2nd power adaptor

blert596

blert596

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Hi,

Im looking to order the MSI Vector 16 4080 basically to use in the house and also to take out to run my golf sim in the garage. Im looking to have a powers supply in each location to save having to shuffle them around all the time.

Does anyone know how I can find out what the adaptor type is, and how I add a second one to my order?

Cheers
 
It's more than likely USB-C powered so you should have plenty of options.

Something like this maybe with a suitable good quality usb-c cable..

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Anker 715 Charger (Nano II 65W)

The Only Charger You Need: Say goodbye to your old power bricks. Anker Nano II has the power you need to fast charge your phone, tablet, and USB-C notebook
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It looks like it has a propitiatory connector of some kind - doesn't look like USB-C charging of the device itself is supported (contradictory information on that though) - depending on model it requires a 280-330 watt power supply.
 
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I think you might be right... It might charge it but it won't be enough to run it off the mains.

What about a dock of some sort in the house and use the supplied power adaptor in the garage... Would that work? But then it's probably cheaper to buy a second power adapter?
 
Thanks guys, OC cant supply a 2nd adaptor and advise ging direct to MSI. Cant really see anywhere on there to order a standalone one, but will get the specs for one and order online from somewhere else if necessary.
 
It looks like they use Power Delivery over USB-C charger if their website info is correct:


USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C / DP (w/ PD 3.0 charging)

Support 65W([email protected]) and up to 100W(20V@5A) at System running (S0 Power State), Sleep mode (Modern Standby Low-Power Idle State), Hibernate (S4 Power State), Off (S5 Power State). The overall system performance may be affected in order to adapt the charging current. The charging rate will vary depending on the system and battery status. MSI PD Charger is recommended.

 
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The Vector will need a "proper" power adaptor if it is to be used in a secondary location at full power. USB-C will work albeit either only to charge or with limited CPU / GPU power available. This is the same with a large portion of gaming laptops, especially those with GPU's that are "full power" (i.e. 80+w depending on variant).

Not sure if I can link it but we have used a laptop adaptors uk website (just search for it) to get secondary adaptors for the Crosshair 16 HX laptops at work. They use the Chicory / Delta 240w bricks but I know the larger Vector adaptors also exist on the website. You just have to use the exact product number as MSI generally use adaptors also used by other vendors (at least up to 240w anyway).
 
Yeah that would make sense.

Do MSI have customer support?

Surely it can't be a rare situation when someone wants to buy a official replacement or additional power cable?
 
It isn't a rare scenario (which literally have this issue at work) but it seems like replacement power bricks are harder to come by (via official channels at least) than they should be. HP, for example, don't sell the 280w brick that comes with the Omen 16 (4080 tier) at all judging by their website. We also had the same issue with the Omen 16's that came with the 230w power bricks* and even our direct account manager couldn't locate any. From memory we went to a third party in the end (or Ebay) I can't quite remember which.

*The Omen 16's we have with 5800H / 6600M bizarrely won't run at full power when using the 200w power bricks that came with the Omen 15 5800H / 3070 models.. Was doing my head in as I thought there was something seriously wrong with the laptop itself only to turn out the spare 200w brick I was using was the issue.
 
Personally think the situation is ridiculous - all laptops should use a standard, universal, charger and plug split between low and high power draw variants - with low these days covered by USB-C.
 
I suppose can you test it? It might be that under light use, it can charge over USB-C. The question is: what does it do when you try to use more power than the USB-C can deliver? Does it start to slowly discharge the battery while staying at full speed, or does it throttle the CPU/GPU?

If your golf sessions are only an hour or two, and if it stays at full power, it might be that USB-C plus draining the battery slowly is enough?
 
Just take a look at the power label. It'll tell you the watts, volts and amps.
Then just google similar. The power plug is the tricky bit, might have to specify the laptop model (so e.g: "5.4A 16v MSI Vector 16".

Or just google MSI vector 16 PSU and check em with knowledge of the volts/amps it wants.
 
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