Your X61 charger shorted out, now what?

The IBM ThinkPad X61 charger has a little bit of a weakness: At a certain point in its lifespan it has the propensity to short out completely. While it won’t cause a fire or cause your laptop to crash, it does have the annoyance factor of taking your laptop out of commission once your battery [...]

Toshiba power cord prices

You might remember from our last post (titled Finding Toshiba laptop power cord deals) that we did an in-depth talk about exactly where to find the best places to find a Toshiba power cord. Tonight we’re going to go a little further than that last post; we’re going to talk about some of the prices [...]

Finding Toshiba laptop power cord deals

Finding a great deal on a Toshiba laptop power cord shouldn’t be as complicated as many people make it out to be. You can find these deals just about anywhere laptops are sold; it’s not just the manufacturer’s sites that have the best deals. Today we’re going to do a little bit of digging. Why [...]

Buying a laptop power cord

A shorted out laptop power cord isn’t anything to worry about these days. It’s a fairly common thing that may be caused by any number of items: Incorrectly wrapping the cord, allowing kinks to develop, or using a socket that the system wasn’t designed for are just three of the numerous causes of a shorted [...]

Finding the cheapest Compaq laptop battery

So, your Compaq laptop battery failed, did it? You’re not alone: Countless people have had this happen at one point or another. I’m not sure who does the outsourced work for these batteries, but I can tell you that they fail at a pretty alarming rate. I don’t have any facts or figures in front [...]

Buying a new HP laptop power cord

Did your HP laptop power cord just break? If so, you’re not alone. Just about everyone has had one of these go out at one time or another. Sometimes they simply are too old to hold juice any more, sometimes you tripped over it on your way to the bathroom in the middle of the [...]

Easily finding Toshiba laptop batteries

If you’ve ever owned a Toshiba laptop, you might know just how annoying it can be to find Toshiba laptop batteries. You’re not alone in that. For some reason the company loves to use many different types of batteries, and consumers often don’t exactly know which one goes into which computer. Even worse, when you [...]

How to buy a laptop power supply

In this post I’ll talk about how to select and obtain a laptop power supply. While it may not seem like this would be a topic for its own blog post, if you’ve ever had a power supply go out on your computer, you’ll know just how frantic things can be to track down a [...]