Thread: Charging the Sony Reader with an EEE
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Old 06-02-2008, 08:55 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by mogui View Post
When the reader is plugged into the USB port of a PC, the Connect software must be running on the PC in order to turn on the USB voltage supply to charge the reader. The indication that this is working is the little red light above the power switch on the reader.

I read somewhere that the USB ports on the Asus EEE (tiny Linux laptop) always have the voltage supply turned on. I decided to try plugging my reader into the EEE's USB to see if the reader's little red charging light would turn on. Sure enough it did. The EEE has no software for the reader, but by downloading books to the EEE and then putting them onto an SD card for the reader, it works fine.

The EEE and the reader thus become good travel companions. I don't have to carry the charger for the reader, nor do I need to carry a Windows laptop.
In your case it is superflous to tell you but to others who don't know, one can install XP on the EEE. Then you have the perfect reading team.
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