One of the Customer Service women has brought their daughter into work today. Last time she was in I tried plugging her switch into one of the computer docks to play on one of the monitors. It didn’t work, I don’t know if it’s Nintendo or Dell’s fault but that’s bullshit
I wanted to check if it would work with any USB-C dock. I guess it only works with the switch one. I might mention that about the dock to the mum tomorrow
It straight up didn’t work and she’s brought it in since. It’s more that I could bring something like the Bazztop in and it would just work with any of the docks, but the switch needs its own shit to be able to run. I thought USB-C was meant to be a universal standard
You’d think a dock that can run a big fat Dell laptop and two monitors could power a Switch, but those docks often have their own processors which could throw things off a bit.
One of the Customer Service women has brought their daughter into work today. Last time she was in I tried plugging her switch into one of the computer docks to play on one of the monitors. It didn’t work, I don’t know if it’s Nintendo or Dell’s fault but that’s bullshit
You need a switch dock to play on a screen (it comes with one). Splits the power and video signals on the usb-c.
Unless it’s a switch lite, then there’s no additional video out. Just the screen.
I wanted to check if it would work with any USB-C dock. I guess it only works with the switch one. I might mention that about the dock to the mum tomorrow
Ooof be careful. A lot of switches got fried by aftermarket docks back in the day, they use specific voltage and amperage
It straight up didn’t work and she’s brought it in since. It’s more that I could bring something like the Bazztop in and it would just work with any of the docks, but the switch needs its own shit to be able to run. I thought USB-C was meant to be a universal standard
It’s not the usb C per se, it needs the ac adapter (in the dock) to give the gpu enough balls.
Most tv/monitor USB ports don’t run enough voltage / amperage to power it
You’d think a dock that can run a big fat Dell laptop and two monitors could power a Switch, but those docks often have their own processors which could throw things off a bit.
Proprietary as fuck my friend. My dell dock cracks it if i plug my other one in, despite both being USB-C