X201 with usb 3.0 dock

Hey guys,
I have an x201 and am trying to use the lenovo usb 3.0 dock with it. Everything works bar the displaylink display. is there something i need to do to get an extended desktop displaying through the dock? I know i can use vga.... howeverthe office is set up to work with the x1 carbon i have in for repair, the x201 is my back up.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated
DT

not on the X201, it would be available on the next X2xx update when intel integrate usb 3.0 feature in their chipset. Right now the only laptop to have usb 3.0 is the W510, which uses a separate controller to enable that feature. 
Regards,
Jin Li
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I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

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