Re: power cord specs

2012-09-20 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
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

Re: power cord specs

2012-09-20 Thread Dana
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

RE: power cord specs

2012-09-20 Thread Eric Roberts
- 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

RE: power cord specs

2012-09-20 Thread Eric Roberts
-Original Message- 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

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2012-09-20 Thread Dana
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

RE: power cord specs

2012-09-20 Thread Eric Roberts
[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: > > well ok here

Re: power cord specs

2012-09-20 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
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

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2012-09-20 Thread Dana
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

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2012-09-20 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
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

Re: power cord specs

2012-09-20 Thread Larry C. Lyons
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: >> >>

Re: power cord specs

2012-09-20 Thread Judah McAuley
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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2012-09-20 Thread Dana
--- > 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

RE: power cord specs

2012-09-20 Thread Eric Roberts
: 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

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2012-09-20 Thread Dana
630-486-5255 > fax: 630-310-8531 > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > > > -Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:39 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: power cord specs &

Re: power cord specs

2012-09-12 Thread Larry C. Lyons
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: > > assuming the power cord/adapter is a brick (where the actual power > conversion happens in the cord, and

RE: power cord specs

2012-09-11 Thread Eric Roberts
, 2012 8:39 PM To: cf-community Subject: power cord specs Can you guys help me wrap my mind around something? For some reason I don't quite seem to be processing this. So... user has an Asus Zenbook, which is an Airbook clone if that matters, Windows 7, not that *that* should matter. He bought

Re: power cord specs

2012-09-11 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
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: >

power cord specs

2012-09-11 Thread Dana
Can you guys help me wrap my mind around something? For some reason I don't quite seem to be processing this. So... user has an Asus Zenbook, which is an Airbook clone if that matters, Windows 7, not that *that* should matter. He bought this machine in Malaysia. Power outlets are different in Mal