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Open Up a Dell Laptop Power Supply
Doonhamer
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in Techie Stuff
The DC output cable is damaged just after it leaves the PSU. I need to open it and chop off the first 50mm of cable and resolder it.
Anyone know how to open it, there are no screws and I don't want to wade in blind trying to lever it open with a big screwdriver!
Anyone know how to open it, there are no screws and I don't want to wade in blind trying to lever it open with a big screwdriver!
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ISTR that, like most transformers, it's a sealed unit, you have to get brutal to open them.0
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Yes was thinking that, but if anyone has done it before and knows the best place to apply the brut force.....0
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Try using a handsaw to saw GENTLY around the groove in the center - as this is the thinest part of the sealed unit - you can then prise the two halves apart.
EDIT: I have not done this with a DELL power unit - but have been successful with a Samsung one years ago.0
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