Product Description

Targus PA400U DEFCON¿ 1 Ultra Notebook Computer Security System

Product Details

• Brand: Targus
• Model: PA400U
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.40" h x 10.80" w x 7.00" l, 1.00 pounds

Features

• Easily Attaches to Your Carrying Case, Luggage, or Any Notebook with a Security Lock Slot
• Retractable Steel Cable Retracts Into Plastic Housing At The Press of a Button
• Re-Settable 4-Digit Combination Lock - Up to One of 10,000 Unique Combinations Available
• Led Indicates Alarm Status
• Alarm Is Activated When Cable Is Severed or When Motion Sensor Is Armed and Triggered

Customer Reviews

Changing Combos
I am a student living in a dorm situation and so wanted some basic protection for my lap top computer. I purchased the defcon cl because it was inexpensive, widely availible, and easy to use. Unfortunately, it has one major drawback, occasionally it decides to change the number combinationss which unlock it. I went to the company website and they suggested trying the numbers immediately around the combination and if that failed trying all the number combinations possible (there are 10,000). Several hours, one blister, and 1787 combinations later, I got frustrated and used a jewelers saw to cut through the connection to my computer (this solution took only five minutes). I would not suggest this lock to anyone who lacks the patience to try trial and error experimentation until they reach the correct combination, nor anyone attending a school with a metalsmithing program.

Combination mysteriously changed
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!

Lock changes combination by itself - Do not buy
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.