

If I Extend the desktop to any single external monitor, it works fine.In the "Screen Resolution" dialog, when I hit the button, all monitors show up, and the description in the Display combobox is correct.In each of these cases, I get the same result: 1 monitor on VGA, +1 on DVI-D + 1 on DisplayPort.Recently, I moved offices, and now have some extra room, so I have tried several new configurations: (Seeįor quite a while, I have been using it in a dual display configuration, with each of the following: The documentation says it can be setup in a Quad Display Configuration. The Lenovo ThinkPad Mini Dock has 1 VGA output and 2 pairs of DVI-D/DisplayPort. 3 external monitors of various types and resolutions (Dell, HP & Acer).Lenovo ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3, Type 4338.A similar scenario happened a year earlier with my Surface Pro 3 on an HDMI cable. The Surface recognized it being connected but wouldn't "see it" enough to display the picture and yet nothing else had changed (not even any recent Windows updates). In my case, I'd been using an Amazon Basics DisplayPort cable without any issues for months after buying a new Surface Pro 4 and then one day my external monitor just wouldn't work with my Surface. I know, you'd think a cable is a cable but that's not actually not always true. Clear your display cache as explained here.īut you're still having trouble, right? Then chances are good the problem is with your cable.Make sure your monitor is compatible with the Surface Pro.Updating your dock firmware with the Surface Dock Updater.Make sure you have all Windows 10 updates installed.

The most common fixes are pretty easy and include: If you're like most Surface Pro users with monitor issues, you've searched the Internet for a solution. Sometimes these issues happen only in the Surface Pro dock (original dock or brick dock), other times they happen when you plug a monitor directly into the Surface Pro itself. These are just some of the frustrations Surface Pro users are familiar with. Things work fine for days, weeks, or months and then just stop working completely.External monitor flickers occasionally and/or blinks between screens.Sometimes it is fine, other times it is not. External monitor not showing any picture at all.With the Surface Pro line this isn't the case and you may experience a variety of problems such as: The ProblemConnecting an external monitor to any mobile computer should be as simple as connecting a cable.


In fact, these are so common that you can pretty much bet on the fact that the Microsoft Surface Pro 5 will also have external monitor connection issues. If you have a Microsoft Surface Pro 2, Microsoft Surface Pro 3, or Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and connect an external monitor then you've very likely had a lot of issues.
