Kenban

Zim2dive is correct the gauge of the wire can have some effect. Although I don't think thats what the differance is. At this point on this is pure guess time :) but you commented that the one cable will sync and discharge while the other cable works correctly someone pointed out earlier that only the 5v pin for USB is driven out and you get 0v on 5.4v pin if nothing is connected to the axim. Well that does mean you can only be discharging through the 5v pin and not the 5.4v pin. It might be that the Seido cable has the power run to both the 5v and 5.4v pins but the Boxwave only runs the power to the 5.4v pin. (pure guess I don't have either cable and really have just been trying to help out in general I use the dell sync/charge cable and it only charges if the axim is off which for the few times I actually need to charge with USB is fine with me)

But you said you tried multiple hubs and USB ports and the Seido cable has never worked for you. Makes me wonder if something is wrong with the cable beyond a design flaw.

I almost hate to bring this up because I don't want people to get in their head that x sync and cable cable works while y sync and charge cable does not. But then all I am really trying to do is warn that if you get one of these cables it might not work and why it might not work. Maybe we should do a poll that lists the major brands of sync and charge cables and you can vote if your x cable works, x cable discharges axim and just an other problem field at the end as a catch all.

One last comment tonight. Something a lot of people seem to forget. There are a lot of electrical fires every year. If you draw too much current from a transformer that does not have any current or temp protection it can melt down and catch on fire or cause a fire somewhere else due to the huge current draw. Recently the power cords on ALL xbox's made before October 23, 2003 and in europe before January 13, 2004 were recalled in the US alone thats 14.1 MILLION power cords. So far according to microsoft fewer then 1 in 10,000 has had a problem. I know we are dealing with a totally differant situation here to a point but some individuals use these cables with wall adaptors. Then there is the whole issue on the cradle killing peoples USB ports on the computer.

EDIT: Totally forgot part of the point of the xbox story is this comment on the FAQ on xbox's site "In almost all instances, any damage caused by these failures was contained within the console itself".