T400 and Advanced Dock

Hi all,
I know I'm dredging up old technology here, but figure if anybody is going to have advice it will be the folks on this board.  I currenlty use a T400 with the Advance Mini-Dock.  I run both a VGA and a DVI monitor off of it, SPDIF, and have every USB port full (including to an external hub).  I really miss not having either eSATA or USB 3.0 for higher-speed connection to external drives.  My work is phasing out T61s in another office and have a few Advance Docks.  I have used them with my older T61p, but started thinking about my T400 at home, but before I have one shipped to me I thought I would ask. 
Has anybody tried to put either a USB 3.0 or an eSATA PCIe card in one of the Advance Docks and use it with a T400 on Windows 7 x64?  Any advice if I try it out?
Thanks,
Lawrence
T61p, T400
formerly x23, x40

Hi,
hi lead_org,
So for this advanced mini-dock:
advanced mini dock EU
is it POSITIVE that the DVI output works for ThinkPad T400 with only integrated graphics? And not with switchable graphics?
Were you guys referring to a different dock? And that a DVI/HDMI adapter cable works for connection to a 1080 wide HDTV LCD?
Is this the solution () to handle the T400 design handicap of lacking a digital video connector in the presence of digital outputs on the graphic card? And not another usb-to-dvi trick?
Thanks.
PS:
T410 seems better, it:
- has audio jacks on the right; bun one can turn one's T400 90 degrees on a side, and have the jacks to the left.
- has the yellow power USB port, although T400 BIOS can enable USB ports to provide power when in standby.
I wonder whether T410 has the mechanically removable CD/DVD optical drive too.
there is no but files... no error just File Not Found

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