Dynadock U3.0 - Spins up hard-drive after laptop put to sleep

Hi,
I have a Dynadock U3.0 and love it apart from a few small bugs.
1) After I put my laptop to sleep, the Dynadock USB light switches off and I hear my hard-drives spin down.
However, about 5 seconds later - only the USB 3.0 hard-drive spins back up.
I tried plugging the hard-drive directly into the laptop's USB 3.0 port and it spin-downs fine.
So, appears to be a problem in the Dynadock
2) Sometimes when I plug in a USB hard-drive, the Dynadock "disconects and then reconects".
Issue 2 is no major, but issue 1 is really annoying when I'm trying to sleep. I have to physically pull the power on the hard-drive.
I have updated my USB 3.0 drivers to the latest, and also the Dynadock to latest firmware from the Displaylink site.

so, did a few more tests.
If USB 3.0 hard-drive plugged directly into laptop USB 3.0 port - it works fine
If USB 3.0 hard-drive plugged into Dynadock USB 2.0 port - it works fine
If USB 3.0 hard-drive plugged into Dynadock USB 3.0 port - no good - spins up 5-10seconds after spin-down.
So, currently making do having the drive plugged into the USB 2.0 port on the Dynadock.
If the issue isn't fixed, then I will buy a USB 3.0 hub and plug this into laptop. Then plug hard-drive and Dynadock into this so the hard-drive doesn't go through the Dynadock.

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