65 watt vs 90 watt power supply dell m70

Hi, I recently recieved a dell m70 for work, it uses a 90 watt PS, can
I use the 65 watt PS from my last Dell d610? They look the same and
the plugs are the same.


Thanks, James.

 

This offers some opinions:

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportfo..._power&message.id=12621&c=us&l=en&cs=04&s=bsd

 

This one too, specifically the last one:

http://support.dell.com/support/top...ent?dn=1081814&l=en&langid=1&c=us&cs=04&s=bsd

 

You may if the Voltage rating is the same on both devices. It is
important that the Voltage is the same on the laptop and the ac
adapter. Since the adapter is 65 w, considerably less than 90w your
laptop will be underpowered.

Best Regards
Battery Wizard
http://www.ComputerBatteries.co.uk

 

no.

 

The M70 draws more current from the poser supply than the D610. If you try
to run an M70 using the 65W supply, you'll get an error message from the
system BIOS saying that the supply is inadequate and the machine won't
start.

Roy