The thing keeps disconnecting and reconnecting every 5 seconds

[jdavidson00]

Originally Posted by Witchfinder

Similar problem on my Sony Multi-Flip 13A. Windows 8.1 seems to hate DisplayLink. I might get a lucky boot, where it runs fine for hours, but most of the time I get constant video resets/redetects every time I open, close, minimise, maximise or switch an application. Very frustrating! Log/data files sent.

this is completely inline with what I'm seeing.

[jdavidson00]

Additionally, I thought the issue might be related to the new screen scaling capabilities in windows 8.1 so I tried the "Let me choose one scaling level for all my displays" option in hopes to remove that.
This did not help.

[Witchfinder]

It sounds very much like there was something new introduced in Windows 8.1 that's not playing nicely with the earlier driver - maybe in the way memory is managed or something.

EDIT: James at DisplayLink suggested trying a USB hub, which has given me some limited success. Not a long term solution, but worth a try.