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I have a Dell U2722DE with a USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 upstream/DisplayPort 1.4 (DisplayPort 1.4 mode/power up to 90W) port as my first screen in the chain.

The second screen in the chain is a Samsung S27H85QFU connected via a display port cable.

MST is turned on on the Dell monitor.

This works on some laptops but not on others. I have 4 laptops at hand:

On the X280 & L490, everything is working just fine, but on the L14 and E14, the 3rd monitor is not working.

When I say "3rd monitor not working", I mean that the Samsung monitor is recognized by the OS and even used, but doesn't show any output.

Since all of them have different OSes installed, I went the route of eliminating this difference first, but even the E14 with Windows installed exhibits this problem.

Next, I took a look at hardware (I'm a Software Dev, so not my forte).

I noticed that the L14 and E14 both have a Thunderbolt 4, whereas the X280 and L490 don't have that (I got them even before the specifications came out). First of all, I bought a Thunderbolt 4 cable to make sure it was not the cable causing this problem.

However, the cable makes no difference at all. Now I'm a bit at a loss of what else I could/should try.

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I've solved the issue by setting the 3rd monitor into "DisplayPort:SST" mode for "DP Out".

Previously it was set to "DisplayPort:MST".

Doesn't make much sense to me, but it works.

Full settings:

  • Monitor 1 -> Laptop built-in
  • Monitor 2 -> Samsung (USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 from laptop):
    • USB-C Prioritization: High Resolution
    • MST: On
  • Monitor 3 -> Dell (Displayport from Samsumg):
    • DP OUT: DisplayPort:SST
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