Generic power supply woes

[Feef]

Right, around November last year, my original power supply decided to start buzzing, stopped working intermittently, and eventually gave up altogether. That was around the essay time of year, and, with a lot of work on it, I bought a generic power supply to get it going again. This was fine.

Until about a week ago. The power supply I got (generic 2-power thing) has 3 parts to the assembly - the plug/lead, power block/lead to the laptop, and a connector to fit the socket on the laptop itself. Predictably, the latter of those is the part that's broken. It's a rubber moulding, with 3 pins (triangle layout) that connect to the lead from the power block on one side and the jack for the laptop on the other. The moulding has "7" on it, which I guess refers to the size of the jack.

My question is: Does anyone know where you can get just the replacement connector part, without buying yet another new power supply? Everything else about the laptop is fine. Seems to be that since it's just a generic model, I can't find any particular website for spares..

Edit - Forgot to add, the laptop itself is a Toshiba Satellite A100. Not sure how that really helps, but you never know, and the power supply just says "2-Power 90W adapter Model: EA10952B"

Cheers in advance, any help appreciated as, yes, it's essay time again

 

[beermonster]

those 2-power psu are rubbish to fair, your best off getting a clone or genuine psu rather than a universal one the tips are quite poorly made and dont last long i got one from HK on the bay reasonably priced

 

[Aod]

get a genuine one. clone PSU's have dodgy electrics and fraudulently applied certification marks. their varying voltage spikes can harm your laptop's electronics.

i reckon it would be more costly to replace the laptop motherboard than the power-unit.

http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/acadapter.html