Review on 🔌 Versatile Plugable USB 3.0 and USB-C Laptop Docking Station: Dual Video HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet, Audio, 6 USB Ports for Windows and Mac by Balthazar Cooper

My external monitor was causing my Asus laptop to crash daily with a blue screen error. Investigation has determined that the error code is due to the monitor not responding before the timeout. Software changes (driver updates, etc.) didn't solve the problem, so I decided to investigate the dock and settled on this plug-in product. It has USB 2.0, USB 3.0 and USB 3 ports, as well as HDMI ports. I connected it to a USB 3.0 port on my laptop and connected an external monitor via the HDMI port on the docking station. Laptop crashes disappeared immediately. So this product solved my problem and I am very happy with it. Please note that this is not the same docking station that you saw in offices a few years ago, with a special connector at the base of the PC and a kind of cradle in which a PC sits. This is a more functional device, a small vertical case, smaller than a paperback, with different types of connectors on the front and back thin sides (spine and long side edges to continue the book). Analogy). An important difference from older cradle docks is that this device cannot power a laptop or charge a laptop battery. Also, it's not powered by a laptop, so it needs to be plugged in separately. In addition to the external monitor, I connected an external webcam, a headset and a scanner to this docking station. Everything works great and they worked the same as if I plugged them directly into the PC. Overall, this dock works as advertised, is easy to install, and has proven reliable over the months since purchase.