Precision 7510 Owner's Thread

The Skull Canyon NUCs are shipping now, and use the i7-6770HQ so at least some of the non-Xeon Iris Pro 580 chips are available (technically on the Xeon's, it's the P580, but I'm unclear on the difference.) I haven't seen any laptops with the CPU, just the NUCs.

 

hello everyone, i've read a ton of this thread and was hoping that someone could summarize the different working docking station options and the pros/cons of each...

from what I can gather, the e-port looks pretty solid for ease of use? Where can I find a cost effective e-port that is still a quality e-port? Looks as though I need to go with a 240W adapter on this?

How does an e-port compare to a WD15 and a TB15? Looks like we still have issues with the TB15 and it is extremely expensive... the WD15 180W looks like it is a viable option that has served folks well, but still a bit expensive and I'm wondering what the drawback is to this?

Finally, are there any aftermarket docks out there that would be viable as true charging stations through the Thunderbolt port as a single connection option? The Plugable USB-C connection looks like it will be underpowered for adequately charging a 7510.

I've tried to glean as much info as I can out of this thread and the rest of the internet but I haven't seen a good final comparison and recommendation.

What I'm trying to accomplish is an easy reliable connection to 2 monitors with my screen on the laptop as a running 3rd monitor in a work environment (I'm setting up my small business office as we speak...) I have a 7510 and 2 P2213 monitors on their way and they support DVI or DP connections.

Any and all help would be much appreciated!

 

You can find e port docks on eBay pretty easily. You don't need a 240W adapter, 180 should be enough - a lot of docks come with the 240 in case you have a 7710 (and because the assumption is the adapter won't be mobile, so the weight is a non issue).


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You can find e port docks on eBay pretty easily. You don't need a 240W adapter, 180 should be enough - a lot of docks come with the 240 in case you have a 7710 (and because the assumption is the adapter won't be mobile, so the weight is a non issue).


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I use an E-Port with USB 3, DVI and DP for just that setup with my m6800: 2 external monitors at 1920*1200 via DP and DVI and the internal laptop display. No problems at all. Keyboard and mouse attached. External USB-3-HDD at good speeds.

I found a used one for 90€ with 240W adapter.

IIRC USB-C can only handle up to 100W. If I use my m6800 on anything less than 180w, it throttles the CPU. Can be adjusted with a tool called ThrottleStop but the battery is hardly charging. So 240w for the e-port makes sense.

 

You can get eport docks cheap on eBay. You do not need a 240W adapter, the 180W that came with your system will be fine.

I started out using an eport dock with my 7510. I had issues, with graphics switching enabled, external displays would not reconnect after I redocked until I rebooted. I never had this problem with my M4800, using the same dock. We got a bunch of WD15s at the office so I started using one of those. It has been working fine for me. I have two 1080p displays, Ethernet, USB keyboard/mouse, and headphones connected with no problems. You do need to connect power in addition to the dock cable on the 7510.

If you are going to get a WD15, buy it from Amazon (not Dell), it is significantly cheaper.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C8PHWQY

We got a bunch of TB15s and they did not work well at all. I never tried one with the 7510, but they had constant problems with the 5510, so we had them shipped back and bought the WD15 docks. The main limitation of the WD15 dock I would say is if you need more than two external displays, or 4K external displays, it will not satisfy your need. It can only drive two external displays, and with 4K, you can only use one at 30 Hz. It also does not have an additional USB-C/Thunderbolt connector, but the TB15 does.

 

The TB15 is MUCH better now that Dell has updated the BIOS and drivers for the 7710. I had gone back to using an E-Port, but now have come back to the TB15.

 

I'm still using an old E-port Plus dock (USB 2.0) and our other 7710 is using the later E-port with USB3.1. So far these have satisfied all our docking needs. I'm not sure if these are DP1.2 though, but I don't need to daisy chain at the moment anyway. They even have e-sata on these older docks so I can still use my external HDD cradle (I never liked the speeds I got from USB 3 on the cradle). I ordered one of those plastic spacers used for the e-port dock (452-BBTR). But I've gotten good setting the laptop into the E-Port dock without the spacer and they aren't really necessary.

I still haven't found a practical use for my TB3 other than as a dock connector when I eventually get a TB15. I'm sure I'll think of something

 

The eport dock does almost nothing, the ports are just wired up to "internal" ports inside the laptop... so if your laptop supports DP1.2, the dock does too. This has been the case for M4700/M6700 and up.
(New docks were needed for USB 3.0 support because the USB 3.0 connectors actually have extra physical pins/contacts.)

 

I want to upgrade the SSD in my the 7510. Does anyone know which model Dell uses? Is this compatible?

Samsung PM951 M.2 NGFF PCIe Gen3 x4 Solid state drive SSD (2280) NVMe

 

You can use that drive in the 7510. In fact you can use any NVMe 2280 drive.