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Originally Posted by Tuba
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CLIP...
I assume the USB sync and charge cables will work the same as the USB cradle without the power cord. So I am now going to order the Gomadic cables.
CLIP
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Fundamentally, your assumption may work IF the cable maker routes the 5v from the USB port to the same pins on the X50 socket that the cradle uses for the USB power. Unfortunately, I suspect that in their effort to be "sync and charge" at the same time, the cable makers have routed the USB power to the external power output pins. The symptom that they have done that is that the power light in the button will be ON when the Axim is ON. In the cradle, with only the USB connection, the charging light is OUT when the Axim is ON and ON when the Axim is OFF.
Dell probably knew that USB could not power the Axim and charge it at the same time safely, so they used separate input pins for USB and external power. On external power they appear to have assumed sufficient current was available, so you can have the Axim ON and the button will be ON at the same time. Unfortunately, if the USB power is routed to the external pin, the Axim has no way of knowing that the supply is insufficient, so it tries to charge and sync at the same time but the USB cannot keep up.
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