# Where to buy power cord? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 26, 2009, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658 "2009-02-26T09:09:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/1 "2009-02-26T09:09:29Z")
I think the power cord on my craptastic Acer laptop went to crap. Won’t take a charge or even stay on. Can I get one at Best Buy or something? Or is this one of those online-only things that I’m going to have to wait a week for? I suck at this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/2 "2009-02-26T10:31:13Z")
I doubt anyone local will have it. eBay, search for “Acer ModelAcerYouHave power supply” and order it there. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/3 "2009-02-26T10:33:51Z")
Could also be the connector broke loose from the mobo. As silly as it is, this is a huge part of why I bought my wife a mac to replace her last laptop. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/4 "2009-02-26T10:35:57Z")
radio shack (~$150)… . . . but try to take the batt out then plug it in and see what happens … if the batt is shoot it may not work for that reasion this is what went down with my laptop it will only work with the shit batt out ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/5 "2009-02-26T17:39:33Z")
You should have someone test the power brick with a volt meter to see if its the problem.Fry might also be correct. ---
**Author:** ![boosting4me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@boosting4me](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boosting4me)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/6 "2009-02-26T17:50:07Z")
acers suck had the same problem there known for fried motherboards google it ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/7 "2009-02-26T18:03:24Z")
go on [newegg.com](http://newegg.com) . if your problem really is the powercord they have one on there for i think $35, it comes with a few different conectors and a voltage or watt regulator. i got one a few months back for the gf’s sister’s computer has worked perfect since ---
**Author:** ![Johnnylude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/8 "2009-02-27T05:04:42Z")
[monoprice.com](http://monoprice.com) ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/9 "2009-02-27T06:16:17Z")
> [@justa4door](#): > > take batt out then plug it in and see what happens … . ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/10 "2009-02-27T07:31:23Z")
im telling you my way will work ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/11 "2009-02-27T11:15:29Z")
don’t buy that stuff in a retail store. you can get it at best buy but they’ll bend you over on the price. ---
**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/12 "2009-03-05T10:59:23Z")
Yeah the stores wanted upwards of $130…found one on ebay for a buy it now of $16.95…we’ll see if that’s what the problem was or how long this one works for. I know my crappy Dell has a dud battery because it only works when plugged in, but the Acer was flickering back and forth like the plug was loose or something before it completely died out. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/13 "2009-03-05T11:00:49Z")
did you take out the batt and try it w/o it in? ---
**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/14 "2009-03-05T11:02:08Z")
Might be the solder connections right inside the laptop. Find someone with a good PS before you go buying a new one and test it out. Or at minimum make sure there is voltage coming out of plug itself. ---
**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-buy-power-cord/63658/15 "2009-03-05T17:00:26Z")
> [@justa4door](#): > > did you take out the batt and try it w/o it in? Yeah. I got nothing. _UPDATE_ got the new cord in the mail and it’s still not working. (it was doing this before) it starts to power up, lights turn on, and 3 seconds later it turns off again like it doesn’t have enough power to boot up all the way. Probably doesn’t help that this was the one time I had the damn thing unplugged and used it till the battery was practically dead. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I’m getting P.O.'d because I have ALL my kid’s baby pictures on the computer and I stopped backing them up in June due to laziness ☹