[ltp] Re: Re: WARNING: Lenovo ThinkPads and 65W power supplies

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Sat, 22 Jan 2011, Micha wrote:
> On 22/01/11 00:57, Dave Cunningham wrote:
> >It may be that the higher wattage power supply has a different plug so you
> >cannot use any other wattage.  This is certainly the case with my w700ds.
> 
> These shouldn't be a problem connecting a higher wattage power
> supply, so it doesn't need a different plug. There is a problem with
> a different voltage. As long as the voltage is ok, the machine will
> draw only as much as it needs.

And crash or corrupt memory/disk or damage flash if it needs to draw more
than what is available, which is the reason for the firmware safeguards in
the first place.

It is never a good idea to use underrated power supplies.

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  Henrique Holschuh