Quote Originally Posted by ifkz View Post
The most I can say is that I was using a cheap PS2 slim AC adapter for testing purposes and it did no long term harm to my system.
Actually a PS2 PSU might be better than the original; no big brick to plug in and it puts out plenty of amperage. The voltage is a little lower than the original (8.5V versus the 9.5V of the original) but it gets stepped down to 5V inside the CDX anyway.