I lost my old laptop's barrel charger, so I added USB-C charging for less than $10
He holds a BSc in Computer Science and Engineering, and his work can be found in multiple publications, including Notebookcheck. Outside of work, he enjoys exploring new gaming hardware, testing system performance, and keeping up with developments across the broader tech landscape. The reason is that I have lost the laptop's barrel plug charger, and I don't want to add a chunky adapter to my setup, which I try to keep minimal.
- ▪He holds a BSc in Computer Science and Engineering, and his work can be found in multiple publications, including Notebookcheck.
- ▪Outside of work, he enjoys exploring new gaming hardware, testing system performance, and keeping up with developments across the broader tech landscape.
- ▪The reason is that I have lost the laptop's barrel plug charger, and I don't want to add a chunky adapter to my setup, which I try to keep minimal.
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| Original publisher | XDA Developers |
| Canonical URL | https://www.xda-developers.com/old-laptop-usb-c-charging/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:00:17 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-10-07T21:02:29.189Z |
| Last seen | 2026-10-07T21:02:29.189Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
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| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": "1", "name": "Home", "item": "https://www.xda-developers.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position":"2", "name": "Laptops", "item": "https://www.xda-developers.com/laptops/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position":"3", "name": "I lost my old laptop's barrel charger, so I added USB-C charging for less than $10", "item": "https://www.xda-developers.com/old-laptop-usb-c-charging/" } ] } I lost my old laptop's barrel charger, so I added USB-C charging for less than $10 By Abid Ahsan Shanto Published Oct 7, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT Abid covers consumer hardware, gaming, and platform updates with an emphasis on accuracy, clarity, and reader-first context.
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