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Old 12-17-2010, 03:01 AM   #4
jashsu
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Originally Posted by AlexBell View Post
I think you'll find that hibernating laptops are in such a deep sleep that they do not provide power out through the USB port.

Regards, Alex
Hibernation is not the same as sleep/standby, and in the case of the former, the computer has actually copied its memory state to HDD and completely powered down (meaning no USB ports are powered).
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