Thread: No Battery!
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Old 10-26-2008, 10:08 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by ChrisW View Post
... If I had left the Reader plugged into the PC when the PC itself went to sleep (and so removed power from the USB ports) would the Reader then perhaps effectively discharge into the PC and leave me with a totally drained battery?
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Others have reported exactly that problem. If the PC shuts down power to the USB ports when it goes into standby, but the Reader doesn't detect it's been disconnected it will apparently drain the battery.

Here's a thread on charging you may find interesting:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24040

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Bob
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