This would happen maybe once a week.]
So obviously, something is going on with the power. With those other cords, it's either getting too much or two little - the former, I suspect. Does this point to a problem with the computer and the way it's handling the power? And if so, why does it seem to be fine with the universal cord? If anyone has any thoughts, I'd appreciate it. There's another month left on the warranty, so if something's wrong, there's still time to get it fixed at no cost.