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My da-15 docking station only have 80watt adapter (this adapter is from my old dell laptop) , so can I plug my laptop 's adapter while using this docking station , because there are 2 difference type of socket.
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Posted April 29th, 2020 03:00
Thank you jphughan , yes my dock station is TB15. My budget is limit ,can't get TB16 , as I know TB15 has only heat issue , if there are another issue please let me know , Thank you so much.
PS. My docking station is working now ,Thank you.
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Posted April 29th, 2020 06:00
@xWingman Why can’t you get the TB16? When dell recalled the TB15, anyone who had one could call Dell and get a free upgrade to a TB16. I don’t know if it’s still possible to do that now since the recall happened a few years ago though.
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Posted April 29th, 2020 07:00
Yes you can do that.
You can plug power to your laptop using a docking station.
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Posted April 30th, 2020 02:00
I don't have enough money to by TB16 , so I end up with used TB15 ,
I drill lot of hole and put 2 fan on it , then connect with 3 dell u2412 , it's work quite well on kubuntu 20.04.
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Posted April 28th, 2020 09:00
@xWingman yes you can plug a power adapter directly into a laptop while also having it connected to a Thunderbolt dock that supplies power. Some people with XPS 15 systems do this when using docking stations that don't provide 130W of power over USB-C/TB3 as they require for optimal functionality. I have no idea what the DA-15 docking station model you're referring to is, though. There's a WD15 that's just a USB-C dock and doesn't use Thunderbolt, but that dock uses 130W or 180W power supplies. Then there's a TB15 that uses Thunderbolt, but Dell recalled that dock a while ago due to massive hardware problems and replaced it with the TB16. But those docks use 180W or 240W power supplies.