Dell 452 BCYT D6000 Universal Black

My Old Man B. Campbell Talk Good dock for use with Thunderbolt 3... just be aware of a couple of quirks.

My friend and I use these docks with our Dell Latitude 7480 ultrabooks, both of which are Thunderbolt 3 equipped and capable of passing display info, USB and charging over the same USB C cable. After installing the DisplayPort driver on both laptops per the enclosed instructions and rebooting the PC, everything was plug and play, with a couple of quirks, which I'll outline below:

First, the docking station does not have an on-off switch, which means you need to connect it AFTER the computer has been turned on. While you can restart with the dock attached, you need to follow this "reconnect" procedure any other time the computer has been shut down, as not doing so can result in some of your devices not being recognized by the dock.

Second, there are some scenarios where Windows 10's ability to support multiple monitors with different font scaling and resolutions can be a bit buggy when using this dock. While my setup, which has a 1080p display on the laptop and two 1080p external monitors plugged into the dock worked as expected (being able to set font scaling separately for the laptop and my external displays separately without a problem), my friend's laptop, also has a 1080p display, but a U3415W as the external monitor, was a bit more quirky.

When we plugged the dock into his computer for the first time, his external monitor displayed 1080p as well, which is well below the native resolution of the monitor (3440x1440). To get everything to work correctly, we set the resolution and font scaling for the external display in Windows, then disconnected the laptop from the dock, and reset font scaling for the laptop's smaller display. From that point forward, the two displays worked as expected when used separately, but when the laptop is plugged into the dock with it's display open, it still tries to match the scaling of the larger display. While this was not a deal-breaker in my friend's scenario, be aware this could happen with your setup as well, particularly if you're trying to mix and match resolutions between the display on the laptop and any external displays.

Overall I'm very happy with these docks and would recommend these (or the Plugable USB-C Triple Display Docking Station with Charging Support/Power Delivery for Specific Windows and Mac USB Type-C and Thunderbolt 3 Systems) to anyone looking for a good Thunderbolt 3 dock.

My Old Fellow TiHoP Talk Promising, but NOT for power users..

When you use the D6000 universal dock to connect your computer to a series of displays, you need to keep in mind that the chip that runs the displays for the docking station is the DisplayLink chip. Unfortunately this chip is solely tied back into the CPU of the computer, so it always and ONLY looks for the iGPU on your chipset.

What does that all mean? Well if you're trying to use the laptop for some relatively power use such as CAD, editing, etc., you're primarily and actually only going to get firepower from your CPU's graphics power, not your laptop's own discrete graphics card. Most ultrabooks don't have a separate GPU but when you get to mid-tier to high-tier systems, you're essentially SOL.

My friend Robert said Totally worth the cost. I'm running two 1440p displays off of the dual displayport at native resolution..

This thing is amazing. I work at home from time to time, and I managed to get a branded doc for my laptop. My mother in law visits frequent from cross country and she just got a new laptop to travel with her so she can work remotely. Rather than work off the laptop I figured I'd try a universal doc.

It has two Display ports and one HDMI and can drive all three monitors over usb-3 or usb-C. The monitors I'm running on it now are a pair of Dell Ultrasharp U2715H monitors at 2560x1440. Not sure on the frequency. The spec says it can drive one more monitor over HDMI. It also has ethernet, audio, and usb ports to attach a handful of peripherals. I'm using this for what I would deem casual web browsing on the personal side, and office productivity on the work side, no gaming or heavy video for me.

I bought two other brands of universal docs, and they couldn't match the display resolution this one does. I't is very small and unassuming. The attachment to your laptop has a native usb-c connector, and attached to it is a USB-3, no hunting around for the right cable to connect it up.

If you want to drive 2 high resolution office productivity monitors from one usbc/usb3 connection this is the way to go, just make sure to get quality video cables for it to work optimally. Cheap cables can flak out on you causing more trouble than it's worth (I speak from experience).

My Fellow Makrel Johnson tell us Works great with my Dell XPS 9560 (Win 10 Pro) and my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015).

Works great with my Dell XPS 9560 (Win 10 Pro) and my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015).

I installed the DisplayLink drivers and the Dell recommended drivers and have enjoyed it ever since. In fact, I jut bought my second one to use on site for my contract jobs.

It *DOES* charge the 9560 but you'll get the BIOS power adapter warning, but you can turn it off (as well as set the AC power to primary use to prolong your 9560 battery life). As for the MacBook, I downloaded the DisplayLink driver and used the USB-3 adapter on the plug (I have the USB-C models) and the built-in display and both Dell monitors look fantastic. It's great only having 1 plug (or 2 if you need the AC for intensive use) to grab-n-go.

I have occasionally experienced mouse hesitation but it's only evident without the regular AC adapter plugged in. I also used the Alpha DisplayLink Drivers for my Dell and that helped.

The sound is good, I can use Gigabit Ethernet on my laptop and have extra ports and much neater cables. I'm glad got it and I'm sure it'll work for other laptops later.

I got a sweet deal using a site that rhymes with Hamill x3. Check the Warehouse Deals too, that's where this one came from.

UPDATE July 2018
After living with it for a while, I need to dock some stars...
It can't handle 4k very well. If you text edit or browse using _only the dock for power_ you will literally hear it screech from pain while trying to keep up and render content. YouTube will lose sync in full screen making it look like an old dubbed kung-fu movie. If you use CorelDRAW! or the like, it will crash frequently because the dock's video chip can't handle it. Using the laptop's HDMI out solves these issues, but that's not a lot of help with a dual-4k setup.

If you need graphical performance while driving a pair of 4k monitors, I'd have to steer towards using an eGPU chassis and a Quadro or GTX 1070 with a Thunderbolt 3 out to reconnect LAN, Sound, etc.

My Old Fellow Grib tell us 3 monitors doesn't work well in practice.

I'll start by saying I'm an IT Professional that troubleshoots end user issues with all sorts of hardware for a living, for years now. This is not an end user issue.

The product works well, but not if you want to drive 3 monitors from your workstation / laptop in a business environment where you'll be moving the laptop to meetings or home for the night and/or you have good habits / are required to lock your PC and timeout displays.

I will be returning this product and getting another D3100 and a second power adapter instead (as the 3100 doesn't chargeback).

TLDR:

I recently bought a MacBook Pro 15 and got a Dell D3100 dock to go with it ($120 or so, on Amazon). It worked amazingly well with one issue - no chargeback as that one is USB3.0. Getting tired of hauling my charger out of my bag... I got my boss to spring for this model that does 3 monitors as well and has chargeback.

I connected this device via the USB-C connector on the 'convertible' cable they provided.

First problem I ran into was right away, it wouldn't recognize all 3 monitors. I had the most updated driver already (same for my 3100) but I reinstalled it anyway because why not. It did drive 2 monitors plus my laptop screen like a champ, but the 3rd one didn't recognize at all. If I unplugged one of the DisplayPort connectors, the HDMI lit up and was fine - but as soon as I replugged the DP, HDMI went blank. After a decent bit of research and findings on the displaylink forums, I updated the firmware on the device and got pleasing results. All the monitors now work.

The second (and ultimately the last straw) issue wasn't apparent immediately. The device drove all the monitors and had chargeback just like I wanted, didn't overheat or anything and seemed pretty solid.

Then I went to a meeting with my laptop, and when I brought it back and plugged the dock in (with windows at lock screen) it didn't recognize my keyboard... but it got all my monitors and my mouse, so I figured it was a fluke. I unplugged the keyboard and reseated it, and was good to go. Never had this issue with ~6 weeks use of the 3100. This happened several more times over the next few days.

Then I went to lunch and left the laptop locked. My org power settings shut monitors off after 10 minutes on the lock screen - never been an issue, never was on the 3100.. but when I woke the laptop up, the screens went all flickery and the audio tweaked on all 3 monitors as they individually re-recognized and the display re-extended to them in sequence. Probably about a 20 second process before windows was responsive enough to log me in... this is huge already and happened literally every time I had to wake my displays.. but THEN, the 3rd monitor from my first issue would randomly be sitting at 800x600 and greyed out to change to the 1080 setting it was supposed to be at - necessitating me to unplug the dock altogether, wait for it to finish uninstalling the 9 things attached to it, then re-plug it and wait another 20 for it all to get straight again before I could work. Killing my network connection and suspending sessions with my PSA and other DB tools with improper dismount.

I've only had the thing for 4 days now and I think in that time I've spent more time futzing with it than I did in more than 6 weeks of having to plug in my power adapter alongside the 3100.. and I had zero issues with undocking / hot-docking / locking / waking with the 3100 at all, it worked right out of the box and I only had to buy a usb-c to usb3.0 cable to supplement it.

I did some research on that and it led me to a few settings that are obscure and I tried them to no avail. I attempted another firmware flash from a different PC and again a driver reinstall - same results when waking from locked/display off state.

My Old Man Pann said Univeral Dock actually does seem to be universal.

This dock really does seem to be universal. So far, I've connected a Galaxy Book 12, a Dell XPS 13 9370, an Intel NUC6CAYH, and a Galaxy S9. All worked out of the box without needing drivers. (I did later download the drivers, 'cause I'm obsessive like that... and also, why wouldn't you?).

Currently connected to a Dell U2414H via DisplayPort, and a 28" Dell via HDMI. There's a free DisplayPort connection that I'm not even using. I'm not busy or important enough for three monitors, I guess. I have a wireless keyboard and mouse connected via one of the USBP type A ports, and those work with no issues. I didn't bother with the ethernet connection, as the wireless adapters on the devices above are all hella fast.

If I had a complaint, it's that the USB 3.0/USB-c wire that connects to your PC, laptop, whatever, is not replaceable (at least, you can't unplug it from the dock itself). If that wire goes, you're hosed unless you are very handy with wiring. The end of the power cord that plugs into the dock lights up bright blue when the device has power. I'm not sure that's necessary or helpful.

My Old Man John Doe experience Has its issues, but great when its working..

I've had an intermittent issue with this for the last 6 months. I bought it in October of 2018, and use it nearly daily. It sits atop my desk, and I have 2 monitors plugged into it. and when I work from home, I plug my laptop into it via the USB-C port and charge my laptop through it.

As far as the issue, it will occasionally lose power, or reset, and all the USB devices, and monitors attached to it will disconnect, then reconnect after a second or two. There are also times where I am on my laptop, and then the mouse or keyboard will suddenly disconnect, then reconnect. It started a few months after the purchase, but it would only happen once a day or so, not enough to really complain, just enough to be slightly bothersome. It's been happening more frequently lately though, pretty consistently a few times a day now, and sometimes 2 or 3 times in a minute, then it will be fine for a short while. I'm assuming that it has to do with overheating, since when it starts doing it frequently, if I unplug and leave it be for a few minutes, then plug it back in, it seems to work fine for a while.

I do not have it covered, it sits out in the open in front of my keyboard. There is no fan or venting on it, which I have made sure of, and I have tried keeping it in several different places to try to avoid it from getting too warm, but it hasn't made a difference where its at, it still flickers several times a day. I'm looking for an new one, but I might try ordering the same one again since there aren't too many other negative reviews on this, I might have just received a poorly built one.

My Fellow Kevin said Great product. Simple set-up and ease-of-use and good performance..

So far, so good. I'm using this to connect a Surface Pro 4 (Core m3) to two Dell 24" 1080p Display Port monitors, and it works just fine. There does seem to be a little lag at times -- such as when using the wired keyboard attached to the dock and when dragging windows across displays -- but it's minimal and the pros far outweigh the cons. I downloaded the standard DisplayLink drive for Windows 10 off the DisplayLink website, installed them, and connected the dock. It was as simple as that. It also works with my Dell Latitude laptop, so I'm happy to be able to use either my work-issued notebook when working from home and my personal computer. It also charges my Android phone pretty quickly, and I can also charge my vape pen. :) The design is also appealing: a very simple, small black box with a subtle power/status LED. All-in-all, I'm very satisfied with this product. While a little pricey, it has the 2x DisplayPort outputs that really cleaned things up -- no need for weird cables or adapters, etc.

My Old Neighbor eric say Dell dropped the ball with customer support recommending this product.

Was steered to this from a Dell Sales Agent that assured me that it would charge my laptop; I get it and it did not charge. Called tech support and was shown the short list of products it will charge.
Summary:
1. Don't trust Dell sales agents because they will just suggest more expensive products that may or may not work.
2. This is just an expensive port replicator
3. Dell customer service was unhelpful
4. Probably should call Technical Support for sales questions since they seem to be the only one's that are aware of how their products work.

My Old Man Murphy the Dog tell us Fer replicatin' ports and what not..

Color me impressed. I originally bought this for my Dell tablet. I recently started a new job and they gave me a ThinkPad, had to work from home for half a day and plugged it into a USB port thinking it probably wouldn't work but it did. I thought it was universal but wasn't sure how universal. I'm happy with the purchase and if I needed another I would.