Gigabyte Boasts its USB Ports are Great for iPad

[imageraiter]

I thought USB had a universal power specification?

Guess I was wrong.

 

[Guest]

Anybody actually gotten this working? tried every different port on my GA-UD6, with the driver installed, and no joy so far.

 

[LMF5000]

[citation][nom]JasonAkkerman[/nom]Can you use one of those cables that takes extra power from another USB port? Wouldn't that supply the required current to charge and operate at the same time?Something like this? http://www.usbfever.com/index_epro [...] cts_id=236I have used them before, most recently with an external 3 1/2" drive.[/citation]

No, because two USB ports would supply 0.5 + 0.5 = 1A maximum, but as this video shows, the iPad needs 1.25A. So you have three options:

1. Plug into three USB ports at once
2. Use the Gigabyte motherboards with high-power USB ports
3. Use the normal y-lead you describe in your post to connect to two USBs at once and somehow hack the iPad to charge at a reduced rate from two ports (since one port is barely enough to keep it running, two ports should run it and charge it slowly, and three ports would be enough to run it and charge it at full speed)