Argos Dc Adapter Loose

[Goldfish40]

Curvespace BIG BIG warning!!!!!
I bought one of those and it burned out my motherboard when I was downloading from my PC to my GP2X.
Cost £70 quid for a new one and I was lucky nothing else burned out.
My tip to you is return the adapter to argos and get a Uniross adapter and some rechargeables.
The adapter isn't on an approved hardware list so warranty is not guarranteed!!!
Up to you but I wish I'd known.....

Just take it back to Argos and swap it...

Good luck...

 

[Curvespace]

Well, finally managed to get to Maplins yesterday to pick up an adapter. The staff there were reasonably helpful, if a little passe about by my warnings that they could fry the device. Ended up getting a generic Maplins adapter that seems to work ok. It's huge though, bigger than the GP2X (which I find pleasingly ironic), but it's got a pretty long cable which I figured would probably be more important to my needs (and it was ten quid cheaper). I considered getting a decent recharger and a load of batteries as well, but they were quite expensive in there so I'll likely get them online sometime in the future. I got the adapter because I know I'm going to want to get a cradle at some point.

It's worth noting that the new adapter doesn't actually fit into the GP2X any deeper than it did before - there's still a good 2mm to before it's all the way in. So I assume the fault lies in the unit itself. However this time it has a much better connection and whilst not perfect, does actually feel like it's plugged in. I've already had my ass handed to me on a plate multiple times in Star Control 2, so it works for me.

Goldfish: Cheers, I appreciate the warning. Sorry to hear you had such a hard time with it. Can I just clarify which adapter you are talking about? I'm guessing it's the Argos one, but I really wouldn't want to screw this up!