Thinkpad Usb 3.0 Dock Driver Download |VERIFIED|
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I realise this is a very old thread, but I'm considering getting a new MBP 13 and have a trusty Lenovo USB3 dock which I'd prefer not to have to replace (it's not necessarily a deal breaker but could be another $150-$250 I'd prefer not to spend in switching back to Mac).
I'm using that dock on MBP for additional screen + printer. Aukey made a great USB-C power pass-thru adapter that includes USB 3.0 ports and HDMI port as well. i got it on amazon for something like $45.
While Lenovo doesn't supply a driver for the display adapters, the chipset inside it (and as far as I can tell, all other USB 3.0 to DisplayPort devices) is provided by DisplayLink. You can install the generic DisplayLink adapter drivers directly from their website at:
I am using the Lenovo usb 3.0 dual monitor docking station with the new beta drivers March 13 2015. I think they got it right now. No more screen blinking when watching videos and ethernet is working great. I have Mac Book Pro 15.4 11.2 Mid 2014. This is my first mac.
The video of the dock is not supported under Linux, and will not be for a longer time.The dock uses a DL3XXX-generation Displaylink chip for video, driver support for this does not exist and is not planned by the producer in the near future.
With Lenowo OneLink Dock (model DU9026S1) all worked out of box on Ubuntu 13.10, except LAN: you have to add ASIX driver: =downloadsearch&PSNoID=112 - go for USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet and chose chip AX88179 - then install by extracting, make and (sudo) make install, as usually.
The HP monitors come with Dual-Link DVI or DisplayPort for connectivity. The Lenovo dock has a single DisplayPort, a single-link DVI, and a VGA connector. The only output on the dock that supports 2560x1440 is the DisplayPort, which is in use by my current single monitor.
Get a second monitor and use a DisplayPort to mini-DisplayPort cable and plug it directly into my laptop's mDP port. According to random forums on the Internet, this will work, but I can't find an official support statement from Lenovo on this. It also defeats the purpose of the dock.
Get a second monitor with a lower resolution and connect it to the dock's single-link DVI. This is a bummer, as there's a sweet deal going on near me for the HP monitor that I mentioned, and I already own one of them.
Get some kind of DisplayPort splitter. I've seen some talk that electrically, a single DP connector can support two devices at 2560x1440. Is this true? Will these devices work on the dock that I've mentioned?
We recently purchased a new X1 Yoga 3rd Gen (Type 20LE) laptop to test our imaging process with SCCM Task Sequences before we bought more for laptop replacements this summer. With 5th Gen X1 Carbons (Type 20HR) and 2nd Gen X1 Yoga's (Type 20JE), I used a Lenovo USB-C Dock (Type 40A9) to connect the Yoga's and Carbon's to the ethernet port on the dock so I could boot into a WinPE build USB Key to build them with an SCCM Task Sequence.
In order for the X1 Carbon's and Yoga's to work with the WinPE USB Key properly, I had to add two drivers to my SCCM WinPE boot image. One was an Intel Rapid Storage driver so my boot image recognized M.2 Hard Drives (More info on this here Opens a new window) and a Realtek Ethernet driver for the USB-C Dock to work properly with the X1 Carbon's and Yoga's (More info on this here Opens a new window)
Both of these drivers do not work with the 3rd Gen X1 Yoga. When I try to start a task sequence from the USB Key, it te has tells me no task sequence been found. (This laptop has not been imaged yet so its hardware information is not in SCCM) These are the steps I have done so far to try and have the USB-C dock work correctly with the3rd Gen X1 Yoga
Each time I updated my boot image with driver changes, I would make a new winpe USB key and try again but the "No task sequence found" message still appears. I am running out of ideas as to how to make my SCCM boot image recognize the Lenovo USB-C Dock through the 3rd Gen X1 Yoga. If anyone has any ideas or solutions for me to try, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank You.
I finally got it to work. I removed all the drivers from the boot image and redownloaded the USB-C Dock drivers and reltek drivers and added them to the boot image. I tried it again and it now started working successfully.
@Grayson_84 What specific XPS 13 model? There have been several over the years. And which specific Lenovo docking station model? That would be printed on the underside of the dock. But to start, I'd suggest updating your system BIOS and your Intel Graphics driver, because all XPS 13 models to date that have a USB-C port support Thunderbolt 3 and therefore also support video output over Thunderbolt 3, so if you have a typical USB-C dock that actually relies on DisplayPort Alt Mode, i.e. the GPU output wired to a USB-C port, then it should be completely plug and play in terms of display output, since you don't need any drivers for that beyond the GPU drivers that would be installed anyway. If on the other hand you have a Lenovo "Hybrid" USB-C dock, then you'll need additional drivers for it because it handles video output in a completely different way. Those drivers can be obtained from Lenovo's site once you know what dock you have and therefore what Downloads page you're looking for -- and no, they don't restrict themselves to being installed on Lenovo systems.
Hopefully something of what I just wrote fixes your issue. But as a general bit of advice, when asking for technical assistance, it helps to provide basic technical information like the exact models of the equipment you're dealing with so that the people here who are willing to help have something to work with.
I'm now wondering if the fact that we're dealing specifically with an XPS 13 9350 means that the Lenovo dock might be affected by the same problem that led Dell to publish this article. As you can see, Dell found that the XPS 13 9350 wouldn't output video to Dell's own USB-C displays, even though the XPS 13 worked fine with other USB-C displays/docks and the displays work fine with other USB-C sources, and the XPS 13 even works fine with those displays when using a USB-C to DisplayPort cable, although you then lose USB and charging functionality. Dell never explained the underlying cause of that interoperability problem, and decided not to offer a fix because they considered the 9350 "end-of-life" when this was discovered, so their suggestion was that affected users simply spend more money to buy a dock -- never mind that those users might have bought a USB-C display specifically to avoid the need for a dock. But since the underlying cause was never explained, I wonder if whatever problem exists in that setup also exists between your system and that Lenovo dock.
If so, your only solution might be to get a different dock. For what it's worth, my wife previously had Dell's USB-C dock, the WD15, and that worked fine with both her XPS 13 and her work ThinkPad. I swapped over to the Lenovo dock when her work gave her one simply because she uses her ThinkPad with the dock more frequently and therefore being able to use the dock's Power button to control the laptop while the lid was closed was a nice perk. But based on this, I'll probably be setting up the WD15 again....
@Grayson_84 Just as an additional data point, I also have a ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock Gen 2, and I just confirmed that the XPS 13 9350 does work with that dock model. Just as another possible alternative. But that dock is more expensive than the USB-C Dock Gen 2, and your employer might not be interested in buying that to maintain compatibility with a non-work system. But the WD15 isn't all that expensive if you want to buy a dock that will cover both systems. There's also the newer WD19 that's closer to the USB-C Dock Gen 2 in terms of available ports, but I haven't personally tested the XPS 13 with that model. I would imagine it would work, since it certainly should, but the setup you already have "should" work too. So should the XPS 13 9350 and Dell USB-C displays. So I can't be sure about the WD19. Although if you search "XPS 13 9350 WD19" you might be able to find somebody talking about using that system with that dock successfully (or not).
11. Verify that the "GeForce GTX 1050" application icon is available in the Windows system tray in the bottom right of the Window. This application can be used to verify what software such as SolidWorks is using the ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 eGPU Dock. The icon will be gray if no programs are using the dock and colorful if programs are. Clicking the icon will give you further details. If the "GeForce GTX 1050" application icon isn't available assure the ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock eGPU is powered up and showing an orange or green light, connected to the Thunderbolt port on the the ThinkPad, and restart Windows.
If the driver listed is not the right version or operating system, search our driver archive for the correct version. Enter Lenovo ThinkPad USB 3.0 Dock into the search box above and then submit. In the results, choose the best match for your PC and operating system.
Once you have downloaded your new driver, you'll need to install it. In Windows, use a built-in utility called Device Manager, which allows you to see all of the devices recognized by your system, and the drivers associated with them.
The new DisplayLinkdriver for Ubuntu features an improved installer, that aims to perform theinstallation process in a single step if possible.
The installer should be started with administrativeprivileges: