POS laptop

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by tallywacker

Motherboard issue. Your shit is worn out. I've had to do the for a couple dells. Docking and undocking causes wear and tear with the connection.

But of course I already assume you did basic trouble shooting like reloading the OS and have proper anti-virus and malware protection.

Replacing hardware is always the last step.

Except that it works when docked, but not when undocked. Usually it's the docked connection that starts to fail (or battery charging, or external keyboard and mouse, or....)