Docking Spacer Designed to Accommodate the Latitude 7000 Series & Latitude E5x50 Series Portable Systems
Summary: Using the docking spacer in the Dell E-Port Advanced Port Replicator for compatibility with Latitude 5000 and 7000 series laptops.
Symptoms
Follow the guidelines below to use the Docking Spacer Designed to Accommodate the Latitude 7000 Series (E7x40, E7x50) & Latitude 5000 (E5x50) Series Portable Systems in the E-Port Advanced Port Replicator.
What do I need to do to dock my Latitude 5000/7000 series notebook on my E-Port?
Latitude 5000/7000 Series system users note that the spacing adjuster on the E-Port Advanced Port Replicator (APR) (Figure 1) does not extend far enough to assist when docking a 5000/7000 Series Latitude notebook.
Figure 1: E-Port Advanced Port Replicator (APR)
Install the Docking Spacer
Due to a change in chassis design, the docking port on a Latitude 5000/7000 Series (Figure 2) is much closer to the edge of the chassis than in previous Latitude models.
Figure 2: Latitude 5000/7000 Series docking port
To compensate for this change, there is a docking spacer, Dell Part XJD0R (Figure 3), to ease the docking process on these systems.
Figure 3: Dell Latitude E-Docking Spacer
Once the Docking Spacer is installed properly (Figure 4), the Latitude 5000/7000 Series laptop connects to the E-Port Advanced Port Replicator (APR).
Figure 4: Dell Latitude E-Docking Spacer Installation