Lenovo – Docking Station able to charge laptop but cannot project to monitor screen

Are you using Lenovo Docking Station & Laptop and laptop is able to charge VIA Type-C cable but not able to project laptop screen to monitor?

Affected Model
Laptop – Lenovo T14 Gen 2 and Lenovo Yoga 14ARB7
Docking Station – Lenovo ThinkPad USB-C Dock / Lenovo ThinkPad USB-C Dock Gen 2 / Lenovo ThinkPad Universal USB-C Dock

Follow below steps to perform Energy Drainage.

Step 1: Shut Down your Lenovo T14 Gen 2.

Step 2: Unplug all cables that are currently connected to your laptop.

Step 3: Press and Hold on your Laptop “ON” button for 1 whole minute and nothing less.
* Your laptop will attempt to boot up, you will just need to ignored it as the laptop will turn off by itself.

Step 4: Release your “ON” button once the 1 minute is up.

Step 5: Press on Laptop “ON” button to turn on.

Step 6: Login into your windows profile.

Step 7: Once your profile is fully load, first connect your Type-C cable from your Docking station to your laptop and follow by the rest of the cables (If Any).

Your laptop should now be able to conduct both charging and projecting.

Source: Someone shared this solution at the Lenovo Forum and sadly i have lost the URL. But I will definitely add the link to credit for sure if i found the page again.

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