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XPS 15 9500 Third Party PD Charger
Does the 9500 charge with third party usb pd chargers like the Apple 87w/96w chargers or the Ravpower 90w, or other 90-100w chargers? I heard previous XPS laptops could only draw 60w from any non-dell charger regardless of the charger maximum. Is this still true for the 2020 model?
Nurwazil
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August 3rd, 2020 13:00
Thanks @jphughan and @zennrix! I got the RavPower 90w. PD charger and it works!
beketa
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September 21st, 2020 18:00
I bought an Aukey Omnia Duo 65W, and it worked with my XPS 15 9500. I think it requires a 5A USB-C cable to charge at 65W. I use a 5A cable which comes with RAVPower 90W charger.
jphughan
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September 21st, 2020 19:00
@beketa Great info! Yes, a 5A cable is required for anything above 60W, because the "default" cable support level is 3A, and at least for now, USB PD maxes out at 20V. 3A at 20V = 60W. The next step up for cable ratings is 5A.
k_pth
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December 7th, 2020 10:00
I use the "Ravpower PD Pioneer 90W 2-Port Wall Charger" on my XPS15 9500. My experience: It works, but with warning message "slow charger, use original charger and cable".
The same message I get when I use a 3rd party USB-C dock with original DELL charger and cable. The USB-C dock works with Ravpower Charger but it produces the same warning message.
Andybc
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December 27th, 2020 09:00
I know for a fact that xps laptops consider 90w charger as slow. I am only aware of 2 thirdparty chargers that can deliver up to 90w power for xps laptops.
dyakp
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February 6th, 2021 14:00
I've ordered the 200W charger from Chargeasap, I will try to know if it can charge my XPS 15 2020 at 100W.
I also want to try the AUKEY Omnia 100W (according to Amazon customers reviews, by searching "Dell", it works at 100W)
jphughan
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February 6th, 2021 21:00
@k_pth I have the same RAVPower charger and love it. But yes you're going to get that warning on an XPS 15 9500 that has an NVIDIA GPU, since it's designed for a 130W source. But since that's above the USB PD spec's official 100W max, the only 130W power sources I know of are Dell's own charger and certain Dell docks. Not even Dell's USB-C displays as of this writing support 130W output.
Nurwazil
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February 17th, 2021 17:00
Great, thanks @dyakp. Please let is know when you get to try Chargeasap.
Nurwazil
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February 17th, 2021 17:00
Any news about the 200W charger from Chargeasap, @dyakp?
My Ravpower 90w charger used to work with my xps 9500, but after the latest bios update no longer does �
dyakp
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February 17th, 2021 17:00
Still not received the 200w from chargeasap. But Aukey Omnia 100 works perfectly for charging my xps 15 2020 at 100W
DellU71
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May 10th, 2021 20:00
I have Precision 5550 that comes with 130W charger with USB-C. Does charging with 3rd party 60-100 watt USB-C charger adversely affect laptop components esp. battery life? Is the answer different when laptop is consuming less OR more power than that being supplied by charger. I am OK with low performance (screen brightness, slower perf) but want to make sure overall battery life is not impacted. What do experts say?