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emellaich · 06-12-2009, 02:09 PM

Another thing to be aware of ... in theory the K2 charges when its plugged into your PC. That doesn't happen in my case. In fact, I suspect it runs at full-on mode given the way that it depletes the battery.

It could be an issue with my K2 (comments anyone?); however, I believe its an issue with my Dell laptop. I have read in the past comments that some USB ports do not have all the juice that they should have to operate as power sources. I believe that this is probably the case with my laptop. Therefore, I think that it would charge if I hooked it to a different (desktop) computer with better USB ports.

The result however, was that when I first got it, and I was hooked up to my laptop for a while getting files transferred over, I thought I had a battery problem. Once I got it off my laptop into standalone mode the battery life greatly improved.

06-12-2009, 02:09 PM	#3
emellaich Wizard Posts: 1,101 Karma: 4388403 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Palm>Ebookman>IPaq>Axim>Cybook>Kndl2>IPAD>Kndl3SO>Voyager>Oasis	Another thing to be aware of ... in theory the K2 charges when its plugged into your PC. That doesn't happen in my case. In fact, I suspect it runs at full-on mode given the way that it depletes the battery. It could be an issue with my K2 (comments anyone?); however, I believe its an issue with my Dell laptop. I have read in the past comments that some USB ports do not have all the juice that they should have to operate as power sources. I believe that this is probably the case with my laptop. Therefore, I think that it would charge if I hooked it to a different (desktop) computer with better USB ports. The result however, was that when I first got it, and I was hooked up to my laptop for a while getting files transferred over, I thought I had a battery problem. Once I got it off my laptop into standalone mode the battery life greatly improved.