Expansion base and dock stations

i love expansion base and my dock station xb3000, the speakers are great, is fantastic, i bought my last laptop because i could connect with, so i want to know if HP is going to do more expansion base,
two years ago i bought a souchsmart tx2 `1015, onlu because had expansion base
now my old presario is to slow, is getting to old...i need to buy i new one very soon, i would like one with expansion base,
so i want to know if HP is going to have expansion base in some new model of laptop notebook
my dock station is a great product
please do not stop to make a good product!

Unfortunately docking stations, like firewire ports and pcmcia slots, are disappearing from laptops other than the very highest end business models. So right now no consumer model has a traditional snap down docking station. The only models that do are the Elitebook, Probook, Zbook lines:
http://h30094.www3.hp.com/product/sku/10432932

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I have a pair of HP XB4 Notebook Media Docking Stations being used on two DV7s. I think they work quite well, unlike the current docking stations they use the expansion port 3 and you can power both the laptop and the docking stations from a single power supply. Speaker sound especially subwoofer is much better than the laptops (these are 2009 and 2010 model DV7s so they have the Altec Lansing speakers (as does the docking station) vs. the 2011 laptop Beats Audio.
I also like the way the docking station raises the laptop 6-8 inches above desk level.
Do make sure your system is using the expansion port 3 though since at least some of the 2011 systems no longer have the expansion port (the connection from the station to the laptop is via USB 2.0 hopefully at some time the new docking stations will be updated to use USB 3.0) along with the laptops.
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Problem with laptop and docking station

Hello.
We have two laptops with two docking station. Both laptops w/ docking have the same problem:
When the computer is turned off, and its still connected to the docking station, the fan in the computer start to run really fast. The fan goes on for a good while. This is making alot of noise, which can be annoying for the person using the office. When the computer is on, the fan runs at normal speed. If you disconnect the computer from the docking station, the fan stops immediately. Any ideas?
1. Product Name and Number
HP ProBook 6460b
Docking Station VB043AA
2. Operating System installed
Windows XP 32-bit
3. Error message
No error message.
4. Any changes made to your system before the issue occurred
No recent changes.
Thanks in advance.
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It is possible the notebook is not completing the shutdown in full when docked.
Make sure the BIOS is the most recent version.
Here is the most recent one to try should you need it.
Other than that, I am afraid I do not have much else for this. I did some research, but I didn't really find anything that was exactly like this. I found scenarios where the fan would run at full speed when docked, but this happened whether the notebook was booted or not. You can try your luck in the business support forums to see if they may have something that is a little more helpful.
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Docking Station T430, Graphic interfaces from notebook and docking station usable at once?

Dear community,
I have a Thinkpad T430 and I want to use two external monitors.
The Thinkpad T430 has just one mini Displayport and I do not want to use the VGA port.
So I thought about buying a docking station.
But there are several ones.
I just need an additional (Miini)Display or DVI port.
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which provides an addition Mini Display Port or an additional DVI port am I able to use the one from the docking station and the notebook's integrated mini display port?
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Helllo dmckenzies
thank you for your answer, I will try.
Kind regards
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T60p and dock station: can't do the dual monitors

hi gurus:
i have a t60p and a mini dock station. the docking station seems to be working fine execept the problems with dual-monitor function.
1) for some reasons, the laptop lcd always shows up as screen 2 instead of default screen 1
2) tried to monkey around the settings and got messages claimed that i don't have administrative rights to change... blah, blah (i am the sole person using this laptop and i am the administrator).
any idea?
any help will be greatly appreciated.
thanks
_dave

Hi Paul,
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode...
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Reboot, test again.
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Thankpad W530 and Docking Station - missing audio device???

I needed to set up a new Thinkpad Minii Dock Plus Series 3/USB with my W530.
First, there was a problem that the computer woldn't "seat" in the docking station. After calling Lenovo Tech support, and not getting anywhere, I individually pressed the "prongs" that stick up from the docking station. There was a loud "click" and several small thingies dropped down into the docking station. After that, the laptop fit right in the way it's supposed to.
I thought I was done, but I noticed an error message on my screen about a device driver error. The Lenovo Technician had me go to control panel > system > device manager..... right click on the machine name, and then click on "scan for hardware changes".
Device Manager didn't show any errors, but doing this generated an error box that said:
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This is the Windows update that will not install:
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Error details: Code 800F020B
Update type: Optional
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T450s and docking stations : don't understand differences and limitations

Hi,
As you may have seen in my previous posts, I leave my previous company and my good old X220. So I am really wondering if I upgrade or not to the new T450s, or if I search for a X220/X230/T420s/T430s refurbished.
One of my main concern, is the total display size when docked. I used to use quad FHD screens on my old X220, and I was thinking about increasing again the total display size by replacing 2 FHD screen by 1 4K monitor. However, it seems impossible to run 1 4K and 2 FHD simultaneously.
So my question is, Where can I find the differences and limitations of the docking stations available for the T450s regarding the display size ability ?
On the product sheet of the docking stations , Lenovo said "* Some of the video ports have exclusive use and are also dependent on the docked ThinkPad configuration".
Ok, but where can I have this information ?
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vipgraphx wrote:
My question is this, is it ok to use these with the iphones?? I have been told to always let your battery charge all the way down between uses. Using this docking station would interrupt charge cycles.
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Was told by a Genius at the Apple Store that the nano (gen 3) isn't compatible with all docking stations. Am wondering what others would recommend as good audio docking stations or docking options that will allow me to use the nano with our exsiting stereo system or television.

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I have been exploring this and a receiver I just bought came with a cable to do what you ask. The cable has a 3 mm (1/8") phone plug on one end of the cable just like the ear phone plug that comes with your Nano. On the other end of the cable it has three "RCA" plugs to go into your existing stereo system or television. These plugs are one each: yellow, white and red.
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No additional software is needed for docking a T43, presuming the original IBM pre-load is still in place.
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Hi there,
I have a laptop in a docking station. Two displays are connected using the docking station's DisplayPorts. Instead of showing me two separate displays like I'd have expected, xrandr seems to "see" only one large screen.
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