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| Targus PA400U DEFCON 1 Ultra Notebook Computer Security System | 
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| Brand: Targus
Category: CE
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $14.44
You Save: $35.55 (71%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (42 reviews)
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7 x 10.8 x 1.4
MPN: PA400U
Model: PA400U
UPC: 092636988074
EAN: 0092636988074
ASIN: B00000J3UJ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Have an iBook? Don't buy this lock! October 18, 2006
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I posted a review two weeks ago, but it hasn't appeared, so I'm trying again...I bought this lock two years ago. It has always been difficult to remove. (Note: despite what some other reviewers seem to think, it does NOT have a motion detector - that's a different lock.) Recently, the lock decided to remain firmly inside my iBook, despite my efforts to remove it. After a fruitless call to Targus's customer support, I finally got it out. That took over 30 minutes of struggle. My next step was going to be purchasing a hack saw. Apparently, the Targus lock is not a good fit for iBooks. I'm going to send mine back and demand compensation. If you own an iBook, I strongly suggest you buy a lock made by someone other than Targus.
Targus PA400U DEFCON 1 Ultra Notebook Computer Security System September 7, 2006
8 out of 21 found this review helpful
I had this for approximately 2 years. It worked fine for couple of months but suddenely started to activate the alarm without any disturbances. One day I left my laptop attached the alarm in my office for about half an hour. During this period, the alarm was activated and I was embarrased to face my office workers. This is without increasing the sensitivity of the alarm. I sent it back to Targus and they were nice enough to give me a new alarm. But after several months, it started the same problem.
So, now I am afraid to use this security system with my laptop. But I did not face problems like changing the combination by its own. You can use it without the alarm activation (i.e: without batteries) but the cable is so thin, it is not recommended to protect any valubles.
Lock changes combination by itself - Do not buy September 3, 2006
37 out of 44 found this review helpful
I have been using this lock for a few months without changing the combination. Suddenly I could no longer open it as it appears that the lock has changed its combination by itself.
I called engineering in the hotel I was staying in to help me. It took them less than a minute to cut the cable with ordinary pliers.
Once it's on it may never come off. August 26, 2006
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
While I don't have any evidence to refute the package claim that it "attaches to any notebook", once attached to my son's computer it was almost impossible to remove. It took 10 minutes to get it off and we were pulling so hard I thought we would damage the computer. We will be returning it. Not recommended.
Combination mysteriously changed May 1, 2006
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
I had been using the lock for my laptop for the past 4 months without any trouble. All of a sudden, today, as I went to pick up the lock, which had been left untouched in the open position overnight with my combination in it, it decided to change combinations by itself. So it was in the locked position but the combination is still the one I had set. I tried so many combinations 'around' mine but obviously there are so many different possibilites. The fact that I even have to try to think of what combination my lock decided to change itself to today makes this a lock I can't rely on!
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