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Apr 7, 2006 | 10:53 pm

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I had these symptoms with my e-machines M5312 laptop, and a cigarette-lighter-style DC -> AC adapter.

My research revealed that the laptop simply drew more power than AA's power ports could provide, and no adapter would solve that.

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