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PSA: I bought a $40 'universal' laptop charger that fried a client's motherboard in under a minute.
Some techs say cheap adapters are fine for quick fixes, but others argue you should only use OEM parts, so what's your rule for third party power supplies?
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faith_palmer517d ago
Learned that lesson the hard way with a cheap car phone charger that killed my old phone. My rule now is to only use third party stuff for my own junk, never for client gear. If a customer needs a charger, it's OEM or a known good brand from a real supplier. The few bucks saved isn't worth the fried board and the angry call. That universal adapter is probably still in my drawer as a reminder.
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xenarobinson7d ago
Wasn't there a recall on some of those cheap chargers?
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