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With age, laptop power cables get loose at the connection point. They can slip out if you move your laptop slightly, and you’ll need to readjust if you want to keep charging. YouTuber Kipkay has ...

I take my laptop around a lot, and the power cord often gets bent in every possible place. Over time the bends stick in this position, some ends fray, and I end up having to replace it. How can I ...

For business travelers, though, the laptop bag is more like a Swiss Army knife—an essential element filled with the gadgets and accessories you need. 1. Laptop power cord Panic.

I have a bit of a problem. I have an old (but adequate) IBM Thinkpad 760XL that works great except for the fact that the power cable does not firmly plug into the back of the laptop.<BR><BR>The ...

If it's plugged into a laptop, it should sip power. That's not what happened to Google ( GOOGL ) engineer Benson Leung. While testing Surjtech's 3M USB-C cord, his $1,500 laptop turned into a very ...

Consider a power strip to avoid any electrical damage to your laptop's power cord. mikroman6/Getty Images But not just any power strip––make sure it has a built-in surge protector.

As a MacBook owner, I've grown accustom to the fact that it won't be long before the cable on the power cord starts to fray, and once that's happened, it's only a matter of time before I'm giving ...

When I saw the clever magnetic connector on Apple's new 24-inch M1-powered iMac, I cringed."Just what the world needs -- another expensive, proprietary power cable," I thought. But upon deeper ...