DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8049 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

DisplayLink Display Adapter 8049 is a USB Display Adapters hardware device. This driver was developed by DisplayLink Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is USB/VID_17e9&PID_8049; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8049 driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8049 driver from the link below. This download link is for the driver version 7.5.54018.0 dated 2014-02-24.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative 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. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver was not digitally signed.

This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 3.2 stars out of 36372 votes.

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install DisplayLink Corp. DisplayLink Display Adapter 8049 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 using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~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 8049 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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