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Use the existing interfaces of your laptop separately. Easily connect and disconnect the ports for e.g. mouse, printer, USB in a fast and secure way. Mirroring or extending your desktop to external monitors.
Please compare the wattage of the power supply belonging to your laptop with the voltage of the power supply which comes with this docking station. To use the full function of your laptop, especially under full load, the wattage of the docking station power supply should be the same or higher than the original one that comes with you laptop.
With a Dock connected via USB type-C, no additional power supply needed to operate your laptop and charge your battery. Please note that a maximum power consumption of 100 watts is possible via the USB-C connection. (may differ a little between manufacturers and constellation of laptop and dock). If your laptop has a higher power consumption, you will still need a additional power supply for operation.
HP USB-C G5 Essential Dock
Focus on the essentials and seamlessly connect your HP USB-C Essential G5 Dock to your notebook.
Simplify your device management at home or in the office.
This essential dock seamlessly delivers power and supports 4 USB-A ports for all your accessories and up to 3 high-res displays, and provides a stable Ethernet connection - all while delivering 65W of power to your notebook.
* Compact design at only 12.7 x 12.7 cm.
* PXE boot - boot computers over a network interface
* LAN/WLAN switching - automatically switch between Wlan/Lan
* In-Band MAC Address Pass-Through - Access the in-band MAC address of the laptop via MAC Address Pass-Through (MAPT)
Compatibility (* compatible with most USB-C or Thunderbolt capable laptops):
Tested and supported on G8/G9 HP notebooks, Apple MacBook Air Retina 2020, Google Pixelbook Go, Google Pixlebook Go 2, Apple MacBook Pro M1 2020, MacBook Air M1 2020, and Dell Latitude 7420; for future HP models, please visit the support website.
Support for external monitors:
Up to 3 displays are supported, depending on host device capabilities. Triple 4K displays require a DisplayPort 1.4 device with Display Stream Compression. If the system does not support Display Stream Compression, it must support DisplayPort 1.4 with High-Res mode enabled.
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Technically speaking, a more powerful power supply can be used without any problems and does not pose any danger to your device, as it always draws as much energy as it currently needs. The only disadvantage is the usually higher price of the more powerful product.
In order to use your docking station or port replicator, you need the appropriate drivers. The easiest way to find these drivers is directly from the manufacturer of the docking station/port replicator. You will usually need the serial number or the exact model name.
The driver for our in-house port replicator can be found on our info page for the IPC port replicator.
Yes, as general rule this is possible. Although you have to consider the power capacity and the type of the connection.
The most remarkeble advantages in comparison to USB3.0, are a faster data transmission rate and the possibility to charge the device via USB-C. Also is USB-C becoming the default option for more and more devices.
On the one hand you have to consider the compatibility of your device. If your laptop has no USB-C connection, it can cause problems with newer models. On the other hand the port replicator has to produce enough power and can not convert less watts than your Notebook needs. At last you can choose how many and what type of connections for peripherals you need.