Dell D6000 dock powers itself after computer shutdown

various_artists · 07-04-2020, 10:46 PM

Bumping a year old thread here, but i'm having the exact same problem.
Arthur.and - Did you ever get this resolved?

I've got a Dell D6000 dock, running with a HP notebook. Everything works exactly as expected, latest drivers, latest firmware, but I noticed after I shut the computer down over night, the dock remains warm/hot to the touch.

Did some investigation using a "Kill-A-Watt" electricity meter, and I notice the same. Shut down the computer. Power usage drops to basically nothing (0.4W), then after a few seconds, ramps back up to between 5 and 11W.

If I yank the USB whilst the computer is running, power drops to nothing as well, but if I do it after I've shutdown, power usage remains high/dock stays hot, and I've got to plug it back into a running computer and pull the USB to get it to return to a true "standby" state.

I tried a second D6000 dock, and it is exactly the same.

No USB devices, only a single HDMI to my second screen. (First screen is direct to the laptops HDMI.)

Tried disabling PCI-E link state, USB selective suspend, and wake timers from Windows power management, but they made no difference.

Anyone have any ideas?

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07-04-2020, 10:46 PM	#2
various_artists Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 1	Bumping a year old thread here, but i'm having the exact same problem. Arthur.and - Did you ever get this resolved? I've got a Dell D6000 dock, running with a HP notebook. Everything works exactly as expected, latest drivers, latest firmware, but I noticed after I shut the computer down over night, the dock remains warm/hot to the touch. Did some investigation using a "Kill-A-Watt" electricity meter, and I notice the same. Shut down the computer. Power usage drops to basically nothing (0.4W), then after a few seconds, ramps back up to between 5 and 11W. If I yank the USB whilst the computer is running, power drops to nothing as well, but if I do it after I've shutdown, power usage remains high/dock stays hot, and I've got to plug it back into a running computer and pull the USB to get it to return to a true "standby" state. I tried a second D6000 dock, and it is exactly the same. No USB devices, only a single HDMI to my second screen. (First screen is direct to the laptops HDMI.) Tried disabling PCI-E link state, USB selective suspend, and wake timers from Windows power management, but they made no difference. Anyone have any ideas?