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USB External Battery Packs for devices other than Phones/Tablets

I'm trying to build a wireless/mobile monitor. The monitor will be included in a wheeled cart, so I have some limited storage available in the cavity behind the monitor, but not much. The cart itself ...
Joel Coehoorn's user avatar
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USB mouse switched off when laptop on battery and temperature rises

My USB mouse is disabled when my laptop is running on battery power and the CPU or GPU temperature rises.  It enables the mouse when the temperature is down or when I plug in the laptop power cable. ...
Ameer Fakhri's user avatar
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1 answer
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Phone Discharging When Connected to Laptop

I have got a Microsoft Lumia 532 which keeps discharging at a greater rate than normal when connected to my laptop (Dell XPS L502X) using a USB cable, instead of charging. I am not really sure about ...
Palladin's user avatar
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1 answer
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Windows Tablet data and power from one USB

My Windows tablet has one mini USB port which is used for charging the tablet's battery as well as for data transfer but because there is only the one USB port it won't let me do both at the same time....
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Can short circuiting kill a USB cable?

I have a power strip and four things were connected to it. My air filter, laptop, Samsung Galaxy Tab, and Motorola Droid 4. For the phone and the tablet, there are actually 2 components to the ...
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I would like to know how to add a 2nd USB charging port to a Lenovo YogaBook with only one USB 2.0 port used for both data and charging?

I would like to charge a Lenovo YogaBook laptop while using the data port. This isn't supported by the laptop unless I am wrong. I have followed some tutorials which supposed to work but it didn't. I ...
Bryan Phillips's user avatar
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100w USB-C to DC power adapter charging issues

I've been encountering some issues with a custom charging setup for my Razer Blade 15 laptop. My blade is a 2020 model that does not support USB-C charging. I wanted a more compact solution than the ...
Beckett Harriman's user avatar
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Unable to charge HP Envy Intel i7 11th gen with Comsol 25600 power brick

I purchased and HP laptop as above. The battery won't get through a full day on a charge, so I purchased a Comsol power bank. I have contacted Comsol and have been told that it should charge a laptop ...
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Charging tablet while in OTG

Similar questions have been asked before, but the posts are years old and not really answered. So: I have a tablet with USB-C or Lightning port (female). I want to connect a special 5G receiver and a ...
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How to use all the 45 Watt out of the Xiaomi Mi Power Bank Pro 3

I have been working on this project that consists on making a somewhat portable computer... I intend on using a Raspberry Pi and an old laptop monitor to get the job done. The thing is that I bought a ...
Emanuel Sousa's user avatar