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Hi community

 

I was given the USB-C/A HP "universal" dock G2 by my company to use with my work HP Zbook, and it works brilliantly for my working needs, which is that I plug in a single usb-c cable into my ZBook and I get:

- power

- output to an external screen

- ethernet

- USB ports

 

I decided to treat myself to a new gaming laptop and bought an ASUS TUF F15 laptop. I accepted that I'd need to plug in power separately, but I couldn't get the external screen to work at all through the dock (updated all drivers etc etc) so I returned it.

 

I emailed HP Support asking if the "universal" dock works with the HP Omen gaming laptop range, and the reply was hilariously unhelpful - "The docks that we provide are only tested to be compatible with our business range of products such as the ZBooks, EliteBooks etc."

I'm considering throwing £1k+ at HP and they won't even try plugging a HP Omen into their "universal" dock! 

 

So, I come cap in hand to the forums - does anyone have an Omen and the dock, and does it work with an external monitor?

 

Thanks!

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@kirbatious wrote:

... Obviously, I think I'll just have to order one and see if it works. I can always return it, and then I can answer my own forum question!


@kirbatious 

 

I do not have an HP USB-C/A universal dock G2, but I have a sister of it which is an HP USB-C Gen 5 dock and definitely the USB-C Gen 5 dock is NOT compatible with my HP Omen 15" machine with 200W charger

 

The dock can only charge my Omen when it sleeps, idle or overnight. I can connect monitors, LAN, external keyboard and mouse, ....

 

The USB-C Gen 5 dock works perfectly with my HP Elitebook 840 G5, HP Envy 15-ee0047nr, Dell Inspiron 13 7000 but not my HP Omen.

 

Regards.

BH
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@kirbatious 

 

No, the dock does not support the Omen. Please use page 38 of the following document to check a full list

 

            https://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/getpdf.aspx/c04168358

 

Regards.

BH
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Hi Banhien, thanks for replying, but your answer is basically the same as from customer support - I should have said in the description that I know there's a list of "definitely compatible HP business laptops", but that wasn't my question.

 

It's advertised as a ~universal~ dock, and the ethernet and USB port functionality worked fine with a random ASUS laptop, so to repeat myself, my question was "Has anyone actually tried using one of these docks with a HP Omen and an external monitor, and did it work?"

 

Obviously, I think I'll just have to order one and see if it works. I can always return it, and then I can answer my own forum question!

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@kirbatious wrote:

... Obviously, I think I'll just have to order one and see if it works. I can always return it, and then I can answer my own forum question!


@kirbatious 

 

I do not have an HP USB-C/A universal dock G2, but I have a sister of it which is an HP USB-C Gen 5 dock and definitely the USB-C Gen 5 dock is NOT compatible with my HP Omen 15" machine with 200W charger

 

The dock can only charge my Omen when it sleeps, idle or overnight. I can connect monitors, LAN, external keyboard and mouse, ....

 

The USB-C Gen 5 dock works perfectly with my HP Elitebook 840 G5, HP Envy 15-ee0047nr, Dell Inspiron 13 7000 but not my HP Omen.

 

Regards.

BH
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Hey again Banhien

 

Thanks for the additional reply, which did indeed answer my question ("does the dock support a second monitor for Omen laptops?"), buried though it was in too much waffle, sorry for that.

 

As mentioned, I ordered an Omen and it does indeed work fine with the dock, I am very happy with my purchase! 

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