Would This Power Supply Work?

[JogurtYogurt]

I live in the US. I was wondering if this would work. http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-d1-49-en-70-2q8j.html

Also, what happens if I plug in the wrong power supply. Does it not work? Or does it do damage to the socket or cause a short or something in my house? Sorry. I'm very new to this.

 

[Squidge]

It says it's GP2X compatible and offers no further info, so I would assume it works.

A wrong power supply will either do nothing, get very hot, blow an internal fuse or damage your GP2X, depending on exactly what it wrong and how it's built.

 

[nickspoon]

It's too small to see from the image whether the supply is centre positive or negative, but because it says GP2X compatible it is likely to work. It accepts 100-230V, so it is US-friendly.

Inserting a power supply which has the incorrect polarity blows the voltage regulator, which is very difficult to place. A possible symptom of this is that your GP2X does not start on battery power but will with a power supply with correct polarity.

 

[CJ Maynard]

I live in the US, and just bought this one 2 weeks ago, based on a recommendation I found elsewhere on these forums:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.js...amp;tab=summary

They usually have it in stock at any Radio Shack, and I can verify it works just fine. Just make sure the tip is set to negative. Little pricey, though....but I have used it for almost 2 weeks now with no problems at all.

EDIT: I should add that I am using this for an f200...an f100 may need slightly different power, not certain about that.

 

[sbock]

EDIT: I should add that I am using this for an f200...an f100 may need slightly different power, not certain about that.

The F-100 and F-200 are identical in this point.

Regards,
Stephan