Vostro 1500

Question

Here are the specs of my laptop Dell Vostro 1500 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB), Genuine Windows® XP Professional 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display with TrueLife 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM 8X CD/DVD+RW Read and Burn CD and DVD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT 160GB Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive, 7200RPM 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery Ok. This summer I am going on a month vacation to Europe and I am bringing my laptop with me. There is a problem though. In Europe the power is different. Now I looked at Dell's page where they list the power accessories, but I couldn't find the power cord and all the stuff for European type of power... Any ideas on how to get the cord or the battery charger so I can use my laptop over in Europe?

Balaji Ramanath · Answer

The adapter will be able to handle any voltage and frequency you are likely to encounter anywhere in the world, so it is not going to be a problem except for the shape of the power outlets.  Go to a store like Radio Shack and get a socket adaptor so that you can plug it into the european wall sockets and then you should be able to plug your power cord into this adapter.

dejaniskra1 · Answer

So any of these should work then right? http://www.voltage-converter-transformers.com/step-down-transformer.html thanks for the response by the way

Balaji Ramanath · Answer

No, don't get any voltage transformers.  Your AC adapter can deal with all the voltages you are going to deal with in Europe.  It is only the shape of the wall outlets that is different and you just need a plastic adapter that will allow you to plug your AC adapter in at one end and will plug into the european wall sockets at the other end.  Take a look at the following link:  http://www.voltage-converter-transformers.com/plugadapters.html

dejaniskra1 · Answer

So, i only need this Message Edited by dejaniskra1 on 03-10-2008 01:50 PM Message Edited by dejaniskra1 on 03-10-2008 01:51 PM

dejaniskra1 · Answer

Thank you sir

Balaji Ramanath · Answer

I don't know what you refer to as 'this' in your message.  What you need is VP-3 through VP-116 on that web page.  Just choose the plug appropriate to the part of Europe you will be going to.

Balaji Ramanath · Answer

Sounds excellent.  Have a good vacation!:smileyhappy:

dejaniskra1 · Answer

yea.. i have the vp-4 pic in my last post, but i guess you can't see it. Thanks for the help Message Edited by dejaniskra1 on 03-10-2008 02:37 PM

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