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Z68X-UD3H-B3 - USB Stays Powered On

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Z68X-UD3H-B3 - USB Stays Powered On
« on: September 24, 2012, 04:09:59 am »
I have an external HD connected to the two blue USB3 ports on the back. When I turn off the PC (not sleep or hibernate) the LEDs on the external HD stay on, i.e. there is still power to external HD case. Is this normal? I would have expected that power will be off on all USB ports after shutting the system down.

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Re: Z68X-UD3H-B3 - USB Stays Powered On
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2012, 09:17:45 pm »
Hi

No that is correct. It is done by design so that devices can be charged whist the computer is off.
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Re: Z68X-UD3H-B3 - USB Stays Powered On
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2012, 09:20:16 pm »
I see. Thank you for that information.

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Re: Z68X-UD3H-B3 - USB Stays Powered On
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2012, 05:39:55 pm »
No worries. It is one of the "features" that Gigabyte advertises. I am surprised that you haven't come across it already. They call it:

On/Off Charge Technology

you can read up about it here regarding your board

http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3973&dl=1#ov
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy