I have two Dell 1908 FP monitors. They both plug into my dell docking station to which I attach my Dell Latitude laptop. I have moved to a foreign country (a caribbean island called Dominica) for a about a year. Before I left I tested this setup for a week and did not have any problems. Now that I am here, of course, neither monitor functions correctly. They both turn on and display a picture for about 1-2 seconds, and then they go black. While they are on, they emit a static like noise from the rear. It is not like a hum, but more like static. There is no electrical smell. At first I thought maybe the auto switching power supply was having trouble with the 220V 50Hz current. So I purchased a 1,000 watt 220V -> 110V transformer. (That wasn't cheap.) Same problem with the monitors. I have tried plugging them in individually to my laptop (bypassing the docking station), as well as trying them on a friend's laptop. I continue to get the same issue. I have tried changing the resolution, refresh rate, and color settings. Same issue. Please help! I am not sure what else to do. I can't imagine they would both go bad at the same time, right??? The cost of shipping new ones here would be triple what I paid for them!

Maybe it's just the port that is dead. Swap it with the port your printer is plugged into to diagnose

please use the following small secret. Disconnect the power adapter from the laptop.
2) Dissasembly the batteries from the laptop.
3) press the power button in ON with the adapter+battery disconnected from the computer. and maintain press the power button by EXACTLY 60 seconds.This liberate the ESD.
4) Try again.
God bless you

A docking station is an extension or addition of ports for a laptop computer. Once the portable computer is docked, you can access the docking station's ports, such as PS/2 or USB 2.0 ports, through your computer. Some docking stations have monitors that you can connect your computer to, placing your video on an external screen so you can turn off your computer's monitor and conserve some of your computer's energy. All Dell docking stations will have the same general troubleshooting steps.

Plug your laptop's power adapter into the docking station and dock your laptop onto/into the docking station. If there is no power going to your laptop from the docking station but it works when the power adapter is plugged into the wall, the docking station is bad and needs to be replaced. Plug your power adapter into the docking station and dock your laptop onto/into the docking station. If power goes on but your computer doesn't recognizes accessories such as a USB mouse--plugged into the docking station, try a different port on the station. If it works in a different port, the previous USB port is burned out. Plug your power adapter into the docking station and dock your laptop onto/into the docking station. If power is going through the docking station but no accessories are being recognized, you might have a corrupted docking profile. Undock the computer and dock it again once it has fully started up to reset the docking profile. Plug your power adapter into the docking station and dock your laptop onto/into the docking station. If you have an external monitor and it is not working, completely close the lid on the laptop so the image will move to the external monitor. Plug your power adapter into the docking station and dock your laptop onto/into the docking station. If power is going through the docking station but no accessories are being recognized and resetting the docking profile fails, update all drivers through Dell's support website and then re-dock the computer. Some of the software that runs the hardware may have become corrupted. Hope this helps

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Sounds like a compatibility issue between your Dell and the Docking station. I would say make sure the software for your docking station is installed properly, and update the software before connecting again.

Try deleting the docked profile.

typically if it's a complete docking station, it uses your laptop power supply and provides power to your laptop and itself at the same time.

http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/latit/en/laptop_latitude_efamily_docking_accessories_brochure.pdf'

according to that brochure the dock is the E series.. and doesnt come with a manual

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but may as you know that the anttena for wi fi in the laptops located in the side of monitor so it is polarization issue sure when you open the laptop screen it will be different when you close it to put it inside the docking station>>>to solve this you can change the direction of your router anttena


wish that will be helpfull
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Try updating to BIOS to version A16 from http://support.dell.com Ensure you are not attached to the docking station when flashing the BIOS. Once updated, connect the 90W adapter to the docking station, connect your laptop to the dock, and power on using the docking station power button.

There is something wrong on your DOCKING STATION ( as what you mean the "base station". Hope I'm right with the things you mention. Docking station not working okay though. Try to call DELL technical support for some solutions for this issue. If it can be resolve over the phone then fine but if not then they either replace the docking station or have it repaired. Thank you.

Assume the docking station is powered. I have seen funny behaviour with my docking station. Sure way for it all to work is, everything off, fit to docking station, turn on with power button on docking station. Ensure network cable plugged before this.