Precision 7530 & Precision 7730 owner's thread

I believe that the TB18DC dock will not run with more than two monitors attached unless they are all 1080p or less.
Have you tried connecting the new monitor directly to the system? (It looks like is also supports DisplayPort input.)
Do you have a dGPU in your system? There also seems to be system limit of three monitors (including the built-in panel) if you only have the Intel GPU.

 

I have two monitors running through the dock at above-1080p now. From the little reading I did, the limit is the summation of the resolutions.

I don't have another mDP-to-DP cable handy, so I can't try using DP connected directly to my system. But I did just try HDMI. It worked at first when connected directly to the 7730 but not via the dock and as I tried different ports now I can't get it to work again. Odd.

This system has an Intel UHD Graphics 630 and Radeon Pro WX 4150.

 

This is from the TB18DC User's Guide:

 

Thanks for that. I don't have the manual anymore, so I don't remember seeing that.

 

Is Precision 7530 compatible with usb type-c charger? Most of my current workload includes reading papers and running python programs, and system power rarely goes over 65 watts. I am considering getting a 65w charger, as the current charger is quite heavy.
I tried a 65w lenovo charger, but it didn't work. I wonder if there is a compatibility issue between brands.

 

It might work but the system will throttle heavily if used with less than a 180W power adapter. USB-C cannot delivery 180W. The Dell docks that do power over USB-C only go up to 130W, and that is already 30W over the spec.

 

I'm not doing any heavy 3D work here. The power draw RARELY GOES OVER 65W as is stated in my original post. I'm just asking about compatibility, as a Lenovo 65W charger won't work.

 

Seekin help from gurus !!
I have 7530 with factory win 10 that I am currently dual booting into Ubuntu (running flawlessly so far), but I want to single boot into ubuntu, but preserve a small win 10 as a VirtualBox VM under ubuntu. How to I use/extract my factory win 10 license to use with my VirtualBox VM ??

 

Copy, paste and execute this command into PowerShell (in administrator mode):

Code:

(Get-WmiObject -query 'select * from SoftwareLicensingService').OA3xOriginalProductKey

 

Doesn't matter. The system throttles much more aggressively than necessary.