DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver download and installation

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&MI_00.

1. DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver - how to install it manually

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 5.0.17480.0 dated 2009-03-16.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started 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 pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new 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: 279592 bytes (273.04 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 28472 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. How to install DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver using DriverMax

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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 locate the DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8040 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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