DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver download and installation

DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 is a USB Display Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by DisplayLink Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_17e9&PID_8040.

1. Install DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 6.1.36484.0 dated 2012-02-08.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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DisplayLink Corp. applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 6000767 bytes (5.72 MB)
Driver rating 5 stars out of 4722 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. 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. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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