Kensington 70W AC/DC adapter?

I just got a new 70W Kensington AC/DC adapter to use with my G4/1.67 15" Hi-Res.
It powers the computer okay and charges the battery, but I was surprised to find that when I was on battery power and the battery ran out, when I plugged the Kensington into the powerbook, I wasn't able to power up the PB: I hit the spacebar, but it didn't wake from sleep; I then hit the power button, which would normally wake it from Safe Sleep, but nothing happened. The PB just wouldn't power up.
I had to reconnect the original Apple AC adapter, and then it woke from Safe Sleep.
Anyone else ever seen this? Is it a problem with the Kensington adapter?
Does the PB need to recognize that an Apple adapter is connected, in order to wake from Safe Sleep?
Weird, yet good to know. If I had been out of town with only the Kensington adapter, I would've been in big trouble.
Also, if you're using the Kensington and you can't let the battery run all the way down to zero, and let the PB go to sleep, your batteries won't retain their capacity as long.

I don't think it's timing. It's not a one-time thing. I have now verified this problem 3 different times.
I have never had the slightest problem waking the PB from Safe Sleep using the Apple 65W adapter: it has worked flawlessly 100% of the time for 10 months now. I always let the PB go into Safe Sleep in order to fully drain the charge on the battery, which I believe also helps the batteries maintain their original capacity over time.
I have had the Kensington 70W adapter for 10 days now and I have tried to wake the PB from Safe Sleep on 3 different occasions, but it does not work. After the PB goes into Safe Sleep, I plug the Kensington into it and try to wake the PB first from Sleep (no go) and then from Safe Sleep (no go). I have to plug the Apple 65W adapter in and the PB wakes from Safe Sleep without a hitch.
I have contacted Kensginton but haven't heard from them yet. The 70W adapter seems to work fine the rest of the time.

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Something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Kensington-K33902US-Bluetooth-Micro-Adapter/dp/B000YA1XU2
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Does anyone know if I can use a micro-usb bluetooth adapter on the Apple TV (2nd Gen) to pair bluetooth devices?
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greetings,
We need to use 3 monitors on our HP 700-327c with Win 7,64 bit OS. What do i need to do to make this happen.
Thanks in advance,
LCF

From the specs:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c04291966&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en...
you have an integrated graphic.
Have you already tried to use both slots you have?
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http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/100-U2-UV19-TR.pdf
http://www.amazon.com/Kensington-Universal-Multi-Display-Adapter-Black/dp/B002F9NSMQ/ref=pd_cp_e_1
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I have a HP Elite hpe210y with only two outputs of which are: 1) DVI-I and 2) HDMI. My situation is that I have 2 new HP Monitors with VGA Cables. I have an adapter for DVI-I to VGA and also VGA to Dual VGA. I do NOT want the monitors to work as Duplicates however. I want the second monitor to be an extension. I am also interested in getting even 2 more monitors in teh near future for a total of 4.
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Wanted to mention that my OS is Win7 Home Premium 64 bit. I use IE9, Chrome and Firefox
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Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.

>Is there some way I can get two monitors to work off one DVI-I ?
I've not yet seen a solution for that.
You can use a hdmi2vga adapter for the second port.
>Will I be able to upgrade to up to 4 monitors?
>Is there a part I need?
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http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/100-U2-UV19-TR.pdf
http://www.amazon.com/Kensington-Universal-Multi-Display-Adapter-Black/dp/B002F9NSMQ/ref=pd_cp_e_1
http://aluratek.com/usb-2-0-high-resolution-vga-adapter
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HTH
V.
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I will be traveling to South Africa and will be taking my iphone and ipad with me. For what itʻs worth I will also be taking my MBP.
I have the adapter so I can plug my MBP into the wall to charge it up. I am assured that the computer is modulated for use in any country and using the adapter will not fry it to kingdom come.
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I found this device: http://us.kensington.com/html/13926.html (Kensington Travel Plug Adapter). It will allow me to plug my USB devices into any wall outlet for charging.
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Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
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9C7010
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.2.2: Tue Mar 4 21:17:34 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.4.31~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro3,1 (Mac-F42388C8)
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I am now using my USB headset again and things work as expected, lockups do not appear anymore so it really seems to be related to the bluetooth headset.
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panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001A8CEC): Kernel trap at 0x00198016, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x0dd75000, CR3: 0x012bf000, CR4: 0x00002660
EAX: 0x0dd75000, EBX: 0x00000011, ECX: 0x00000004, EDX: 0x00000011
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Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x5c91bc48 : 0x12b0fa (0x459234 0x5c91bc7c 0x133243 0x0)
0x5c91bc98 : 0x1a8cec (0x4627a0 0x198016 0xe 0x461f50)
0x5c91bd78 : 0x19eed5 (0x5c91bd90 0x55545000 0x5c91be88 0x198016)
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0x5c91bed8 : 0xc6069f (0x70fee00 0xf7b5a20 0x11 0x0)
0x5c91bf08 : 0xc828db (0x70fee00 0xf7b5a20 0x11 0x0)
0x5c91bf38 : 0xc82907 (0x70f2a00 0x103f6a80 0x1 0x130b0)
0x5c91bf58 : 0xc82c4a (0x70f2a00 0x103f6a80 0x5c91bf78 0x1a236f)
0x5c91bf78 : 0x13eb1d (0x103f6a80 0x0 0x0 0xe67488a5)
0x5c91bfc8 : 0x19eccc (0x0 0x0 0x1a20b5 0x76c5790)
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Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily(2.1f17)@0xc5b000->0xc91fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
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9F33
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.5.0: Wed Sep 3 11:29:43 PDT 2008; root:xnu-1228.7.58~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro1,1 (Mac-F4208DC8)
Log Result 2
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panic(cpu 3 caller 0x001A8CEC): Kernel trap at 0xfffd0011, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0xfffd0011, CR3: 0x012ef000, CR4: 0x00002660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x00000000, ECX: 0x133f8ba0, EDX: 0x55516038
CR2: 0xfffd0011, EBP: 0x6771ffc8, ESI: 0x00440016, EDI: 0xfffd0011
EFL: 0x00010246, EIP: 0xfffd0011, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010
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Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x6771fd98 : 0x12b0fa (0x459234 0x6771fdcc 0x133243 0x0)
0x6771fde8 : 0x1a8cec (0x4627a0 0xfffd0011 0xe 0x461f50)
0x6771fec8 : 0x19eed5 (0x6771fee0 0x7081800 0x6771ffc8 0xfffd0011)
0x6771fed8 : 0xfffd0011 (0xe 0x90048 0x7080010 0x10)
0x6771ffc8 : 0x19eccc (0x0 0x0 0x1a20b5 0xad80208)
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
9F33
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.5.0: Wed Sep 3 11:29:43 PDT 2008; root:xnu-1228.7.58~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro1,1 (Mac-F4208DC8)

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