You can go to Wal-Mart and buy the PowerLine Universal A/C Adapter about $15.00 which will give you 7 popular plug tips. The second to largest one, in the package, will work for the Saitek Kasparov Chessboard. Make sure you set the polarity to positive,+, which should be the default setting, and then set it to 9v. Did you find the correct manual for this board?