Hello, to start off I am writing this post after searching the forums and reading countless similar posts, attempting the solutions for each of them, with no success:

I have an XPS 9570 and a TB16 240W docking station. All firmware and drivers are up to date, I let the support assistant update drivers, and I also went through the manual process of installing drivers according to the TB16 installation guide. They are DEFINITELY up to date as far as whats been available to download.

The Problem:

Often I come to sit at my computer to find that the light on the thunderbolt cable connecting the docking station to the laptop is turned off. This means that none of the peripherals will work that are connected to the docking station. Usually, the fix for this is to unplug the docking station usb-c cable, then unplug the power from the docking station. Then reboot he laptop, plug power back into the docking station, and connect the usb-c to the laptop. This may not be the 'correct' way to do it, but all other combinations of reconnecting do not work.

I have been able to get passed the annoying an almost constant screen flickering on my external displays, but today is a little different. Today I am unable to get the docking station connected to my laptop. I came into the office this morning, noticed the light was off, so I followed my process that I stated above. This time though, the issue did not fix. I was getting really weird crackling and humming coming from the speakers, the battery was almost completely dead, like it had disconnected hours ago. Anyway, I followed the same process, even charged the laptop for an hour before trying to reconnect because I read that the docking station will power off or disconnect of the laptop has low power.

Other issue I notice today when I plug in the docking station to the laptop, the light may or may not flash on and off. It may or may not make the usb connect/disconnect sound. Either way, none of the peripherals work.. Oddly though, the sleep/power button on the top of the dock does actually make the laptop go to the lock screen. Another thing noticed today, when I plug the docking station in, and it plays no sounds as if it was connected, the laptop keyboard stops working. None of the keystrokes register when its plugged in.