iGo universal power supply and Inspiron E1505

Hello all,

My iGo everywhere130 will power my E1505, but it won't charge the battery.

Does anyone know of a way to hack the E1505 to allow a 3rd party universal
AC adapter to charge the battery?

I don't know much about this, but I'm guessing that the BIOS would have to
be hacked somehow. Not very plausable, I'm guessing.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide,

Conan Kelly



PS. I think I'm done with Dell. For them to make their power supplies/AC
adapters proprietary is total BULL ****. If I knew this before hand, I
would not have purchased this computer. Now that I know, I will definately
do more research and buy a system that can be powered AND CHARGED off of a
universal power supply. Proprietary power supplies along with the fact that
Dell is now selling computers inside Wal-Marts. Anybody that does business
with that evil company is just a sell-out. Seems to me that Dell is going
down hill. I think I might check out HP when these computers stop working,
which I'm thinking might not be very long.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conan Kelly [private.php?do=newpm&u=]
> Posted At: Thursday, July 26, 2007 5:11 PM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: iGo universal power supply and Inspiron E1505
> Subject: iGo universal power supply and Inspiron E1505
>
> Hello all,
>
> My iGo everywhere130 will power my E1505, but it won't charge the
> battery.
>
> Does anyone know of a way to hack the E1505 to allow a 3rd party
> universal
> AC adapter to charge the battery?
>
> I don't know much about this, but I'm guessing that the BIOS would
have
> to
> be hacked somehow. Not very plausable, I'm guessing.
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can provide,
>
> Conan Kelly
>
>
>
> PS. I think I'm done with Dell. For them to make their power
> supplies/AC
> adapters proprietary is total BULL ****. If I knew this before hand,
I
> would not have purchased this computer. Now that I know, I will
> definately
> do more research and buy a system that can be powered AND CHARGED off
> of a
> universal power supply. Proprietary power supplies along with the
fact
> that
> Dell is now selling computers inside Wal-Marts. Anybody that does
> business
> with that evil company is just a sell-out. Seems to me that Dell is
> going
> down hill. I think I might check out HP when these computers stop
> working,
> which I'm thinking might not be very long.


I don't believe they are proprietary, I just don't think iGo has done a
very good job. The Dell power supplies report their capabilities to the
laptop. That way, if it is an underpowered power supply, it won't catch
fire if plugged into a 'big dog' laptop.

For example, using my I6000 power supply on my I9300 will power the
laptop, but not charge. The I9300 power supply will power and charge
either the I6000 and I9300.

I don't think the 'reporting method' is secret. If iGo says it supports
Dell, then their power supply should reports its capabilities.