Re: Lenovo ThinkPad E15 USB C docking port

Time for a new laptop?  The issue is either with the male cable on your dock or the female port on the laptop.  I'm thinking that it's the femaile port on the laptop.  I had an old phone the loosened up over time.  Luckily the phone died so it's no longer an issue for me.  If replacing the laptop isn't an option then I would try your #1 idea below.  Just don't go crazy trying to push on the connection or you could make things worse. 
Dave Parnin


On Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at 10:31:42 AM EDT, Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad E15. When I am in the office I use this brick
looking thing as a docking station which attaches via a USB-C cable.
The cable is hyper sensitive where it plugs into the laptop.  The slightest
motion and I lose connections to the monitors, and often the ethernet
cable, plugged into the brick.  Generally the charging keeps going though.
We've tried new bricks and new cables.  And yes, an upgraded brick does
require a newer cable even though the cable looks exactly identical or the
connection won't work at all.

1)  I've thought about wedging something underneath the cable, etc to
stabilize it.
2)  When the monitors are dropped it's a challenge to get the windows back
to the laptop.  I often have to totally unplug the brick cable so the
laptop fully realizes that it's lost connection to the brick.  That brings
the windows back to the laptop.