On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Dana wrote:
> hehe Casey that might be what you or I would do but look, it's about a 1200
> dollar laptop which he bought because of its beautiful design. I am damn
> sure the idea of duct tape would offend him if he already doesn't like
> using an adapter on his
hehe Casey that might be what you or I would do but look, it's about a 1200
dollar laptop which he bought because of its beautiful design. I am damn
sure the idea of duct tape would offend him if he already doesn't like
using an adapter on his adapter ;) I grant you that the world contains many
pr
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From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:56 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: power cord specs
ok then... that's the sort of response I was expecting but every so often
you do get an actual useful suggestion over here.
I take it nobody knows what to
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From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:56 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: power cord specs
ok then... that's the sort of response I was expecting but every so often
you do get an a
he wants to pay 20 or 40 to replace the power adapter. Or 50 or 60. That's
not the issue. The issue is horrible ASUS marketing and customer service.
Here we have someone who wants to buy something from them and has been
getting the runaround for a couple of months. So he asks me to help him and
ok
[mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:13 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: power cord specs
Replace his Zenbook with Folgers Crystals while he isn't looking and see if
he notices the difference?
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Dana wrote:
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> well ok here
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Dana wrote:
> I take it nobody knows what to call the interchangeable head of a travel
> power cord?
>
universal plug adapter.
They don't make a universal power cord adapter.
Most times you can't buy the one half of a laptop power brick they actually
only sell
ok then... that's the sort of response I was expecting but every so often
you do get an actual useful suggestion over here.
I take it nobody knows what to call the interchangeable head of a travel
power cord?
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:
>
> Replace his Zenbook with F
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Dana wrote:
> Can you guys help me wrap my mind around something? For some reason I don't
> quite seem to be processing this.
>
because it falls off most likely. I have one turntable that is UK plug so I
just taped it on with black electrical tape. That is the b
Give him a map to Fry's and tell him good luck. If he can't find it there...
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:
>
> Replace his Zenbook with Folgers Crystals while he isn't looking and
> see if he notices the difference?
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Dana wrote:
>>
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Replace his Zenbook with Folgers Crystals while he isn't looking and
see if he notices the difference?
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Dana wrote:
>
> well ok here's the full ridiculousness of this, ok?
>
> The man really doesn't want to order it online. I'd rather not know the
> guy's credit c
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> From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 11:11 AM
> To: cf-community
> Subject: Re: power cord specs
>
>
> by the way I wanted to thank you guys for answering this. I am still
> dealing
> with it off and on.
>
> FWIW, Asus says
: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 11:11 AM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: power cord specs
by the way I wanted to thank you guys for answering this. I am still dealing
with it off and on.
FWIW, Asus says hmm well we really don't recommend using a non
by the way I wanted to thank you guys for answering this. I am still
dealing with it off and on.
FWIW, Asus says hmm well we really don't recommend using a non-ASUS cord
and it *is* a different shape than the "standard" power cord, so...ASUS is
the way we are going. But no, the fact that he bough
Kensington makes replacement power adapters:
http://www.kensington.com/kensington/us/us/r/SearchResults.aspx?q=power%20adapter
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote:
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> assuming the power cord/adapter is a brick (where the actual power
> conversion happens in the cord, and
I would assume so...he would just need a power adapter made for the US.
Parts of Europe and Asia use a different voltage...so the input would have
to be different in the US. Best bet would be to contact ASUS...otherwise,
you may have to head to radio shack ;-)
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assuming the power cord/adapter is a brick (where the actual power
conversion happens in the cord, and not in the laptop, which should be
true in a small laptop), and the laptop power connector is standard,
then yes, I think that is all he needs.
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Dana wrote:
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