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.

Laptop has smaller port but a couple months ago the Dell charger it came with popped up a "power supply not recognized" message and stopped charging it up. It kept it running but the battery was slowly going down by about two percent per week. It was down to 60%. I replaced the battery a year ago so I knew the battery is still very decent. Had two other Dell power cords at home but both have the fat tip. Purchased adapter, used it last night, and within an hour the laptop is back up fully charged. YAY!!!

I've only used one of these to adapt a power supply to my Dell laptop. It worked well initially, but has been glitchy recently (after two months of use). Sometimes, I discover that while plugged in, the laptop is not charging. I'm going to try the second one, and see if it works better. The fit could be better, as the insertion depth of the power supply side is too shallow to receive the plug fully. That leaves about 1/4 " exposed.

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.

First one lasted little over a month, second one lasted little longer than first one but eventually stopped working after few months of light use. Even though description says it has manufacturer warranty, there are no manufacturer contact information on how to claim warranty.

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!