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Hardware connection advice
Hello
I would be grateful for advice on the best way to set up my laptop, docking station, hub, screen, mouse, keyboard, UPS battery unit, and external hard drive? I find if I connect my Touro external drive to the docking station USB 3 port it is not always recognised or if it is it makes a noise and it doesn’t show up when I try to eject safely. It works perfectly when connected directly to the laptop, which takes up the USB 3.0 port on the laptop. The docking station hasn’t been performing well since upgrading to Windows 10. My printer and router are connected via wifi
ASUS Zenbook UX31E :
1 USB 3, 1 USB 2,
1 micro HDMI (with adapter)
1 mini VGA (with adapter)
ASUS USB3.0 HZ-2 Docking Station:
1 x MIC in port
1 x Audio out port
4 x USB 3.0 port
1 x DVI-I port
1 x Standard HDMI port
1 x 10/100/1000M LAN port
1 x DC-in jack
Mobility Lab Hub:
4 x USB3.0 ports
Touro 1TB/To external hard drive
MS Arch Touch Mouse (via USB port)
External Screen: Samsung SyncMaster 2023nw
External Dell Keyboard
EATON Ellipse Max UPS Battery pack
At the moment I have the mouse in the USB 2 port on the laptop and the hub in the USB 3 port.
The docking station “host” port is connected to the hub USB3
The screen is connected to the docking station
The keyboard is plugged into a USB2 port on the docking station
The UPS battery is plugged into the other USB 2 port on docking station
Which is fine until I have to connect the Touro or backup thumb drive which work better when connected directly to the laptop.
Any suggestions?
Many thanks
Lizzy