Losing power from my inverter.

[Double L]

Your welcome WarHorse and Dave, your not a bad poster, I do it too especially if it has 4-5 pages to it.

[Windwalker]

Well, having the same problem in the house certainly does eliminate the inverter and the truck. The only common factors are the power source and the computer itself. Sounds like a new supply should take care of it for you. Good luck.

[Uturn2001]

Hope it is the power cable and not the plug on the laptop its self that is screwed up.

My old laptop had the plug screw up so it would not make good contact with the power cable.

Well anyway I am glad you are getting it narrowed down.

[headborg]

Hope it is the power cable and not the plug on the laptop its self that is screwed up.

My old laptop had the plug screw up so it would not make good contact with the power cable.

Well anyway I am glad you are getting it narrowed down.

Yeah, I have two Toshiba Satellite notebooks-- and can tell you-- the DC Power jack is the #1 most common problem with a Toshiba-- the less times you plug/unplug the better off you'll be-- then you just have to worry about breaking/bumping the jack.

Here's a link to a DC Jack "work-around"-- this worked for me with my first Satellite A75 for couple years-- of course I modified the work-around slightly- I soldered a power cord "pig tail" to the motherboard-- ( actually used a Coleman Cooler replacement cord( you know the one you can buy inside the truckstop- that has the red/blue blade connector) that way I could unplug the AC adaptor without stress or strain on the motherboard.

http://www.laptoprepair101.com/lapto...ck-workaround/

[WarHorse]

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http://www.laptoprepair101.com/lapto...ck-workaround/

Thanks Borg. I'll find out if that is the problem soon enough.

[WarHorse]

Its probably the socket you have the inverter plugged into thats having the problem, it may not be getting a full 12v to the socket. Try another socket in the truck thats on a different circuit than the one you are having problems with. You can also get an accessory plug at the truckstop that has the alligator clips on one end and socket on the other. Clip the positive to one of you circuit breakers or fuse and the negative to a suitable ground. You inverter is low powered enough that it doesnt need a direct connection to the battery.

I bought one of those adapters and it's running fine. I did get a Blue Screen of Death, which is pretty unusual, but it didn't appear to be power-related.

Right now it's humming along and no warning beeps from the inverter, so I'm happy.

Thanks Drew!

It occurred to me that I'm inverting DC to AC, then the computer is reversing the procedure. Waste waste! :P

[Drew10]

Good, Im glad its working for you.....Yeah it does seem to be kind of a waste to convert DC-AC...just to convert it back to DC again.