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Lark84
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posted 11-27-2001 03:23 PM $Profile for Lark84$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

(I don't know if this is the correct forum to post this... It's better to post it here than in Karp though... I also have a feeling I've asked this question before but I can't find that post, so maybe I never did ask it... Anyway

I was wondering about those AC/DC adapters you can buy for the GBC. It reads, on the back of the GBC, "Input: DC 3V, 300 mA". I have an adapter to charge my MD player, it's exactly the same as a GBC adapter, polarity, voltage output etc, but:

On the adapter, it reads "Output: 500 mA". Does this mean that the output will *always** be 500 mA, or that the output is *up to* 500 mA? Would I fry the curcuitry of my GBC if I use this adapter instead of the recommended, ass-expensive one from Nintendo?

*sees image of himself plugging GBC into the wall and seeing smoke coming out from the GBC*

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Mu
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posted 11-27-2001 08:12 PM $Profile for Mu$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email Mu$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

It means that the output is 500mA and you don't want to put that into your Gameboy.

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posted 11-28-2001 08:24 AM $Profile for Coxy$ $Email Coxy$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

No, the Gameboy will only draw 300 mA of power. The power adaptor is fine for any device UP TO 500 mA. It'll be OK.

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Lark84
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posted 11-28-2001 11:38 AM $Profile for Lark84$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Hmmm... who should I trust? Mu, or Coxy who has a shiny Oddish?

I need a third opinion on this subject...

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Hiro
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posted 11-28-2001 02:30 PM $Profile for Hiro$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email Hiro$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

After spending two years in my school's electronics vocational school, I can tell you that it's a bad idea to use the 500mA adapter on the GBC. The rating means that's how much it converts the outlet to... and therefore that's how much will be put through the GBC. A difference of 200mA is quite large for small electrical devices. I have yet to crack open a GBC and have a look around, but it's almost a sure thing that it has a failsafe fuse in there (my GBP has one). Exceeding the ampere limit by that much will definitely fry it--the GB would most likely be okay, but you'd need a replacement fuse.

However, I have noticed that the adapter used to charge my Mad Katz battery pack is compatible with the GBP... I can plug it right into the AC port.

Hope this helped.

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MewtwoSama
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posted 11-28-2001 04:30 PM $Profile for MewtwoSama$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email MewtwoSama$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

My MD car adaptor works with my Game Boy Color.

My Game Boy Color AC adaptor works with my MD.

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RainStrom
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posted 12-03-2001 08:17 PM $Profile for RainStrom$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

huh. My AC adapter got unreliable after a while. It'd turn the game off from time to time if I so much as moved the GBC, and sometimes even if it wasn't moved. At first I thought it was brownouts, but nothing else was affected.

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Manuel Calavera
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posted 12-26-2001 05:57 PM $Profile for Manuel Calavera$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

When I plug my AC Adapter into my GBC, the speaker makes a VERY loud buzzing sound. Kind of like the sound you hear when you put your ear right up to the speaker, but louder than the speaker can go. And it doesn't like any EXT port accessories. You can't even link up to a printer.

Lucky thing I got rid of that adapter when I got my Advance.

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