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jakeOSX
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 Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject: iBook Power Adapter Replacement Advice |
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Ok, so I need a new power adapter for my ibook. Apple sells it, but the reviews online are AWFUL, several even meantion fires.
yes fires.
so i looked at some third party and those reviews aren't so great either.
anyone had to replace their power adapter? if so, what did you get?
-j, keeping the 'random' alive |
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yoxi
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Location: Dawlish, Devon
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I got one from Apple for my old tibook a couple of months ago, no fires so far - but then the UK power supply has the 'cool britannia' stiff upper lip factor  |
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Samwise
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| My 2 cents: a new iBook power adapter from Apple isn't that much more likely to catch fire than the one that came with your iBook originally; so if you trusted your old adapter, I don't see any reason other than price to get an adapter from a third party… |
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Lorinda
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Joined: Jun 20, 2006
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Location: Midwest, USA
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I've replaced mine via Apple care for overheating twice. So I've always had the Apple variety.
No fires, and I think the second time I jumped the gun. I had it set up on the bar between my inlaws kitchen and their family room, it got hot and I smelled smoke. After the replacement was all taken care of, I realized the smoke may have been coming from the stove and not my iBook. 
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MacRat
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Out of 20-30 friends with PowerBook/iBooks and with spares totals at least 40 Apple power adapters I have first hand knowledge of, ZERO fires.
Get the proper equipment from Apple. |
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OPENSTEP
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Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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I haven't had any fires myself, but I have found that if you treat them roughly the cable becomes loose and the LED can start failing to light.
One of my friends did get one of the cheaper third party ones but complains that the connector is c**p and doesn't have a snug fit and keeps falling out or losing contact. It was pretty much the cheapest one that came up on google searches, so you may want to avoid those
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OPENSTEP
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I still think the older UFOs are the most solid I've used, but I have TiBooks...I'm not sure if those UFOs are rated to handle an iBook. I've been using one from a clamshell iBook with an adapter, and that thing has had no cable problems whatsoever
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jakeOSX
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i have a UFO at work. and two old G3 wallstreets. heavy as a freakin' truck and the apple symbol was upside down but they were great laptops.
if only i had the one with the firewire.
ok, so you guys talked me into the apple-tax. the laptop (the ibook, not the wallstreet) is going to be fixed up for a gift anyway, so probably for the best.
oh, with neo, naturally. that relates back to this forum. see? i be smarts.
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