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Review on Dell Thunderbolt Dock with 130w Power Delivery - WD19TB by Awiwi Swift

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Power Delivery Disabled on Dell Laptop

It was a bit shocking to see that the Dell G7 15 I have supports Type-C Power Delivery, even though it has 130W Power Delivery over a Type-C should support connection , it didn't work with this docking station. To use my laptop and this docking station I actually need 2 power adapters. I know/understand that 210W is required to fully support my laptop, which is a maximum of 130W. But since I don't use the laptop at full power all the time, I expected it to draw 130W, which drains the rest of the battery, and while the laptop isn't being used, slowly charging, etc. What happens instead? OS that the dock supplies 0w power to the laptop and of course the dock doesn't work without its own power supply so I had to have 2 large power supplies to use the dock with my laptop and I had to disable (instead of 2 things). 1. Disabling 1 start due to vague and confusing wording implying I could use the power system even at lower power when in fact it is delivering 0 power.

Pros
  • Glossy
Cons
  • There are issues