Hello!

I am looking for a way to power 8 Chromebook mainboards.

They are rated for 19.5v and either 3.34a or 4.62a I’m not clear on whether this is necessarilly what is needed for JUST the mainboard without the battery or peripheral components. (They didn’t come with Batteries or Screens)

I do NOT have any chargers for them (OEM or generic)

I’d love to be able to power them with something like this: https://a.co/d/dNkMDF1

Anyone have suggestions or have done something similar in the past? I’d prefer not to drop $100 on chargers 😅

  • PermanentLiminality@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I doubt you will get a cheaper solution that actual power supplies. Here is an example at $65 for 10. https://www.ebay.com/itm/165149435995 There are many listings like this. This is the first I found in ten seconds of searching.

    Manufacturers like to put signaling between the power supply and the laptop to lock you in. Get the wrong power supply and it will not work at all or if it does it will throttle the CPU and/or nag you constantly. You need to find out if your ithems do that or not. If they do you need the proper power supplies.

    By the time you find a power supply and source the connectors, it will likely exceed the price of just getting the actual units.