HP Pavilion 15-cs3000 Docking Station

[dmilrtime]

Hello All,

I have been trying to get my laptop setup with a docking station for dual displays.  I thought the USB C 3.1 port would be fine to simply order a USB Docking station.  I guess I was wrong...

I ordered this Docking Station: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Z53139N/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

But when I connect the displays to the HDMI ports on the Dock and then connect the dock to my laptop the displays are not detected.  

I have seen other folks ask similar questions and I have seen the link to the Plugable Docking Station.  Before I send back the one I already have I just want to make sure 2 things:

1) Can I get the one I already have to work?

2) Will the Plugable Docking Station truly work with the HP Pavilion?

I have to say I am a little disappointed at how difficult it has been to find a docking solution.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Also, I will update this thread with my solution.

Thanks,

Dave

[banhien]

@dmilrtime 

Nearly all HP Pavilion notebooks don't have docking port therefore you can't get a docking station for your machine or for HP Pavilions.The specs of your machine is

    https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06474274

which shows it has

• 1 USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C™ (Data Transfer Only, 5 Gb/s signaling rate);
• 2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A (Data Transfer Only);
• 1 AC smart pin;
• 1 HDMI 1.4b;
• 1 headphone/microphone combo;
• 1 RJ-45

As you can see, its USB-C port does NOT support video out. At this stage, a docking station using USB-A ports still is a good choice. If you wish to have 2 or more external monitors, please enter your requirement on the following link and it will find for you few options on market today including some HP products:

    https://www.displaylink.com/products/universal-docking-stations

or try following HP docks

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

Regards

[dmilrtime]

Thanks for the quick response.  

I did notice the caveat about data only for the USB C port AFTER I ordered a Docking Station and it didn't work.  

So if I understand correctly, if I install the DisplayLink drivers and purchase this station:

https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-usb-c-a-universal-dock-g2

I should have a good docking solution and also have dual monitors?

Thanks,
Dave

[banhien]

@dmilrtime 

Please check the compatible list, your machine is NOT on that list (you can see dull list when click Specs tab).

Regards.        

[dmilrtime]

Hello Banhien,

Thanks again for the response.

You are right I did see that my machine was not listed on the compatibility list.  However, I thought that since this was a Docking Station that was based on DisplayLink and if I install the Drivers then it should work?  

This is where I get confused because I thought that DisplayLink was supposed to address the issue with machines like mine?

Thanks,

Dave

[dmilrtime · Accepted solution]

Hello All,

OK after a bit of research I found a solution.

I installed the Displaylink drivers then I purchased the following Dock:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CRSH25X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Once I did this the system worked great.  I now have a dual monitor setup:

Thanks for all your help & tips on how to fix this issue.