I’m having trouble getting a docking station to work. I’ll list all of the components that I know as well as work around arounds I’ve tried but if I leave anything out let me know and I’ll add it in.

Dell dock station. Uses thunderbolt usbc (not sure if TB3 or TB4) I have a Corsair keyboard and mouse plugged in with 2 MSI monitors (1 hdmi 1 display port) It works perfectly fine with my work laptop (Dell)

My issue is when I want to switch it over to my gaming PC (purchased from NZXT) I get power to my mouse and keyboard but not my monitors. I’m not sure if my gaming pc has thunderbolt port or regular USB C

I looked up as much as I could and read that usbc ports should be compatible with thunderbolt ports and that the dell dock station is universal. My USB C ports on my PC work for everything else that I’ve tried (smaller things like my phone charger) is it just because my PC doesn’t have thunderbolt?

  • jmnugentBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    That will certainly matter, yes.

    • USB-C

    • USB-C with DisplayPort Alt Mode

    • Thunderbolt 3 or Thundbolt 4

    … are all different specifications and chipsets (typically).

    The Hardware, Drivers, BIOS & Firmware, etc… are all factors in that equation.