I have a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P motherboard, and it will not charge my iPad/iPad2 over the USB port. It is definitely putting out power since it chargers my iPhone. I used a Voltmeter and it's putting out about 5.04V. If I plug it in to my MacBook Air, it charges without a problem. I checked the power out of the MacBook Air and it's 5.14V. Is that little extra 0.1V the difference in charging here?
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iPad / iPad 2 won't charge over my USB ports
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Did you try leaving the iPad connected for a while, with the screen off? Those low power ports only charge iPad while the screen is off. When you switch on the screen, you get a "not charging" message, but it does charge when the screen is off, albeit rather slowly.
The iPad (both models) require a high power usb port to charge normally.
The power bricks that come with an iPad are 10 watt power supplies vrs the 5 watt power supplies that come with iPods/iPhones.
Your PC motherboard may not support the higher power requirements needed to charge (faster than paint drying anyway) the iPad. I would use the power brick to charge.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4060
Got caught also .................
I purchased a dual USB external charger from eBay that initially charges from the PC USB and then (supposadly) charges your iPad 2 - yeh!
Only semi true as the output from the charger is 5000 mAh and the iPad 2 requires 10000 to do the job.
Even the Apple supplied iPad charger stand struggles when connected to a low powered PC USB Port.
Whereas you can usually find a higher powered USB on your PC, not so with the external charger, it will work but ever so slowly.
I did contact the eBay seller (Hong Kong) who said "tuff luck Aussie, problim bilong you, not moi!"
I purchased a dual USB external charger from eBay that initially charges from the PC USB and then (supposadly) charges your iPad 2 - yeh!
Only semi true as the output from the charger is 5000 mAh and the iPad 2 requires 10000 to do the job.
Even the Apple supplied iPad charger stand struggles when connected to a low powered PC USB Port.
Whereas you can usually find a higher powered USB on your PC, not so with the external charger, it will work but ever so slowly.
I did contact the eBay seller (Hong Kong) who said "tuff luck Aussie, problim bilong you, not moi!"
Amen to you, sir.
This works p-e-r-f-e-c-t-l-y, and my laptop has nothing to do with ASUS.
Yeah actually, this is the same feature on every motherboard, and the utility from asus works perfectly on gigabyte models.
I have a GA-P55-UD3 and I can charge my ipad with my usb ports, however its really slow, maybe 3 times slower than the ac adaptator.
I have a GA-P55-UD3 and I can charge my ipad with my usb ports, however its really slow, maybe 3 times slower than the ac adaptator.
Worked fine on the macbook for me too, even on an external usb-hub.. one problem i got though was that my keyboard stopped working... don't know if it was related or not but.. that's what happened.. Anyways, very surprised that it did work on an old macbook!
Be careful with this. I have ready many many stories about people having trouble with this like their mother boards burring out and also having issues with iTunes freezing and one person even said it corrupted iTunes and had to reinstall iTunes. Even some had issues when they uninstalled it saying the computer freaked and loses usb functionality all together. All though most say that they just rolled the computer back to last point before the install (which some said was really hard to do if all they ad was a usb mouse lol). So with that being said just be careful.