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Originally Posted by monkeyluis
Chrage via the wall. It's faster.
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How is this so?
All the wall charger is, is a ac to dc transformer that outputs 4.9v dc.
Last I checked the 5v rail on my PC worked just dandy.
Do you have a shitty power supply, or did you destroy your 5v rail somehow?
Here is mine, you can use free tool
hwmonitor to check it.
Some laptops and certain budget pcs have settings to disable the 5v rail or put the computer in "power save" mode. Disable this mode in the bios/windows to enable USB power. May be marked in the bios erroneously also on some machines as "allow USB devices to wake this PC from sleep mode"
Else use a multimeter to check your 5v rail and make sure it's outputting enough voltage.
You should be able to charge your kindle/ipod/any usb device even while your computer is off. The power supply (if it's on) still supplies power to the motherboard, and over the 5v rail, so your USB gets power.
You can also charge stuff with other devices that have usb ports (but don't overload small devices like routers) I use my comcast HDMI set top box (it has 3 USB ports, and also my 60 in LCD tv (it has 2 USB ports) to charge my kindle and my ipods.