Mini Dock Plus Series 3 with USB 3.0 - 170W causing uab/wireless keyboard issues

W530 here, win 7 64 bit, 32g ram. When plugged into the Mini Dock Plus Series 3 with USB 3.0 - 170W, all external keyboards (wired/wireless) don't work. Keyboards appear to be properly recognized devices and drivers are installed, but I can't type using these keyboards and am limited to the laptop's keyboard. Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jan C.

Hi, Jan C.,
I did some research and found this thread by a user named Sssith, who was experiencing a similar issue with using a keyboard with a docking station. His issue stemmed from the USB hub drivers not being correctly installed. I would recommend updating these drivers and your BIOS just to make sure. The USB drivers can be found here, and the BIOS here. If neither of these work, then you could try Sssith's method of removing the drivers and letting Windows install the generic ones.
Hope it helps,
Adam
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Greetings!
I am most probably not the first one who is interested, but I failed to find the same topic in the forum.
I have Lenovo T420s plugged into ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3 with USB 3.0 90W. The problem I have USB 3.0 port on the dock (blue one) works as USB 2.0. The laptop port works fine. I am checking it by plugging Seagate mobile HDD - when the HDD is plugged into the blue port on the dock station Windows (7, 64-bit) complains 'Device can perform faster', using laptop's port doesnt trigger the message.
USB 3.0 driver is installed.
BIOS version is 1.37.
Intel Chipset drivers are updated.
Device manager shows the connection as a chain of two 'Generic USB Hub's, if HDD is connected to the laptop's port its chain of 'Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 blah-blah'.
Please help! If this combination is just not supported, please point to the relevant link.
Thank you!
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Excellent, thank you!

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Until this morning, I was able to use it with my two external monitors connected via DVI to the Mini Dock.
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Again, both monitors were working fine as of yesterday.
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I have the same problem with the minidock and display port monitors. It will not recognize them at all on power up. If I then put the w520 to sleep and wake it up a few times, it will then recognize them and allow me to use them as "projectors".
Before I upgraded the BIOS and nVidia drivers, it would always recognize one of the two, and I used to have to pull the cable out and in again on the second. Now this technique doesnt work - sleep wake is the only work around.

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Bit of a multi display novice, with a question:
What is the maximum number of external displays that can be utilized with the ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3 - 170W. As I understand it, you can baseline connect three external displays without adapters, so with the laptop that is three monitors (1+3).
Then say you start getting creative and start using adapters, can you go up to five or six external displays? Are there performance issues? Does the computer have trouble recognizing displays, etc.? Would it benefit from a screen management program like UltraMon?
This is for simple excel jockeying, and business productivity, (for instance I would want to have a display for each instance of Excel 1, Excel 2, Excel 3, Word, Outlook, PDF), and would use the NVidia Optimus Card for the displays.
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Depending on which ThinkPad you got, you can get 3 screens up and working (the W530 i tested could drive 4 external + 1 internal without using things like DP splitter or USB display adapter).
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I'm interested in the new T520.
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I think the difference would be in the power adapter plug type, but each should be compatible with your machine.
The series 3 plus dock came in 3 flavours in general:
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3. 170 w adapter type (for the W520 and compatible with the 135 watt and 90 watt adapter type machines).
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Advanced Mini Dock Plus - Design Issues

I have purchased the Thinkpad Advanced Mini Dock Plus for my T410 but have a couple of concerns that I wonder if people have experience with:
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Hi warder!
The T410 uses Series 3 docks. Per the tabook, any of these are compatible:
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ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3 (Mobile WS) 433820U
The ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus for Mobile Workstations Series 3 433820U is compatible with the T410 but optimized for the W510.
The Advanced Mini Dock 250410U is the T400 dock, and not compatible with the T410.
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New X220 support dual external monitors with mini dock plus?

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I need to purchase a new Lenovo laptop in urgent.
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Hi
Yes, it work.
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Hey Baramburum,
I could not find any drivers for your docking station, what I can suggest is that you update your audio drives from the link below and you update your BIOS. If you do the update please remove the old drivers first completely and then install the new ones.
Audio driver: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS014918
BIOS: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS014992
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Hi, I just returned from the Apple Store in Larkspur CA and paired my wireless mouse with one of their computers, but it's won't pair with mine at home. Bluetooth is on and it recognizes the wireless keyboard, see's the wireless mouse but won't pair.

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Mini Dock Series 3 with USB 3.0 vs. ... with USB 3.0 - 90 W vs. ... with USB 3.0 (170W)

I am running a
Lenovo T530, Quad-Core
Intel i5-3320M CPU @ 2.6 GHz
8 GB RAM
Windows 8, 64-bit
I am using a 90W 20V power adaptor.
I want to see the difference between mainly the Mini Dock Series 3 with USB 3.0 Dock and the Mini Dock Series 3 with USB 3.0 Dock - 90 W. From looking over the descriptions, they seem to be the same product, yet the latter is $20 more expensive. Could someone explain why that is or if a difference exists?
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Your Intel i5 is a dual core CPU, not a quad core CPU (in case you didn't already know).
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Would the always on feature on the usb port of my t420s still work (always on) through a thinkpad mini dock?
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the Always on Port is the yellow port on the laptop itself, the dock doesn't have these 'always on usb ports'.
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T510 Cannot wake up after sleep when in mini dock plus 3

I have just got a mini dock puls 3 for my T510 running w7x64. When I leave the PC for some time it enters sleep mode as it should, but I cannot get the PC to wake up again. There seem to be absolute no response to any inputs from my external or build-in key board or mouse. The only way to start the PC again is to press and hold the power button until the PC reboots with the effect that I loose all open items on my dekstop.
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hey kappelgaard,
welcome to the forums.
i'm guessing that your unit will wake from sleep if it is not connected to the docking station ?
could you head over to http://support.lenovo.com and crosscheck that your unit has everything up to date, especially the BIOS.
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Mini Dock Plus Series 3 with USB 3.0 - 170W causing uab/wireless keyboard issues

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