Gigabyte On/OFF Charge Feature

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BlazeMike

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The Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H is a mobo that fits all my needs as I won't be overclocking and using a 4670 (i5) processor, its features are good for that price.

I saw on the product page of the mobo:

That it has GIGABYTE On/Off Charge™, this feature is gonna be quite useful as I do have mobile devices that i usually charge on a PC, cuz that's where I am most of my time.

When I saw a video review of the mobo, I couldn't see any USB 3.0 pin on the mobo that looks like this:

Pls. help me out and tell me if this feature is available, if so through the USB 3.0 20-pin on the MOBO or through the back ports.

Thnx
Blaze
 
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The USB pin-headers on the motherboard which are white and red are the only ones which will provide USB power, and allow higher current draw, whether the system is on or in a sleep state, once the feature is turned on. Gigabyte does not claim to have USB 3.0 ports with this feature, not that it should make any difference. When performing a high speed USB charge, you aren't exactly going to be transferring DATA.

The driver for this feature can be downloaded from this page (you may need to scroll down):

http://www.gigabyte.us/support-downloads/Utility.aspx?cg=2
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bigpinkdragon286

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The USB pin-headers on the motherboard which are white and red are the only ones which will provide USB power, and allow higher current draw, whether the system is on or in a sleep state, once the feature is turned on. Gigabyte does not claim to have USB 3.0 ports with this feature, not that it should make any difference. When performing a high speed USB charge, you aren't exactly going to be transferring DATA.

The driver for this feature can be downloaded from this page (you may need to scroll down):

http://www.gigabyte.us/support-downloads/Utility.aspx?cg=2
 
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So its sure that there is a red usb 3.0 20-pin on the mobo, that will charge my iphone even if the power is off, after it recognises and after the driver installation.

Is my understanding of this correct?
 
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bigpinkdragon286

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If the pin header is for USB and is white plastic with a red background, it should support the On/Off charge feature. Gigabyte makes mention of that feature for USB 2.0, not USB 3.0, so I wouldn't expect that feature of USB 3.0. Furthermore, as I said before, you won't be transferring DATA and performing a high speed charge function, so it makes no difference which speed of USB port supports this feature.
 
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