Bad Docking Station?

Tennisbum4life · 08-19-2009, 06:43 AM

I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop running Vista Home premium
Intel Core Duo 2 CPU T8300 @ 2.4 gHz 4 gb RAM
all software updates are current.

I have a Kengsington Notebook expansion dock with Video #33367

About a month ago my computer started acting scary. I would come to the computer and it would be in what I assumed was "sleep" mode, I would push the power button and nothing would happen. I would hold down the power button trying to force a reboot and nothing. I disconnected eveything thing, unplugged it and re-plugged ... nothing. I unplugged everything again and in desperation took out the battery and put in back in and bingo it started up. I re-hooked everything and went on my merry way. Sometime later, bang it happens again. I tried the same corrections and they worked. The THIRD time this happend I left OFF the DOCKING STATION and it has not happened again.

Any ideas? Does Vista have docking station issues? Is this a lousy docking station? I really want a docking station, can anyone recommend a good docking station?

08-19-2009, 06:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tennisbum4life Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Vista	Bad Docking Station? I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop running Vista Home premium Intel Core Duo 2 CPU T8300 @ 2.4 gHz 4 gb RAM all software updates are current. I have a Kengsington Notebook expansion dock with Video #33367 About a month ago my computer started acting scary. I would come to the computer and it would be in what I assumed was "sleep" mode, I would push the power button and nothing would happen. I would hold down the power button trying to force a reboot and nothing. I disconnected eveything thing, unplugged it and re-plugged ... nothing. I unplugged everything again and in desperation took out the battery and put in back in and bingo it started up. I re-hooked everything and went on my merry way. Sometime later, bang it happens again. I tried the same corrections and they worked. The THIRD time this happend I left OFF the DOCKING STATION and it has not happened again. Any ideas? Does Vista have docking station issues? Is this a lousy docking station? I really want a docking station, can anyone recommend a good docking station?