Tip for Dell Charger Adapter, Power Tip for Dell 11 13 14 15 17 3000 5000 7000 M3800 XPS 12 13 9350 3960 15 5930 5950 D5g6m 0d5g6m [2 Pack]

Who would believe that a laptop manufacturer like Dell would keep changing the power connector? Gee. Now you need a spare for when you travel. More $$. Those Dell power supplies have a little pin in the middle which is connected to a single wire memory device within the power supply. Thus, your machine will know if you plug in the wrong power adapter and make annoying popups about it. This gizmo has that middle pin and it fits over the older laptop adapter and now it fits in the smaller hole charging port on your new laptop. Way cool and a money saver.Now I see that the yet newer laptops are only coming out with a USB3 charger??? Really? Hopefully these guys can come up with something similar for the next time I need to buy a new laptop. A great product.

For Dell notebooks you might need an original OEM charger. These size reducers don't generate the special I2C "I'm a Dell" signal, but I wouldn't expect them to. I wish someone made such a part to do that, you have to hack your power supply signal on your own if you can't find an older/cheaper Dell that already supplies the signal.Worked for me but I had an original Dell 130W Blue LED tip charger, it was an old spare and I used these adapters to reduce the size to fit my new Dell 17 5000 notebook. I know Dell is very picky with their power supplies, I've read that Lenovo sometimes is too, and replacement batteries need special chips too. My other third party chargers don't have the special I2C power supply data identifiers so my Dells don't like to charge with those, they just run at whatever the battery was at, plug it in at 40% charged and it stays there all day.I suspect my notebook wouldn't like the really old Dell white LED tips either, but when these reducers are used with the Dell "Blue" LED power supplies it happened to work just fine and pass the special signal from my original Dell OEM charger to the notebook.

It works okay with my Dell laptop. Because I lost my laptop's original charger, I need a converter for an old Dell charger. I tried this one and it works pretty well. But it seems like even though it says it is for Dell, this converter is for HP laptops. When I plug it into my laptop it doesn't go all the way in. It looks loose. But charging seems okay. So I give 4 stars.

I had a bunch of 90w PA-12 laptop power adapters and with these I was able to use those for the Dell micro 5080 desktop.

I don't want to carry the 230W P/S brick that came with our new HP Victus 16.1" laptop, and wanted a second P/S to use in a remote location. This adapter let me use a (MUCH CHEAPER) HP branded charger for another model with the large barrel connector. Works a treat and now I don't have to lug the big brick back and forth!

Ordered a 2 pack of these. Keep in mind older Dell chargers are typically less powerful than the newer ones so using this adapter may not be an ideal long term solution. I'm using this with an older Dell charger with a watt rating lower than the 130W charger it is replacing. When I boot up the laptop displays a warning message that I'm using a charger with insufficient power that may cause the charger to overheat. My other issue is one of these adapters already has bent and no longer works. I suppose that's my fault for not being careful with it but these aren't bulletproof. That's ok as I really just got these to provide options in pinch, but don't expect them to be a long term replacement.

Don’t buy, specs are different, only works 50% of the time.

The adapter is made to correct tolerances. The large diameter power cord fit well the the back of the adapter. The adapter plugged into the computer with a good fit.This adapter lets me use all the old Dell large diameter power cords without having to buy new bricks. Much more cost effective.I have not noticed any charging issues when using this adapter. The laptop recognizes the genuine Dell power source and charges at full rate.Happy with purchase.