![]() If you are planning on using this at your desk most times, no worries there as your monitor obviously stays plugged in. If this is a setup you’d like to use on the go, you are 100% going to need a battery pack in your bag at all times to get some juice to the display. I did test my simple USB Type C Samsung dock and verified that I could run the DisplayLink connection from the USB Type A port there while also having a spot for power to pass through to my tablet, but that doesn’t really fix the monitor power issue. For a fully-mobile setup, you’ll also need external power for the monitor since DisplayLink doesn’t carry power along the connection like we see with the single cable USB Type C setup. For desktop monitors, this works OK, but you still need more adapters to charge your Chromebook at the same time since the Duet only has one USB Type C port. You’ll still need the USB A to C adapter to get the right output from the Duet, but after that point you’ll have a clean HDMI port to hook into. With a better adapter (like the ones we’ll link below), you could clean this up quite a bit. Chrome OS has these drivers built in, so DisplayLink works just fine on any Chromebook you have lying around at this point. For those unfamiliar, DisplayLink can create display outputs over standard USB 3.0 ports and requires some special drivers to do so on Windows and MacOS systems. However, with the arrival of USB Type C on most Chromebooks in the past few years, the need for DisplayLink has nearly vanished. Chromebooks began supporting DisplayLink back in 2016, so this isn’t anything new. However, a comment in the bug thread for this issue prompted me to rethink my methods and dig up an older display output tech that I’d not considered in years: DisplayLink. To be honest, I’d all but given up on the idea of extending the Duet’s display in any workable fashion. Though hearing of these anecdotes, try as I might, I could not get a workable resolution output to any extended display with the handful of USB-C adapters around our office. Not too long ago we began hearing about users having some luck with different display adapters and being able to extend the Lenovo Duet’s display out to multi-monitor setups of up to two additional screens. Verified: how to get a proper extended display with the Duet I won’t go any further into a rant here as I’ve done that quite a bit, but I’m still a bit baffled why this little Chrome OS tablet didn’t get the simple extended display treatment other far-less-prominent Chromebooks have had for years. In fact, it behaves unlike just about any other device we’ve ever seen with a USB-C port on board. There’s one issue that’s been a bit of a thorn in many sides, however, and that is the fact that this Chromebook doesn’t behave like others when hooked into a USB-C docking station. Add to that mix the fact that we’re starting to see pretty deep discounts on this package for the shopping season and picking up a Duet has never been more attractive. ![]() After all, getting a great tablet, kickstand cover and keyboard/trackpad combo in the box for $299 is pretty amazing and makes for a great overall Chromebook experience. Storage Controller Microsoft Storage Spaces Controllerĭisk Drive SAMSUNG SSD CM871 M.Since the Lenovo Chromebook Duet arrived on the scene back in January 2020 at CES, most users have been a bit enamored by the diminutive tablet with the bright, beautiful display and very low starting price. Storage Controller Intel Chipset SATA RAID Controller Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M (3 GB)Īudio Adapter Creative CA0132 Intel Sunrise Point PCH - High Definition Audio ControllerĪudio Adapter Intel Skylake HDMI Intel Sunrise Point PCH - High Definition Audio Controller Video Adapter Intel® HD Graphics 530 (1 GB) System Memory 8056 MB (DDR4-2133 DDR4 SDRAM) Motherboard Chipset Intel Sunrise Point HM170, Intel Skylake-H Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 HomeĬPU Type QuadCore Intel Core i7-6700HQ, 3500 MHz (35 x 100) Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home 3.187 I hope it would help to determine where the roots of the issues are. ![]() Is this a driver issue?īelow is my system information. When there are dynamic contents on the monitors connected to the docking station, the usage of CPU would surge, as if the video output is rendered with software instead of hardware. In the meantime, the fans of my laptop would start to go crazy for about 2 seconds then everything would go back to normal. ![]() I wish there would be solutions to them.Īfter the docking station is plugged in, my Alienware 17 R3 would suddenly freeze for about 5 seconds. I recently ran into some other issues which are not fatal but annoying. ![]()
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