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Apologies for the long title! Could someone please confirm the following for me please, - will this Dock allow detection of the peripherals aside from "standard" so that they can be used with their own software (non-Razer) ? (Logitech G Pro Mouse, Keyboard, Headset) - will it be enough to power the above, plus a GoXLR Mini with a r0de PodMic and allow the correct detection? - does the Dock support 1080p/240Hz? Longer story, - I just bought a Razer Stealth with a 1650TI and the 65W power supply is not enough when using Sandboxie for multiple (RaidSL) game instances (battery drains slowly) - the dock above can delivery 90W to laptops; - thinking of buying a Blade 14 AMD RTX3070 to replace my main desktop in the man-cave but I need more connectivity (2x monitors through DP, GoXLR Mini, 2x Logitech Mice, 1x Logitech Keyboard (might prefer over the laptop one). In this scenario, both the laptop charger and the Dock will be plugged to the wall. If someone can suggest a cheaper dock but doing the same or better and not massive size, in the UK, please go ahead Thank you

I currently have my computer in a 4RU rack case on one side of my room and my displays, keyboard, mouse and boom mic which uses USB on the other side. Instead of running multiple long cables across the room I wanted to just run one USB-C cable from my computer to a dock where I can plug in all my peripherals. Note: I have 2 x DisplayPort monitors which run at 144hz. Firstly, is there such a thing? I know Linus does this using fibre. Secondly, what product is recommended to achieve this set up?

Hi there everyone, I own a MacBook Pro with M1 Pro and I would like to buy a thunderbolt 4 dock for it. The big requirement that I have is that I need to support my Samsung Odyssey G9 that has a 5k resolution and 120hz support (well it can go up to 240hz, but I doubt that mac/macOS support it). I was looking at CalDigit (I saw some review on LTT youtube) but it seems that at least from their marketing specs they do not support 120hz (only 60hz). The monitor is currently connected directly through a DP-USDC cable, and it seems to support correctly 120hz on macOS. Could you please suggest me some thunderbolt 4 dock that support these requirements? I don't need something with many input/output like the CalDigit TS4, but the ELEMENT HUB would be more than fine.

Hi, I'm trying to come up with a way I can mount my two Dell docking stations (WD19S & D6000) to the back of my monitors to clear up space on my desk and shorten the cables I need. I saw Dell sells a docking station mount which screws into the vesa mount on the monitor however this does not appear to be compatible with either of my docks. I then had the idea of using velcro or magnets, I'd prefer not to tarnish the back of my monitor by sticking a adhesive velcro strip to the monitor itself so I'm looking at getting either Dells dock mount or a third party one and sticking magnets or velcro to the mount and dock. I'm just not sure if magnets being that close to the monitor will have any adverse effect but I doubt it will. I was thinking about getting these magnetic strips or these magnetic dots which I hope will be strong enough to hold the docks

I got a new laptop and it no longer works with one of my screens. The device is a HP ZBook Fury 15 G8. Windows 10 Professional (19042) 64 bit BIOS: HP T95 Ver. 01.08.01 Intel i7-11850H NVIDIA Quadro T1200 4GB Docking Station: HP Thunderbolt Dock G2 It is connected to two screens: Asus VG240Y V (via Docking Station, Displayport) Dell P2416D (directly via HDMI) The Asus screen stays completely black, but is detected. There is no "check cable" error or anything, it looks all good except that it is black - I can also move applications to it but obviously cant see them. Both Windows and Nvidia controls are able to detect the screen (with the correct model descriptor, specs, etc.). The cable, screen and docking station are the same that I used with the other laptop (HP ZBook Fury 15 G3). The screen also works with my desktop computer (also connected via DP, same cable but AMD graphics card). It is a VEGA-verified DP 1.4 compatible cable. When connecting the screen via HDMI, it works, but sadly I only have a single HDMI slot. I have tried other screens (with other DP cables) which work as expected. It appears like my screen is not compatible with my new laptop - but is that even possible? Why could a screen be incompatible? I updated to the latest Nvidia Quadro drivers and updated the docking station software. Any help is much appreciated as I really don't know what else to try. Thanks! EDIT: I tried to connect both screens at the same time with HDMI. One directly to the laptop, the other one with a USB-C dock that goes into the docking station. The same symptoms but now with the other screen: It is black but does not show connectivity issues and is detected.

My current PC is almost 10 years old and starting to have some issues. I'd like to upgrade/replace it but I'm having difficulty deciding with what. I'm currently working as a software developer, and I'll be going back to school next semester. I'd ideally like to have some sort of laptop for school and potentially work (not as necessary). I used to play a games a lot more but now I pretty much just play League or Elden Ring on occasion. I like the idea of using the same computer across the board rather than switching between a laptop and desktop, but for the price of a lot of laptops I feel like you sacrifice quite a bit of power compare to the price of PC components. My primary use cases are: software development, Unity game development, Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, & After Effects, light gaming My current build: i7-4790k RTX 2070 16GB DDR3 1TB Samsung 860 Evo + 4TB & 1TB WD HDD I was considering either a Surface Pro 8/Surface Laptop + a docking station or: i7-11700k 32GB DDR4 Crucial P5+ SSD RTX 2070 (keep the same one) + a lower spec laptop, but not really sure on what would be good here Any recommendations on a PC upgrade + laptop, or pure laptop would be greatly appreciated as I'm struggling to decide. Thank you!

Hardware: Lenovo ThinkBook G2 ITL i5/mx450 USB-C dock SSK ‎SC200 (worked for 4 months before the update) 2 Lenovo S24e-20 monitor attached with HDMI to the dock Problem: I was in a Teams call, Lenovo Vantage did an update for driver, saw the audio driver updating and they stopped working , same as the 2 monitor. So i did a reboot (Vantage was asking for it). From this update the display stopped working with the USB-C dock, they display in windows setting but grayed out and in advanced setting says "Display 2 not active " "Display 3 not active". They work plugged directly in the notebook or with USB-C -> HDMI adapter What i tried Updating or downgrading Nvidia and Intel driver, checking I/O , Thunderbolt, chipset driver. I tried with another laptop same model, same result. Even in intel graphics software i have the option to "activate" the monitor but nothing happens. Also tried to clean "monitor history" in regedit.

Overall rating for this dock: 3/5 I bought this Dock for my 2019 16" MacBook Pro. The main concern I had going is was knowing if this dock was capable of running 2 external displays and charging my laptop that came with a 96W charger at only 65W. The answer is yes. But be warned, a few things I did not expect is that this dock is very loud and a 16" MacBook Pro can consume a lot of power under load. Let's discuss. To get 2 displays off this dock all your displays must be DisplayPort. I connected my main display over native DisplayPort and my other display off a Type C to DisplayPort cable. This setup works and I can set both displays to their native 1440p resolution and144Hz refresh rate. I tried to use a Type C to HDMI cable and that did not work, the Thunderbolt spec will only do DisplayPort natively, so you must use a Type C to DisplayPort Cable. Don't try to use any Type C to HDMI/USB hubs or DP to HDMI/C to HDMI cables off the rear thunderbolt port, they won't work. Also note, a 20Gbps Thunderbolt 3 cable, often found in 1m cable sizes, cannot drive 2 displays, you must use a 40Gbps cable and the included one is only 0.5m. As for charging, this dock will charge my 2019 16" MacBook Pro, but it does so only at 65W which is slow and is 31W less than my MacBook Pro wants to charge with. The important thing is that the MacBook is not having to use battery power to supplement insufficient wall power, granted this may occur if you're using the CPU and GPU together in a demanding workload, but I don't think the concern is very high. As long as you power your other accessories off the dock, and not your laptop, you should have no issues with charging and the longevity of your laptops battery. (Note: on further testing, running a Parallels Windows 10 VM can cause my MacBook to use battery for supplemental power. I recommend using your laptops included charger for demanding workloads.) Now for the noise, this dock is equipped with a blower fan, something I've not heard of with other docks. This makes perfect sense though since this dock can house 2x M.2 drives. Those drives, plus all the power delivery, and controllers means that this dock will get warm if you start to push it. I attempted to cover up the intake and exhaust vents on this dock with tape, which removed the "whooshing" of the fan but left the high pitch whine of the fan motor spinning. Pick your poison, but I think leaving it the way it is is a more pleasing sound than just high pitch whining. This fan is why I give this dock 3/5 starts. I suggest turning on the AC, wearing headphones, or playing some music over your laptops speakers. At half volume, my MacBook Pros speakers fully drown out the fan noise. I recommend unplugging this dock when not in use to save your sanity. Overall, this is a powerful dock for the price (I got it on Amazon for ~$230). The loud fan puts a real damper on what would otherwise be one of the best docks on the market. I would recommend it for the price if you accept that you're gonna have to unplug it while not using it and that while working you're gonna want some headphones or music to drown out the sound. I hope this review was helpful, its hard to find comprehensive information on this dock online so I figured I'd buy it and provide it.

I recently bought my new Asus laptop(https://rog.asus.com/za/laptops/rog-strix/rog-strix-scar-17-2022-series/) and it has two usbc ports, one usbc and the other one thunderbolt. I have 3 AOC CQ27G3S 27" WQHD (2560x1440) 165Hz 1ms VA curved monitors at 165hz. With this I have them connected to the Dell WD19 USB-C Dock with 130W AC Adapter from my old laptop, it works but not really sometimes (most of time) everything feels suuuper laggy even typing this. If think it could also have something to do with running on the cpu graphics. If I swap the dock from usbc to thunderbolt then my Nvidia surround does not work properly. How can I fix this is it the dock or cables? I would like to run the 3 monitors at 1440p 165hz. Please Help.

I have a Dell WD19 non-thunderbolt dock for my XPS 15 and for the last few months as I've used it the fan is mostly inaudiblble but every so often the fan would slowly pick up a little then sharply rise to (im assuming) 100% before quickly dropping back to being inaudible. For the last while its done that once every week or so at most but for the last few days its been multiple times a day, every day and sometimes it will even do it 2 or 3 times in a row. It's infuriating. I dont think its getting too hot, I used compressed air on it and nothing really came out and even when the fan is going full bore it doesn't really feel hot. It's just really weird and annoying as it hasn't done any firmware updates (to my knowledge) and it has suddenly started being obnoxious. If anyone has any suggestions before I throw it against a wall, please do let me know Thanks

Hi everyone, I have a Dell Latitude 7400 and I am using with a Dell P2418d monitor and having multiple cables connected to the laptop stated to annoy me so I've decided to buy a docking station for them. I've been searching for some nice docking stations and I found the Dell WD15 and the Dell TB16. These two seem to be great but I wonder if they will work fine with both my monitor and laptop. Altough, I've checked Dell's website to see if these docks support Win11 and I found out they don't so this got me curious if I buy one of them, will they work fine under Win11. So I would like to ask you if could these docks work fine with my devices and under WIn11?

Is it possible to boot steam os from the micro SD card and then use an external GPU on steam os? I can only find videos of people trying it with windows.

Hi, I currently have 2 laptops(m2 macbook air, razer blade stealth) and I'm using a this belkin docking station for one cable setup as it can support dual display for the mac: https://www.belkin.com/usb-c-dual-display-docking-station/P-INC002.html I am planning on selling my razer laptop and building a pc. I would like to keep the one cable setup to switch between the computers. I am planning to use a thunderbolt card for it with GPU pass through. My current setup works fine even in games with no drop, but I am not sure that it will handle the higher graphics in games with the new pc as this dock is USB-C 3.1(probably gen 1.) not thunderbolt. Any opinion? I have 2 1080p 60hz displays. Thanks.

I'm looking for a hardware solution to use the same peripherals (mouse, keyboard and webcam) and dual monitors for my work laptop and my windows desktop. The laptop has 2 USB-C ports. I've looked online and can't find a single solution (ie. Need to buy both a dock and a KVM switch). Also from what I've read, DP is better than HDMI for NVIDIA GPUs (coz of GSync compatibility) Looking for something between $100-$250 price range (idk if that's realistic) 1. Is there a good option that can have a single USB-C input for the laptop with compatibility with the desktop? If not what's the best dock and KVM switch combo? 2. Is my conjecture that DP better than HDMI correct for my use case?

Hey, Looking for advice to acheive this setep. Currently I have two spaces in my home, one for work laptop and one for personal/gaming. I want to merge into a mega desk setup. I need a hub that I can have my main desktop always plugged into, and another USB-C cable free to plug in a portabal device. And be able to toggle between the two devices, so basically like a KVM... As I have a Mac, DisplayLink technology is not really an option. The driver support is bad! Probably Apple's fault haha. Much rather native support like a simple USB Hub does. But from what have read, "Alt Mode"? is ok? I have done research, however I havent been sold on anything. Either not enogh product info, or uses DisplayLink. Work provided me with this -> https://www.wavlink.com/en_us/product/WL-UG69PD2_WL-UG69PD2_Pro.html Its fairly mediocer, half the time devices stop working after waking from sleep. And as it used DisplayLink, its a pain in the ass on Mac. Thats why I am after something more native. Just a Roided up USB-C hub basically with x2 device options I thought to make things easier, and broarden the options. I could have a Dock and KVM seperate. The USB-C output of the dock woult go into the KVM and the KVM would have x2 USB-C outputs. But I am not sure of that will start bringing in possible complication with all the passthrough. The device support is already a tall list haha. The list of peripherals USB-A KB / Mouse USB-A HeadSet USB-C WebCam DP 4k Monitor - It can go upto 144hz for gaming, but willing to hang up the cape and say goodbye to competitive FPS gaming if it means I can bring all me devices together. HDMI 1080p monitor x2 USB-C Drawing table/screen (optional) AUX Speaker (otpional) Optical cable (optional) boosts my headset quality but not required Spare USB input for randome things like game controller or thumb drive. (optional) USB-C 100w power passthrough for portable diveces (optional) Devices Battle Station - Windows Desktop Dev Laptop - Mac M1 Air Work Laptop - Lenovo Thinkpad Thanks

Anyone use a OWC Thunderbolt Pro dock? Im trying to run the dock with two monitors, one 4K 60Hz, and one 1440p 60Hz (An Artist 24 Drawing screen - so uses a USB port as well), as well as 10gB ethernet, a RodeCaster Pro 2, and then a powered USB Splitter, using a webcam, StreamDeck unit, and Wireless PC and mouse. When I plug my Mac in, not all the monitors will work, and I get a message in OSX about there not bring enough power to run the USB peripherals. Trying to run this through one Thunderbolt 4 port. Thoughts? (And thank you)

I dont know what are docks used for, and this port I dont have clue what is it? Nothing similar on my PC. Lenovo ThinkPad OneLink+ is model.

I’ve been helping my stepdad set up a laptop dock in his home office for WFH. His laptop is slightly older - a Lenovo Flex 5-1470 - but it does have one USB-C 3.0 port. He bought two 1080p monitors that use HDMI, and a cheap USB-C dock from Best Buy. The dock would only allow one monitor to display at once, and when he called the support number for the dock, they told him that the dock he had (which supported up to USB 3.1 gen 1) supported simultaneous HDMI and DisplayPort output but not simultaneous HDMI, and that he just needed to buy one of their more expensive docks. I’m understandably suspicious of that claim. I’ve been looking online to see if USB 3.0 has support for multiple displays over a single connection, and haven’t been able to find any information other than “you can convert USB-C to HDMI” Is it possible to connect multiple displays to a single USB 3.0 connector? Keep in mind this is 3.0, not either generation of 3.1, and both displays are 1080p.

Hi, So I just got a USB C hub for my XPS 13 2-in-1 (7390) and I cannot seem to get my mouse or keyboard to work with it. My external hard drive works fine when plugged into it. I am thinking it is having a hard time finding the USB 2.0 devices through the hub. I know my computer is able to use these usb 2.0 devices, though, since they work just fine if i use a basic USB C-A adapter. Another strange part (and the part where I think it is messing up) is in device manager (pictured below), Only the "Generic Superspeed USB hub" shows up. When I plug it into any other computer the superspeed and another just "Generic USB hub" appears...... (Every once in a while the non-superspeed hub will show up then disappear right afterwards) I am not sure if this is happening because this is the only thunderbolt machine I have tested it on, or some other driver issue (I have gone to dell's website and at least tried to install every USB/Thunderbolt-relevant driver)

LENTION USB C Docking Station with 100W Power Pass-Through, 4K HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, USB 2.0 and Aux Adapter for MacBook Pro (Thunderbolt 3), New Mac Air, Surface Go, More (Space Gray) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0815337SG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_EdCREbF2B8MSH If I set the resolution to 2560x1440p can I set the hz to 60 or 144 for example? Or is it stuck on 30? If I can’t what other Dock would let me do this?

Hey all! Got my switch today, Zelda is amazing. I have not yet put it in my dock, for it is supposedly confirmed that it can scratch your unit? Have any of you experienced this? Any solutions for this by chance? Thanks all. I don't plan on using the dock much but it might be nice to know its an option.

I have a Bose (iPod Dock) Speaker with only an AUX in. I would like to be able to play either Spotify or Soundcloud through it without having to hook up a laptop as such. (Something that able to be hidden, and be able to use easily.) I have thought of a possible solution which was use a Chromecast audio, and buy a really cheap phone of eBay or something. Any better ideas?

Hi i'd like to know if this one is compatible or are there better/cheaper ones. All i need are at least 2 Video outputs and a couple of USB ports and a ethernet jack would be nice.

I am using my Asus t100taf and want to use a WINSTARS USB AV GRABBER (Its a usb device which converts s-video and component into usb for capturing VHS tapes). I have installed the drivers on my main rig and the device works but i want to use it in something more portable like my T100TAF. However after installing the drivers the only way I can get windows to recognise it is by using an OTG cable to connect it to the tablets micro usb slot which would be great if it didn't also use that slot for charging, so i tried it in the keyboard dock which has a USB 2.0 port on it however when I do that I get an error in windows saying "Unknown USB device: Port Reset Failed" I dont understand why it works when directly connected to the tablet but not when connected through the dock to the tablet. Does anybody know how to fix this?

So I recently watched a video from a youtuber called LowSpecGamer titled "An External GPU for an old Laptop?" In the video he uses an old netbook with the video card dock and it seems that it works to some extent. He also mentions in the video that he ran into a heavy CPU bottleneck. This left me wondering if this would work even better for me than shown in the video since I'm also using an older laptop (getting close to 3 years now), but instead of having a crappy celeron chip I have a third gen i7 in my laptop (which was originally purchased for school work that included virtualisation.) How much performance degradation should I expect if I bought this? The video in question. The PCI-E Dock https://www.banggood.com/MAC-Version-V8_0-EXP-GDC-Beast-Laptop-External-Independent-Video-Card-Dock-p-1011221.html My current laptop's specs are as follows... i7-3630QM @ 2.4 GT 630M tl;dr Video Card Dock that uses the Mini PCI-E slot on your Laptop to run an external video card.