Laptop Power Question....

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Found an auction for a Compaq 2108CL which states:

POWER
90W AC adapter (three wire)
Eight-cell Lithium-ion battery

Is this a USA standard power supply the auction company UBid refers to their
faq which has no info..


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thanks for the help...



"jakdedert" <jdedert@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Crow T Robot wrote:
>> Found an auction for a Compaq 2108CL which states:
>>
>> POWER
>> 90W AC adapter (three wire)
>> Eight-cell Lithium-ion battery
>>
> There are no 'real' standards with respect to laptop power supplies. Each
> supply is model specific for the most part. Suggest you access Compaq's
> web
> site and look up the power adaptor for that particular model number.
>
> If the power supply is included in the auction, the spec's mean that it
> has
> a three wire (hot, neutral, ground) input from mains supply, which is
> standard all over the world. 90 Watts is the power draw at whatever
> voltage
> to which it is connected. Most laptop supplies are universal, in that
> they
> can be connected to all common world voltages/frequencies with the
> appropriate power cord or by adapting the cord supplied. That
> specification
> has been left out of the info you supply.
>
> The battery spec above is just a description of the internal battery.
>
> jak
>
>> Is this a USA standard power supply the auction company UBid refers
>> to their faq which has no info..
>
>