Driver for DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 - downloading and installing it

DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 is a USB Display Adapters hardware device. The developer of this driver was DisplayLink Corp.. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is USB/VID_17e9&PID_8040.

1. How to manually install DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver

1. Download the setup file for DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 7.7.60366.0 released on 2015-02-12.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.

This driver received an average rating of 3.6 stars out of 60309 votes.

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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