Easier Fix - Contact Dell for a replacement. It's a joke that this is still an issue. They shouldn't be getting away with it still. I had 3 replacement units on my Dell XPS laptop. 1 for the trackpad, 1 for the hinge and 1 for the board dying and none of the ports working. More @Wikipedia
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