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YorkieTony
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February 16th, 2022 04:00
Which cable?
Hello. I have an Inspiron 16 7610 and was lead to believe I could do away with the huge brick in my carry case and use 1 USB C cable to charge. I did my research and bought a USB C 3.1 gen 2 up to 10gbps cable, and I'm sure you've guessed it, it doesn't work. Now when I look at the specks online I find it's a Thunderbolt 4 connector and would need an adapter to charge my laptop, which sort of defeats the object of doing away with my brick. Usually matters from a technical point of view I'm in the bottom class and sat at the back. So any tip's, suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. YorkieTony
YorkieTony
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Posted February 16th, 2022 05:00
Thank you for your information. I have NVIDIA RTX studio so that explains why it doesn't work. Hopefully soon Dell may come up with a solution as I'm sure others will have had a similar issue.
YorkieTony
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Posted February 21st, 2022 12:00
It now seems that maybe I was at fault, I believe the cable I used was wrong, I used a USB A to USB C. According to my research into this matter I should use a Thunderbolt 4 cable and TB4 to TB4 cables are not cheap. Do they make TB4 to USB C or A or would I need an adapter? Once again any advice would be gratefully accepted. YorkieTony
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Posted February 16th, 2022 05:00
The answer depends on the configuration of your system. You may be able to get by using the Thunderbolt port/charger if your system has Intel graphics.
If it has the discrete nVidia GPU, a Thunderbolt charger is insufficient - for that configuration, you must use the original AC adapter to charge and run the system.