Installation

What happens when my notebook goes into standby or hibernate mode?

If the notebook goes into standby or hibernate mode, and the Docking Station is connected to a notebook and an external monitor, the external monitor display goes blank.

Closing the lid of your notebook while using your Docking Station may cause your computer to enter these modes and disable your external monitor. To avoid this problem, Belkin has created an application that overrides a lid-activated hibernation mode while your computer is attached to the Docking Station. We highly recommend installing this application when you run the installation. However, if you did not install this driver at initial installation, you can do so at any time by repeating the driver-install process and selecting the application at the appropriate point.

If your notebook goes into hibernate mode, the external monitor display keeps the same settings it had before the notebook went into hibernate mode when the notebook returns to an active state. However, if the external monitor is set for Extended Mode, windows that were previously visible on the external monitor will not move back to that secondary monitor. In addition, if the external monitor is in Extended Mode and the notebook requires a login after standby or hibernate mode, the login screen appears on the primary notebook monitor, not the external monitor.