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I've just bought a new laptop for £100! And power adapter question. |
Sammy_boy
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Well, nearly new anyway! Went into Woolworths looking to spend my bit of Christmas money, and found this Medion MIM2080 laptop on offer for £100 - the only problem, no power cable! I've just ordered one off Ebay for £20 del, and although the specs are a bit paltry it's fine for me, it'll only really get used for web surfing, IM, maybe a bit of downloading with Limewire.
One question as well - it comes with a rather paltry amount of RAM - what Ram would I need to buy in order to upgrade the memory? I remember the bad old days of laptops that needs proprietary Ram designs, does this laptop take standard Ram - and what type of Ram would I need as I think there's a few different types of standard out there!
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another quick question, in the meantime all i have that connects to the lappy's power connector is my multi voltage adaptor, which i briefly connected to the lappy. The orange charging light did come on, but can i charge the battery safely using this adapter? I think it should be ok, just take a while to charge as the stated output for the lappy is 19v at 3.4a. I'm using 12v and 0.9a.
Will i damage the lappy or battery using this adapter?
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Cycovision
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SODIMM PC 2700 Memory
If the laptop tries to take more power than your Multi adapter can provide then it's more likely to damage the adapter than the laptop.
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Sammy_boy
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cheers cyco, sorry have just asked same question in ur thread!
Might try the adapter, as long as it's not a fire risk lol!
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Sammy_boy
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Adapter's no good, it'll power the laptop up for a couple of seconds but isn't charging the battery otherwise. I've unplugged it in case I end up damaging something!
Cheers for the link Cyco, though it seems the laptop comes with 512Mb memory as standard, which should do me fine (This deskop PC I'm on at the mo I think has 512Mb, usually enough as I don't run many demanding apps), and £60 seems a lot of money for a gig of memory 
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captover72
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you can get it cheaper then that around £20 on ebuyer
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£100 
never seen my Local woolworths sell at that price Good deal Sammy 
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I think it was just a one-off, the assistant manager said someone had tried to pinch a few laptops but were caught or something, which is why there's no adapter! I was quite frustrated yesterday too as my wife has an old Medion laptop, I was hoping to use it's adapter but it won't fit, despite being the correct voltage!  I'm really tempted to 'modify' it a bit so that if fits lol
They had another one which was £100, that one had no battery and no power cable (also missing the 'G' button for some reason too!), and there was another light better specced laptop for £150 I think that didn't have a power adapter too.
So if you want a cheap lappy and don't mind having to get hold of a couple of accessories then get yourself to the Woolworths in Lichfield! 
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Yeah, I wasn't suggesting you buy the memory from there, I was just linking to it to show you the the right type 
If you're not p****d off with ebay like I am, you can probably get some from there for next to nothing.
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Sammy_boy
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Thanks, I'll keep an eye on Ebay once I have a bit of cash spare!
Another quick question, I've noticed that my wife's adapter from her Toshiba laptop fits the Medion, it's the correct voltage (19v) but 6.3a opposed to the Medion's 3.42a. Can I use this adapter safely for the next couple of days or will it damage the laptop or battery?
damn my impatience!
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The Toshiba psu should be fine as long as the pin assignment is the same. The higher current is not a problem as the laptop will only use what it needs.
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Cheers JC, I'll give it a try in a bit! 
I've noticed some adapters have different wattages too, e.g. mine is 65w, I've seen some that go up to 90w or more, does that make a difference?
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Sammy ive a Old Sony Vaio F400 which I bought on eBay delivered last year I think, it's a good little runner
so did you test the power source what happened?
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It worked fine with my laptop, though the battery now won't charge - not sure if it was faulty initially or if using that adapter with the higher voltage blobbed the battery
Got the proper adapter now, all going great!
And another bit of news. The DVD-RW drive doesn't work - but it's an external one. I went back to Woolworths today about it, and the rather dopey looking assistant manager (I think) looked like he was going to give me some grief, but decided to give me a part refund of £25 as they couldn't replace it! I'm going to phone Medion up tomorrow or Monday to see if they can do anything about the drive. I'm assuming that the laptop will be under some sort of warranty, so I could get a replacement for free! Though if not I've got that part refund to get another.
So, if I do get a free replacement drive, I'll have gotten the laptop for £75!
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Ohh Sammy very Jammy lol
goodluck btw was a very good price that laptop,
have a look on eBay for drives you might get one cheap you never know
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