Never mind, I recieved the best possible answers from those two guys in those links after emailing them.
SDJ, I'm not sure but are you trying to tell me that everything you said were guesses? Because it seemed you were mostly sure with your sayings but now it seems you're saying something like "how should I know"?
I really appreciate all who've helped me with my inquiries, SDJ, Artificial Glory etc. Now onto something I think is a lot easier, and I did a google search and please tell me if I'm correct about this...
Let's say I have an applicance, like a computer speaker, microwave or vacuum cleaner, and one of the power cords for those items stopped working or I couldn't find them, and I believe I have other power cords in the house that are OF THE SAME TYPE.
How do I confirm if I have another cord that is of the same kind? I can confirm a USB cord, Ethernet cord, coaxial cable, etc.
But how do I find out if two power cords are the same? I recently found out a wireless phone charger was the same as the charging cable for my game boy color...and my Original Xbox Wireless Adapter charging cable was the same as the charging cable for my PSP, etc.
However, with the cell phone and the game boy, I just "went and did it" and it happened to work.
But I didn't attempt the Xbox adapter cable and the PSP, but the ports looked the same. I don't want to keep doing this to everything since I risk damaging something, on the inside and on the out. 🙁
Is there something I can reference to tell me power cord A functions the same way as power cord B? I guess it's the writings on the plug that goes to the wall...but what do I refer to on those writings that tell me two power supplies are the same? Also half of them don't have fat power plugs with a lot of writing on them, actually they have no writing. So please help and if you don't want to...please let someone else. Thanks.
If the power cords are of the same type, it should work.
Both my PC tower and my old CRT monitor have the same type of power cord (as many other CPU do) and they work reagardless of which one they're connected to. (I mean the inlet that plugs into the appliance, not the socket that goes into the wall)
there are other kinds of power cord's rear ends. The one the PS1 used (and the PS2 as well... and I hear the PS3 slim as well) is pretty common with many other devices. You can get repleacement cords and they should work with any devices that has the same inlet/outlet.
as long as the power cord is detachable (some devices do not have detachable cords) you can use any other that is of the same type and fits.
you could even repair a broken/cut power cable, just as long as the cupper wires touch one another, and you insulated them properly, it should work. (I made a power cord for my transformer once, from scratch. My brother uses it to charge his DS)
you have to be careful with adapters and transformers though, they should always be of the same kind and made specially for the device in question (while it looks like they fit nicely in the outlet, they could end frying the device... or they could work, but why risk it?). with those you should always used first party cords.
BTW: This is what a transformer does:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer#Applications
and an Adapter is what you use to charge your DS or what powers up your 360 (the big gray brick that lights up Orange/Green)
Would you say the following describes everything I need to know: http://www.apogeekits.com/power_adapter_selection.htm
Thanks...by the way I found the power adapter that came with my router. To be honest I don't even see the logic in making detatchable power cords for devices. Obviously they are always going to be attached as a must to power the device, unless there's the option for batteries, but when there isn't the option for batteries than what is the logic in making the power adapter detatchable? 😬 And I don't understand why some companies (Linksys) doesn't just sell power adapters for misplaced of lost ones.
I iz back...🙁
I was hooking up my new speakers today, and I (by accident) connected a 3.5mm audio jack into a 3.5mm out, meaning, the port that is a 3.5mm out, should only be connected to SPEAKERS or anything that will OUTPUT sound, if that makes sense.
However, I inserted a 3.5mm jack that was a SOURCE of sound, not speakers.
I don't think this would really do anything, but, it doesn't hurt to ask. I have no way of finding that kind of answer on google, at least not that I know of.
What exactly are you asking?
1. Buy a PSP. it has video out, usb out, pc in/out, and better graphics. You can also emulate game-boy, n64, ps1, and some homebrew ported pc games.
2. It's pretty much impossible to kill an audio system via plugging the wrong thing into the wrong thing. If something doesn't fit, don't force it, but the only thing you really should worry about killing through mis-plugging is your pc's internals.
Originally posted by One Free Man
What exactly are you asking?
So now I'm asking about something else (I detailed it) so, once again, I inserted something where it wasn't supposed to go (why haven't I done this with my boner yet? haermm...never mind that comment) and I was just wondering, what putting an audio in jack (3.5mm) into an audio out jack (3.5mm AND where headphones are supposed to connect, not an audio in like I did) would do.
(actually ignore all that, just read my third paragraph with the pictures, explains it a lot better...)
Originally posted by One Free ManHow relevant, no rly.
1. Buy a PSP. it has video out, usb out, pc in/out, and better graphics. You can also emulate game-boy, n64, ps1, and some homebrew ported pc games.
Originally posted by One Free ManI didn't force anything by the way (just saying) because you can connect two things (male and female) even when they don't belong. A pair of RCA cables (male) can go into a 3.5mm port (female) meaning they can fit, but something can get screwed. I know this from experienced as I mentioned earlier, from an experiment done years ago.
2. It's pretty much impossible to kill an audio system via plugging the wrong thing into the wrong thing. If something doesn't fit, don't force it, but the only thing you really should worry about killing through mis-plugging is your pc's internals.
Now I'm wondering what putting this:
into this, would do. Yes, they are both 3.5mm (yay!) BUT...the image I'm about to show you accepts OUTGOING sources (in my case at least), or, headphones basically (which are also speakers).
But, I didn't do that. I connected something that is a source of sound, not something outputting sound, into that. What would that do, theoretically? Who knows. I wish someone knew.
Tried google, but I can't even figure out how to search it correctly...since the question is very..wierd..
Originally posted by FWahMaN
..........................................WUT
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=191564
That is basically saying the ports function the same exact way...only the ports are shaped different for God knows what reason 😬. Why did Nintendo choose their personal bullsh1t design anyway? Could've saved me weeks of worrying about something I did.
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/09/17/handy-hack-nintendo-ds-mini-usb/
"The Nintendo DS’s charge port looks a lot like a mini USB plug."
That's what I said on that day! weep
http://surugi.com/projects/DSLiteUSB.html
Kind of like the first link.
.......................I think these are telling me something none of you are. It seems that if the USB cable did manage to go into the DS (yes a what-if situation....) then the DS will simply charge, right?! This is what I'm getting from the links...
It wouldn't charge cause it simply wouldn't fit, it would break something if you forced it in.
Yeah Bardock, like I said I managed to fit it in albeit very slightly. You can try it to see. You can insert it very slightly at an angle. I was just wondering what this would do theoretically, but no worries, I got my stuff replaced recently anyway.
Spoony, it is what I said. Later I just wondered what may have happened as a result, of that rather dumb experiment. I'm just like that, i.e., always wondering.
Also I'm now persisting in something else. This is my tech thread filled with tech questions. I recently asked a question about audio jacks/ports. I'm no longer worried about the DS.