[ale] [OT?]Latitude E-series docking station?

[Jeremy T. Bouse]

I don't know the model number of my docking station but I have a Dell
E-port replicator that I use with my E6510 and E7420 laptops. I'm not
looking to get rid of it but I'm in Dallas and could help you verify if
it solves the problem.

On 04/23/2014 04:39 PM, Dustin Strickland wrote:
> Hey guys--
> 
> This is a shot in the dark as you are generally smart people, and
> as such, probably all use Lenovos. However, I've been having a rough
> time with this laptop I'm fixing up for my girlfriend to do her
> schoolwork. It's a decent machine- an E5410 with a first gen i5, 4 gigs
> of RAM, more than enough hard drive space... Anyway, I won't bother you
> all with the extremely long-winded story of the goose chase I was on
> while trying to find the source of this laptop's malfunctioning. So, the
> relevant parts:
> 
> 1) I think I've tracked the problem to the power jack. The stars must
> be aligned properly, I must burn exactly 9 1/2 incense sticks and
> sacrifice a virgin in order for the laptop to receive power with a
> known-good power supply. Even then, the middle pin on the charger
> won't connect, thus the motherboard won't allow the battery to charge.
> For those that don't know, the middle pin is a data line- Dell's
> response to exploding laptop batteries, actually. It won't charge
> without an adapter reassuring it that it is from Dell.
> 
> 2) Dell, in their infinite wisdom, has soldered the DC input jack
> directly to the motherboard. I do not have the soldering skills nor the
> tools available to fix it. Nor do I have $80 for a new motherboard. Or
> even $20 for a docking station unless I *know* it will charge the
> battery.
> 
> Are there any of you in the Atlanta area(I'm in Douglasville/Fairburn)
> that have a PW380 docking station that I can use to determine whether
> or not this will help to charge the battery? If it works and you would
> like to get rid of it, I'd gladly shell out $20 for it too. Thanks in
> advance.


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