u/kcalderw

Our Dells so far have been rock solid... until now. We're not a big district and this week alone we've gotten 4 that won't post. We even had a Dell technician here replacing a motherboard for a sound issue and after he was done it wouldn't post. He had to use my latest Chromebook recovery tool image as the SHIM tool they gave him didn't work. The Chromebook was able to be imaged and even booted into the enrollement screen. He rebooted there and after that it won't post. This is exaclty what we're seeing on the other devices.

Has anyone else seen this on these devices? I might try to load an older image to see if it's the current OS version.

We have Google Maps turned on for students. When trying to go to a custom map, they're getting an error that the service has been blocked by the administrator. Has anyone else seen this as well? This is one of the map sites in question but we've seen it from another site as well. Both Google Earth and Google Maps have the under 18 consent granted. If it's pulling aspects of Google Sites for this then that would be the issue, because we have that shut off for students.

https://www.lighthousefriends.com/maps.html

Just wanted to share these docks with everyone. I saw an ad for them here of all places and decided to contact the company. I was able to secure an evaluation for a few weeks of this dock. I put it in a teacher's classroom and asked that they report in. We've actually had it far longer than their evaluation (over a month) and so far it's been very solid. They are FAR cheaper than the Anker docks we currently have and also the other solutions I had been looking at.

I also wanted a solution that allowed for firmware updates. The company said the docks are capable of firmware updates but it's not something they will regularly put out. They will only update them if a security issue or other major flaw is discovered. But at least it's possible.

https://www.cdwg.com/product/plugable-dual-monitor-usb-c-docking-station-power-delivery-dual-4k-moni/7715095

I had never heard of the company before so I just thought I'd let folks know about them.