I have had a Satellite c650d-11e laptop for the last 3 years. I moved to the US about 6 months ago and according to HWMonitor the wear on the battery has gone from ~70% to ~64% in that period of time (and its had a lot less usage in that time than before). The AC/DC adapter has been a lot hotter than it used to be too.
It says its input is 100-240V, which should account for the voltage difference between european and american outlets just fine, but its certainly behaving different.
Just tonight i had a weird crash where it froze up and the screen was covered in artifacts. The temperatures are just fine, all sub 50F so the only thing i can really think thats different and could be causing these issues is the voltage difference between european and american outlets.
Is this a silly assumption or does it hold water? I can pick up a new PSU for like 8 dollars so its no biggie to replace it anyways. I just want to make sure that i'm not leaving something more serious untreated. I've also been using hibernate over shut down more often lately too.
It says its input is 100-240V, which should account for the voltage difference between european and american outlets just fine, but its certainly behaving different.
Just tonight i had a weird crash where it froze up and the screen was covered in artifacts. The temperatures are just fine, all sub 50F so the only thing i can really think thats different and could be causing these issues is the voltage difference between european and american outlets.
Is this a silly assumption or does it hold water? I can pick up a new PSU for like 8 dollars so its no biggie to replace it anyways. I just want to make sure that i'm not leaving something more serious untreated. I've also been using hibernate over shut down more often lately too.