mine does

but I wanna use the dock connector to power additional fans

probably very proprietary

gonna have to figure it out for whichever laptop u got

portege R930

ye been trying

even bought two docks to open and gut one since they are cheap now

whats it do?

ethernet? power only?

usb?

add a lot of extra slots

slots?

there seem to be a lot of chips inside it too

senpyro that is NSFW,too hot cover

USB, Displayports, serial ports, etc

motherfucker i was listening to that REEEEEEEEEEEEEEe

oh ports

might be some sort of usb thing

check lsusb when its plugged in

thanks good sir

np

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One gadget (or whatever the fuck it is) that I absolutely grew to love is the hard disk dock

I need that

i can only read hard dick

I have an Orico one and it's great

@xaos there's a shitload of pins

and when I put an usb in it reports it as a "toshiba extension device" or something

Is there any way to check what kind of bus it uses inside the system?

yeah with the display things and such its probably far more complex than just usb

honestly if i were you id just look up how serial works and build a little serial fan

or if that doesnt have power use an usb one

Yeah but i wouldn't want to lose the usb ports 😦

It seems like the dock is powered from the laptop even when I detach the charger, despite the dock charger being bigger than the laptop onne

well it looks like maybe you can sort of get power from serial but its complicated

I could just plug a voltmeter there but that seems retarded...

I'll try to have another look at the dock motherboard

Or let's ask in another way, would the onboard power to the fans be able to power several fans? @xaos

it looks like a normal, if tiny, molex...