Lenovo ThinkPad UltraDock 40A90090US Packaged Review

Works great on my 5th Gen X1 Carbon on Arch Linux. No additional drivers required. The only slight disappointment is that this dock only supports a maximum of two 60Hz, 1920 x 1080 resolution monitors, which isn't entirely clear unless you do a little digging. If you want more, you can use just one monitor. The dock simply rejects any configuration with more pixels. However, this is not so important; I just connect my external 1440p monitor to HDMI on the laptop. Having two cables attached is…

I bought this dock for my office which has 2 monitors of 1920x1080 and the dock worked great. What I like is that I can put my X1 Carbon on a vertical stand for better airflow. I then tried using the dock on two ultra-wide (2560 x 1080) monitors. The dock only set the resolution for 1 of the 2 to a full 2560 x 1080 while the other had a max resolution of 1920 x 1080. Note that this is a limitation of this dock. I reluctantly bought a ThinkPad Pro Dock (40AH0135US) to support these ultrawide…

I read reviews that USB-C does not charge. I have the same problem. But after a few minutes of research I got a docking station that charged my ThinkPad T580 properly. The solution that worked for me is to download and install Lenovo Vantage. Then select Hardware settings -> Performance and scroll down to Battery threshold. Make some wise decisions and start fresh. You may need to do a Windows update and a Lenovo update. Lenovo update is easy. In Vantage, select System update. There have…

I just got a T480s which is needed to replace my old OneLink+ dock. It felt right. After I ordered it, I found that it was only USB-C and not Thunderbolt 3. Plug everything works fine on Debian Sid Linux (Kernel 4.15.0). All ports appear to be lit and doing the right thing, including the network interface. The only catch is that I can't run my 3840 x 2160 (4k/hidpi) monitor at 60Hz over DisplayPort on the dock. Looking into the details elsewhere on the web, I see that others are facing a…

I bought this USB Type-C docking station about a month ago and it works great. No problem. Installation went smoothly, just plug it in and Windows 10 Enterprise does the rest. After installing Windows Dock and detecting monitors. All you have to do from now on is arrange the monitors in the desired order in the Windows display settings. My configuration: DELL Latitude 5480.4 Monitors: 2 HP LA 2205wg (Displayport), 2 Dell E2213Hb (DVI>>J5create [JUA350] DVI>>USB3.0). In this way, the