Precision 7510 Owner's Thread

Anyone tried the new TB16 dock with the 7510 yet? I have two arriving next week, we'll see how it goes.

 

2x Samsung 960 PRO. Did stumble across same problem. Traced it to the ST Micro Free Fall Data Protection Driver, Chipset_Driver_DFDP5_WN32_4.10.79_A02.EXE. Uninstalled that driver and let Dell Command Update, Systems-Management_Application_P52W9_WN32_2.2.0_A00.EXE, install one driver instead. Solved the problem.

 

Yes, I just set it up last week. So far so good, though I only have a few hours on it. I'm using both the DisplayPort and the Mini DisplayPort to drive monitors, and that seems to work fine.

I do get the underpowered AC adapter notice when booting up when only attached to the dock for charging. It still charges the battery. I haven't run the system at full load yet to see what happens.

 

You can only get 130W from the Thunderbolt dock, and the system wants 180W. Unfortunately, you will have to connect the dock cable as well as the power cable for this system. With the TB16 connected by itself, you will likely experience throttling if you attempt to push the CPU or GPU (or especially if you try to push both at once).

 

Is any of you running 16GB ECC 2400Mhz RAM sticks from Crucial?
Any idea about this weird issue that I'm finding: http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...c-stick-only-boots-if-you-mix-the-ram.801052/ ?

 

New TB16's arrived yesterday and I set them up this morning. One went to my 7510 and another went to a 5510. Both worked great out of the box (unlike the TB15, which I had issues with from the start). The only step required was to authenticate the dock using the Intel Thunderbolt software.

Attached to the TB16 with the 7510, I have two 4K displays (Dell P2715Q), and they are working fine at 60 Hz. (Previously, I had to connect both displays directly to the laptop to get them both working at 60 Hz.)

I tried attaching a third display, which is only 1080p. I wasn't really expecting it to work off of the TB16 with two 4K displays also connected, and sure enough, it did not. The system will see all three displays but disconnect one of them, and if you try to connect it then it will disconnect a different one. I was, however, disappointed to find that the mDP port on the laptop is disabled while the TB16 is attached. I attached the 1080p display to the mDP port and the system would not even see it. If I disconnect the TB16, then the 1080p display immediately appears and is usable.

To get the 1080p display working, I had to attach it to the ePort dock so that it could be connected directly to the NVIDIA GPU. So, for now, I have two docks attached.

 

Thanks for the update on this.

Do you know if the 7510's HDMI port would be able to drive a 3rd display with the TB16 attached, to avoid having to use the ePort?

 

Unfortunately, I cannot answer this... The HDMI port on my 7510 has been broken for a while and I have not taken the time to call in for a motherboard replacement, as I have a mDP-to-HDMI adapter/dongle handy.

However, I can say that you should be able to drive three displays from the TB16, just not if two of them are 4K.

 

Hey guys, I figured out the 'keyboard backlight randomly lighting up' problem and just want to give an update in case anyone else experiences the same problem.

It was ultimately some kind of battery/charging related issue. What led me in this direction was that a few weeks ago I left on an extended trip. When I came back, the battery was completely drained and I had to connect the AC adapter to power on my laptop. I noticed that for the next few days the keyboard problem temporarily went away. And I felt that it must have had something to do with the laptop losing all power.

I also remember noting that whenever I brushed my hand across the palmrest, I could feel this very low electric current. I would also occasionally shock myself touching the computer. After some research, I found that the 'static' feeling in laptops occurs when the power-source isn't grounded properly. Back in the day, when there were 2-prong plugs for chargers, many users shocked themselves on their laptops. 3-pronged plugs solved this problem by grounding it properly. However, connecting the plug into a powerstrip can mess things up. What I've noticed is that after I unplugged my charger from the powerstrip and plugged it into a wall socket, the problem disappeared entirely. When I brush my hand across my palmrest, I can't feel the low electric current anymore either.

I don't have enough technical knowledge to explain why this occurs. I am just reporting my experiences.

 

@onlysolace that is interesting. I sometimes work from a very old building here in the US where it only has a two prong wall outlet. I've been using a wall adapter that accepts the three prong from my laptop into the two prong wall outlet. I'm supposed to ground the adapter but I'm too lazy to screw in the adapters ground screw. I read somewhere that isn't really an issue for modern appliances or laptops to ground to the outlet. Maybe they were wrong and it is something to be watchful of and must use a ground? I've not noticed the keyboard issues or low level electricity feeling, but I don't use that 2 prong adapter much.