>I'm only assuming the GT takes the same sort of power as the TE, which is a
>very non-standard 7V.. I had the same problem, and even RadioShack's
>selection of multi volt adapter's couldn't help.. finally, when I just
>recently got a cheap power-supply-less Twin Famicom (7._6_ volts??) I bit
>the bullet and got a Recoton brand multi volt adapter at Best Buy (in the
>home theater section) because it had a 7.5 setting... this worked for the
>Twin Fami but to my dismay not for the TE -- until I jacked it up to 9V...
>so yeah, maybe I'm frying the TE to death? but it beats buying new AA's
>every 2 hours.
I've done the same thing, pretty much, with my GT. I got a cheapo
brand AC adaptor at the local corner store, which generates different
voltages at 1200mA. Actually, I found my GT wasn't working too well at
the 7.5v setting, so I tested the power supply out on a multimeter. Turns
out the voltage setting were off by 2-3 volts each, so at the 9v setting
it was really outputting something like 7.3v.
I've been running my TE for 2 years now on said 9v setting and it's
still running (knock on wood :)
Matthew