After playing with the EEE for a while, I remembered that I have a Proporta Portable Laptop Battery (“PLB”) sitting in the back of a cupboard, unused since I discovered it didn’t have the right tips for my Samsuny laptop, and wondered whether it would work with the EEE. It was more hoping that wondering, really – the PLB is a great accessory, which, when I was travelling with my work laptop, made a huge difference to the amount of work I was able to get done on the flight, and the ability to power the EEE off the mains for even longer seemed a fantastic proposition.
It was then that I realised that the PLB puts out 16/19v, and the EEE requires 9.5v, so it wasn’t going to work, which is a shame… Oh well!
November 26, 2007 at 12:30 am |
You could probably make a DC/DC converter for cheap. Just need a Voltage regulator and 2 resistors.
November 26, 2007 at 7:44 am |
Hmm… could be worth looking into. Thanks for the tip!
Neil
November 26, 2007 at 12:38 pm |
The AC adapter of the eee pc is rated at 2.315ampers/220V, so a simple 12V>9.5V voltage regulator will become really hot and low efficient. I suggest to find a car adapter for a notebook pc with 9.5V output and connect it to your portable battery.