Western Digital WDBA3U0000NBK-EESN User Manual

USER MANUAL

WD_BLACK™ D50 GAME DOCK NVMe™ SSD

CONNECT, COMMAND, AND CONTROL

Dock once, clear the clutter, and cut down on setup times with streamlined connectivity in a single Thunderbolt™ 3 cord, linking your laptop to an additional screen in up to 5K 60Hz and peripherals such as a mouse, keyboard, headset, and Ethernet for a fully immersive gaming experience. Never miss a moment of the action with up to 87W of passthrough charging so your laptop stays at full power while you game.

LEAVE LOAD TIMES BEHIND

Accelerate your laptop, transfer data quickly, and get in the game fast with NVMe™ performance storage reaching up to 3000MB/s read speed and up to 2500MB/s write speed to leave load times behind.1

MORE CAPACITY, MORE VICTORIES

With up to 2TB4 of capacity to hold up to 50 games5, you have room to store not only old favorites, but also new titles. No more sacrifices to the digital boneyard.

LIGHT UP YOUR STATION WITH RGB

Enhance your gaming station with fully customizable RGB lighting controlled through the WD_BLACK™ Dashboard (Windows® only), designed to match your style with various colors and thirteen different LED pat tern effects to choose from.

WD_BLACK™ D50 GAME DOCK

CONNECT, COMMAND, AND CONTROL

LIGHT UP YOUR STATION WITH RGB

Enhance your gaming station with fully customizable RGB lighting controlled through the downloadable WD_BLACK™ Dashboard (Windows® only), designed to match your style with various colors and 13 different LED pattern effects to choose from.

OPTIMIZED WITH THE WD_BLACK™ DASHBOARD

Take total control with the downloadable WD_BLACK™ Dashboard, allowing you to monitor the health of your drive and optimize performance using gaming mode to ensure you’re firing on all cylinders during intense gaming sessions.

OPTIMIZED WITH THE WD_BLACKTM DASHBOARD

Take total control with the WD_BLACK™ Dashboard, allowing you to monitor the health of your drive and optimize performance using gaming mode to ensure you’re firing on all cylinders during intense gaming sessions.

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WD_BLACK D50 GAME DOCK / WD_BLACK D50 GAME DOCK WITH NVMe SSD STORAGE CONNECTORS

Gigabit Ethernet Port - This Ethernet

port supports 1000BASE-T as defined in the IEEE 802.3ab standard.

Power Connector - for included

180-watt (19.5VDC/ 9.23ADC) power supply.

Thunderbolt 3 - The port labeled 87W to PC supports the

following protocols: Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort 1.4, and Superspeed USB 10Gbps. With the use of a Thunderbolt 3 cable, this port can supply up to 87-watts of power to a host computer.

Thunderbolt 3 - This port suppor ts the followin g protocols:

Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort 1.4, and SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps. This port provides up to 15-watts of power.

USB Type-A - These ports support SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps

and up to 7.5-watts maximum power.

Intelligent Fan - For active cooling.

USB Type-CTM - This port suppor ts SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps

and up to 15-wat ts maximum power.

DisplayPortTM - This DisplayPort receptacle supports the standard 20-pin DisplayPort connector and

specifications for version 1.43.

USB Type-CTM - This port suppor ts SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps

and up to 15-wat ts maximum power.

USB Type-A - This port supports SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps and up

to 7.5-watts maximum power. This is also a dedicated charging port that will continue to charge your device even when the dock is not connected to a host or is in a low-power state.

Audio IN/OUT - This 3.5mm audio jack connects to a

headset with built-in microphone.

Front LED - This LED provides device status.

RGB LED - The settings for the RGB LED lights can be

controlled via the WD_BLACK Dashboard software

(Windows® only).

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