I have a Toshiba A60 Satellite Pro laptop, yesterday when i moved the power cable (it was plugged into the laptop) It made a loud bang and fire started coming from the cable near the powerpack. Of course i unplugged it from the laptop immediately and i know i can't use it now because it's fried the wires BUT i'm stuck without it. Until i manage to buy a new one, is it safe to use my daughters charger? Mine is a:LITEON input= 100-240v 50-60Hz 1.5A output=19v 4.74A my daughters is a:HP input=100-240v 50-60Hz 1.5A output=18.5v 4.9A 90w If it's NOT safe to use hers... does anyone know where i might buy a replacement Toshiba one without going directly to Toshiba? Their prices for a replacement are nearly £100 :( many thanks :)

Check with Toshiba to see if that power adapter has been recalled. Dell had a huge recall because of the same problem. ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe AMD Athlon X2 4800+ 2GB RAM, X1900GT 2x37GB WD Raptors, RAID 1 1x250GB WD Storage

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I would be comfortable with using it. Your daughters power supply is only a 1/2 volt lower, not a big deal, I don't believe the manufacturing tolerances would be that close anyways, your less than 10%, from the original. Amperage would be a bigger problem but your daughters is rated higher (that's a good thing) so I don't see any problems. Try it. I'd be more concerned that when the other supply fried that it damaged the laptop.

Watch the polarity though. Make sure that the positive lead on your old power supply is the same as that of your daughters. Sometimes it shows on the case label.

Thankyou to everyone who replied... it's very much appreciated! steigrafx: Toshiba did recall some but unfortunately not mine. DanJ: I checked my laptop and there appears to be no damage whatsever to it thank goodness! Thanks for letting me know: street1 :)