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My laptop is a G10 Notebook PC HP 470 17-inch. It only has one HDMI and one USB port.

I need to  work with three screens. Therefore, I have two additional Lenovo monitors, each with two HDMI 1.4 ports, one VGA port, and one 3.5mm audio-out port.
The idea is to be able to view three different open apps simultaneously.
To this end, yesterday I bought an HP Docking Station HP USB-C/A G HSN – IX02. It also only has one HDMI port, along with one USB port and two smaller ports that I can't identify. (See photo.)
How can I solve this?
-With an HDMI splitter from the only HDMI connection on my laptop?

-With a USB to VGAadaptor from een USB port on my laptop to a VGA port on one of the Lenovo's ? 
-Or connect the Lenovo 1 to the Lenovo 2 in series using an additional HDMI cable?

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For the info about that PC - https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_7752053-7752108-16

There is no picture posted but in looking at picture of the dock from another source, , there are two DisplayPort outputs.  Those would work but would require adapters for the HDMI to the monitors.

It states various options but I do not think any of the options will control what you have requested

It states there is 1 HDMI port - using a HDMI splitter will only give a duplicate image of the original image, so no help there.

For the SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1.0 Type-C port; 5 Gbps signaling rate (data transfer only; charging or external monitors not supported) - which means it will not support the dock. So no help there.  That might be why the dock does not work, also.

For the (2) SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1.0 Type-A ports; 5 Gbps signaling rate - there is a USB to HDMI adapter that will/may help - need one for each additional display

https://www.amazon.com/WAVLINK-Universal-Graphics-2048x1152-Displaylink/dp/B08HN2X88P/ref=asc_df_B08...

 

The drawback for those is there are only two USB type A 3.2 ports on the HP 470 17 inch G10 Notebook PC.  If there is a need for additional USB ports, then a powered hub to give more ports is an option.  Kind of a "make your own dock" solution.

I would be interested in the outcome of this situation.  If the present laptop is a new purchase, it might be better to exchange it for a laptop that can support a HP dock.  There are several that can.


I'm not an HP employee.
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