Re: ac adapter and wattage for notebook computer

No, some of the Dell models that sense a non-dell supply just have 
standard 2-conductor coaxial barrel pins.  Apparently they are 
multiplexing data over the power supply lines themselves.


smackedass wrote:
>>
>> Only Dell does anything like this, and they complain because, and only 
>> because, it's not a Dell supply.  Regardless of the electrical 
>> characteristics of the supply, which may be an exact match for what 
>> the laptop needs.
> 
> This may sound like a stupid question, but does the form factor/size of 
> the charging pin constitute any difference?
> 
> smackedass
>