iPad 2 not charging when connected to PC

Electricfx wrote:
... I'll remove my post if you think it will cause too much trouble for folks

It's wierd - I had an iPad 1, no problem charging it from USB on my 4 year old (late 2007?) Dell inspiron 1720. Likewise my iPhone 3gs charges perfectly off any PC, including this one.

However my new iPad 2 (OS 4.3.3) just displays "Not Charging" from the same Dell laptop, so requires A/C charge. Disappointing, bit oif a step backwards, as the power cable is short enough that it's largely useless when being charged - my powerr points are not convenient for seats. And I prefer to leave large items charging only when I'm around, e.g. not overnight - old habit having seen an electrical fire once!

Other than Asus drivers (which I'm passing on), does anyone know more? I believe my laptop is using USB2.

Any thoughts?

Electrifx thank you for the Asus USB driver, it worked like a CHAMP on my Win 7 / Toshiba Satellite. 🙂

For those of you who want to try this driver, simply perform a sys backup prior to installing it, so you can roll-back if needed. Control Panel\System and Security\System\System Protection\System Restore

Electrifx - thanks very much. Works a gem on my Dell 1545.

gngr29, Thanks for the info, and thanks to Electrifx for the link and info about the Asus driver! If it weren't for your post, I wouldn't even have considered trying the driver on my Dell Inspiron 1525. Well gang, add the Inspiron 1525 to the list of laptops that works with Asus driver.

I can confirm that this works on a Dell Studio 17 running Windows 7 SP1 and the latest iTunes (at the time of writing) with my iPad 2.

Cheers,

JB

The Asus USB driver worked for me - knock on wood. As mentioned already - create a restore point before you install. Thanks!

Just for the record I have an iPad2 which charges fine with my Mac Mini unless I use Bootcamp and Windows 7 then it won't charge any more so I don't think this is a hardware issue.

>Because Apple has designed their computers to output the necessary amount of power to charge the iPad. PC manufacturers have not.<

That's just goofiness. I have 2 USB powered 500 gig removable drives, PLUS my iphone 4 (charging fine), plus a heat fan plugged into ONE of my USB ports (with a non powered splitter or whatever they're called). On the other 2, one is charging my MiFi router, one is charging my old iphone 3gs.

btw, this is a 3 year old Core2Duo PC laptop running Windows 7/64.

Any you're telling me it can't power the tiny battery on an iPad?

Only macs can do this?

Come on. Please. Let's get real here. Someone at Apple was asleep.

http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html

Charging Tips

The quickest way to charge your iPad is with the included 10W USB Power Adapter. iPad will also charge, although more slowly, when attached to a computer with a high-power USB port (many recent Mac computers) or with an iPhone Power Adapter. When attached to a computer via a standard USB port (most PCs or older Mac computers) iPad will charge, but only when it's in sleep mode. Make sure your computer is on while charging iPad via USB. If iPad is connected to a computer that’s turned off or is in sleep or standby mode, the iPad battery will continue to drain.

I have the same problem on my Intel-based Mac - the iPad 2 says Not Charging when directly connected to the Mac. I thought it was a cable problem at first, but it's not, and the iPad cannot use other power adapters from Apple either... it's specific to the one that shipped with the iPad. Grrr!!! I suppose there's no possible charger for use in a car either...

It can use the other power adapters from Apple. Our iPad 2 charges just fine with the small square adapters that came with our iPhones. It just charges much more slowly because the massive batteries in the iPad require a lot of juice.

Believe it or not, it even charges when plugged in to your computer too, just not while it's awake, because there isn't enough power to both charge and run the screen. But plug it in, put it to sleep, and leave it there overnight, and you'll see that it does charge. And, from the point of view of long-term battery life, the slower the charge the better anyway. I nearly always use slow USB charging instead of any of the wall adapters for this reason.

I downloaded the program Electricfx recommended onto my new Asus laptop and now I get a blue screen every 10 minutes and my laptop restarts itself. I uninstalled the program but it didn't work properly. It is still apparently there though but won't let me uninstall. Now I have to figure out how to stop my laptop crashing every 10 minutes. 😟