Size of connector in power adapter - WD My Book Essential

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Hello,

I need some help. I’m looking for replacement of power adapter for WD My Book Essential, but in Web I found 2 different informations about size of connector: 5.5 x 2.5 mm and 5.5 x 2.1 mm. Can anyone tell me something about that?

In this topic ( http://community.wd.com/t5/External-Drives-for-PC/Power-adapter-for-mybook/m-p/517216#M14378) I found information that Ktec has connector 5.5 x 2.1 mm. But on this PDF from WD site ( http://wdc.custhelp.com/ci/fattach/get/100048/0/filename/Power+Supply+Matrix.pdf))  the information is that connector size is 5.5 x 2.5 mm and this size is for many other WD products. In addition I tried to connect the power adapter from my TP-Link TL-WR1043ND router and it didn’t fit (I found that connector size is probably 5.5 x 2.1 mm). Connector from power adapter of Seagate My Expansion fits WD My Book.

The connector for WD looks like this:
http://img.dxcdn.com/productimages/sku_157475_4.jpg

Please help me because I need buy new power adapter today. I really appreciate your help. Sorry if my topic is duplicate of some older topic.

Mateusz

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Maybe you should try contacting WD’s Technical Support about this. You can do so either by phone or email.

To Contact WD for Technical Support
http://support.wdc.com/contact/index.asp?lang=en

Regards,

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Hello again,

I bough a week ago power supply for WD My Book Essential. I’ve got an information from WD Support that the connector size is 5.5 x 2.1 mm which is wrong. The truth is connector has size 5.5 x 2.5 mm and it’s 100% information. The information from PDF is good, but I don’t know why WD Support doesn’t know correct size. It’s important thing.

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