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May 20th, 2006 04:00

Adapter question?

I brought a adapter from someone at amazon. The seller stated that the adapter is compatible with my 8200.
 
When I use the new adapter I get a message when the computer is booting(cold or warm) up:
 
Warning: 70 watts(20 V., 3.5.A) AC adapter detected. System will not be capable of
runnning in full performance mode without a 90 watts(20V., 4.5.A) AC adapter.
 
Press F1 to continue booting in battery optimized mode, or F2 to shut down.
 
 
Then, I press F1 and the computer works fine.
 
My question is will this adapter harm my computer by anyway?  Also, I can change something in the settings or BIOS to stop this message? 
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    Leo_s84

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    Posted May 20th, 2006 05:00

    Your computer seems to need 90 Watts to operate to it's fullest so it seems you just got ripped off when told this would work perfectly. You might see some things like the processor not running to it's fullest or stuff like that with a 70 Watt adapter.

    Message Edited by Leo_s84 on 05-20-200603:04 AM

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    mooving2005

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    Posted October 29th, 2006 19:00

    Hello,
    I seem to have the same issue . I bought 2 months ago a AC adapter for my Dell Inspiron 8200 on Ebay.. It was working fine. until now the screen flickers because sometimes the adapter works and sometimes not it depends on the position, then at times i get that Warning message as well. Out of curiosity were you also having the screen fickering from the adapter going from power to battery back and forth? also what did you do to resolve the issue and did it work?
    Thanks, Jeff

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