DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver download and installation

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

1. Manually install DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver

1. Download the driver setup file for DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 7.5.54018.0 released on 2014-02-24.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (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. Shutdown and restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is not digitally signed.

Driver rating 3.8 stars out of 35366 votes.

2. Using DriverMax to install DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

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