External monitors with Laptop and docking station

[bangy92]

Hello,

I have issues connecting external monitors to my Laptop.

My laptop : HP 255 G8

I have this docking station :

And I want to connect two monitors (one with hdmi and the other with the vga).

I have not the needed VGA cable yet but I tried to connect the first monitor with the hdmi but it didn't worked.

If i plug the hdmi directly on to the laptop it works, but if i connect to the docking station it doesn't work.

The monitors are : BenQ GW2480T

Is the docking station not compatible with the laptop or the monitors ? Does it requires a better docking station that this travel one ?

Thank you in advance 🙂

Yann

[banhien]

@bangy92 

Its specs

           https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06955650#AbT8

Which clearly shows: it has 1 USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 1 (data transfer only) port which does NOT support Alt mode. You can NOT connect it to an external monitor with/without s dock.

If you wish to use 2 external monitors, you can use

• M1: using HDMI port,
• M2: Using a DisplayLink Certified USB-A adapter from USB-A to HDMI (or DVI ...).

You can also use other options

                   True Universal Docking Stations

Regards.

[bangy92]

Hello @Banhien

thank you very much for the quick answer!

I can use a usb-a from the laptop to connect a compatible docking station ?

I found this one, seems to be what I need, is it true ?

https://i-tec.pro/en/produkt/u3hdmidvidock-2/

I can connect one with HDMI and the other with a DVI-HDMI cable ?

Thank you