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Default How do I open a Dell AC Adapter?

I always use a gentle cut with a hacksaw when the drop and kick method
doesn't work. I start at one corner and hacksaw thru till I get air.
Then I use a strong screwdriver to pry the rest of the case open.
Sometimes you have to hacksaw partway through the case all the way
around before the screwdriver will pop the case open. It all depends on
how cheap the case is made. You don't have much to lose, just be sure
the power wall wart is unplugged when you do this GG.

H. R.(Bob) Hofmann

PhattyMo wrote:
wrote:
It doesn't work..
How much should I tap?!

Sorry, thanks.


You need to "tap" it,not tap it..
Give the sucker one good *whack*.
The "diagonal" method has worked for me before..

(I hate those damn glued-together-brick cases!)