Docking station G5 keeps charging the whole time

[Ludsch]

Hi there,

I bought a used G5 docking station (serial number 5CG101WVNC, new version 5TW10AAABB). My HP Spectre is constantly charging with the G5, even when the battery is at 100%, which is not very battery friendly. I can only interrupt the charging by switching off the docking station, but then the external monitors, LAN etc. are also disconnected. Is there a way to solve that problem?

Thanks a lot!

Ludsch

[banhien]

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@Ludsch wrote:

Hi there,

I bought a used G5 docking station (serial number 5CG101WVNC, new version 5TW10AAABB). My HP Spectre is constantly charging with the G5, even when the battery is at 100%, which is not very battery friendly...

@Ludsch 

5TW10AAABB is not right, must be 5TW10AA#ABB (or 5TW10AA), #ABB is for country/region code. Sounds like your Spectre is not compatible with HP USB-C G5 (5TW10AA) dock.

Regards.

[Ludsch]

The G5 docking station definitely is compatible with my Spectre. Six days ago on the product site for the G5 docking station (number 5TW10AA#ABB) user "Clara204" explicitly asked if this docking station is compatible with my HP Spectre (87C50EA#ABD): https://www.hp.com/de-de/shop/product.aspx?id=5TW10AA&opt=ABB&sel=ACC The official answer by HP was yes. Furthermore everything works fine between my notebook and that docking station except for the problem I had described. Is there anyone who has experience with the G5 docking station and can say something more about the possibility to stop the charging without disconnecting the rest?

Thanx a lot!

[banhien]

@Ludsch 

I mysel,f am using 5TW10AA dock on my HP 840 G5 machine now. I also tested my dock on my other HP machines (HP zBook, HP Envy 15-eexxxx  and also Dell, Lenovo machines) and they all worked. The only thing I could not test: HP Spectre, I know for many years people couldn't get FULLY compatible between HP Spectre and HP USB-C G5 dock.

Hope some good news from someone. 

Regards.

[Ludsch]

It is good news that this docking station works on several tested notebooks but the question is still what is meant by "being compatible fully". As I said I tested the G5 dock on my Spectre and everything worked fine apart from the problem I described. When you are using this dock on several machines: Is this dock charging constantly when in use even though the notebook's battery is full already? Are you able to interrupt/stop the charging without switching it off completely (so that only the charging of the notebook is stopped but not the connection to usb slots, monitors and lan-wire)?

[banhien]

@Ludsch 

The charging process stopped when 100% on my tests.

Regards.

[Ludsch]

Thank you Banhien, that's what I thought, what I experienced and  what I wanted to be confirmed. It's is obviously part of the design of these docks that they keep the notebook battery at 100% all the time what will ruin the battery. I will have to look for an alternative battery friendly docking station.