Latest displaylink drivers break lenovo dock 7.2 M1

dhodgin · 05-27-2013, 09:03 PM

I have an Asus Zenbook UX32VD and am using a Lenovo USB 3.0 dock since November 2012 and this think has not worked correctly since installing windows 8.

On Windows 7 it was ok with 2 attached monitors, keyboard, mouse, and 1 GB Ethernet hooked up.

As soon as I upgraded to Windows 8 it never worked properly again.

I've tried every release of the software since 6.0 and each time it gets worse and worse.

In 7.1 and 7.2 it would work for about 3-5 minutes and then start going fuzzy and it would disconnect the entire device from the machine and blank all the monitors for about 30 seconds making the windows sounds for devices disconnecting and reconnecting about 12 times in a row and then the screens would work again for maybe 45 seconds and it would cycle over and over again.

Today I installed the 7.2 M1 drivers after uninstalling the old 7.2 drivers and now when I connected the dock to my usb 3.0 port it just makes all screens go black and shows nothing and the laptop screen flickers from picture to black about 20 times then goes solid black permanently.

Once I unplug the dock the laptop screen turns back on.

I've be waiting for 4 months for the windows 8 issues to be resolved and they just get worse with every update.

Could my dock could be defective? The usb ports and Ethernet dont even work long term if I disconnect the monitors and plug one in to my laptops HDMI separately from the dock. The Ethernet will eventually disconnect as well after maybe an hour. plugging in monitors to the dock just speeds up the process of failure.

Just now as I typed this forum post I got a windows taskbar bubble saying 'USB device not recognized' and my keyboard and mouse stopped working from the dock. Every 60 seconds the keyboard and mouse stop working for about 5 seconds constantly.

Have other people been having the same problems on windows 8 with the latest 7.2 M1 update?

I had a Targus usb3.0 dock that used displaylink drivers and it never worked properly at all on windows 7. I upgraded for $60 more to this Lenovo and it worked on win7 but has not worked properly at all on win8 ever.

05-27-2013, 09:03 PM	#1
dhodgin Junior Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 8	Latest displaylink drivers break lenovo dock 7.2 M1 I have an Asus Zenbook UX32VD and am using a Lenovo USB 3.0 dock since November 2012 and this think has not worked correctly since installing windows 8. On Windows 7 it was ok with 2 attached monitors, keyboard, mouse, and 1 GB Ethernet hooked up. As soon as I upgraded to Windows 8 it never worked properly again. I've tried every release of the software since 6.0 and each time it gets worse and worse. In 7.1 and 7.2 it would work for about 3-5 minutes and then start going fuzzy and it would disconnect the entire device from the machine and blank all the monitors for about 30 seconds making the windows sounds for devices disconnecting and reconnecting about 12 times in a row and then the screens would work again for maybe 45 seconds and it would cycle over and over again. Today I installed the 7.2 M1 drivers after uninstalling the old 7.2 drivers and now when I connected the dock to my usb 3.0 port it just makes all screens go black and shows nothing and the laptop screen flickers from picture to black about 20 times then goes solid black permanently. Once I unplug the dock the laptop screen turns back on. I've be waiting for 4 months for the windows 8 issues to be resolved and they just get worse with every update. Could my dock could be defective? The usb ports and Ethernet dont even work long term if I disconnect the monitors and plug one in to my laptops HDMI separately from the dock. The Ethernet will eventually disconnect as well after maybe an hour. plugging in monitors to the dock just speeds up the process of failure. Just now as I typed this forum post I got a windows taskbar bubble saying 'USB device not recognized' and my keyboard and mouse stopped working from the dock. Every 60 seconds the keyboard and mouse stop working for about 5 seconds constantly. Have other people been having the same problems on windows 8 with the latest 7.2 M1 update? I had a Targus usb3.0 dock that used displaylink drivers and it never worked properly at all on windows 7. I upgraded for $60 more to this Lenovo and it worked on win7 but has not worked properly at all on win8 ever.