{"video_id":"ny7Xo-6FAH0","title":"ASUS AI Charge - Charge Your iPad or Android Tablet from Any USB Port Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2012-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":182,"segments":[{"start_s":7.64,"end_s":13.92,"text":"welcome to the smartest thing that I had never heard of um actually here this is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":12.44,"end_s":22.32,"text":"this is awesome because I happen to have a prop right here every motherboard manufacturer","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":18.48,"end_s":25.16,"text":"wants to talk about uh where is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":22.32,"end_s":28.96,"text":"it oh look at that I picked the one motherboard box that happens to not have","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":27.279,"end_s":31.759,"text":"it on it but either way every motherboard manufacturer wants to talk","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":30.519,"end_s":35.879,"text":"about how they've got special high-powered USB ports that will allow","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":33.879,"end_s":40.68,"text":"you to charge your iPad or tablet or other high powerered device through your","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":37.719,"end_s":46.559,"text":"front USB but I came across a tool from ASUS that is compatible with all","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":43.92,"end_s":51.719,"text":"motherboards and PCs including notebooks called AI charge now this is not the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":49.039,"end_s":57.239,"text":"same as onoff charge which allows you to charge devices using um certain USB","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":54.92,"end_s":62.96,"text":"ports uh usually it's one internal pin header um even when this PC is powered","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":59.6,"end_s":65.199,"text":"down but this one does work oh it says","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":62.96,"end_s":70.68,"text":"available to charge on any mode but it depends on blah blah blah Estates and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":69.24,"end_s":74.799,"text":"yeah okay anyway this one has nothing to do with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":73.2,"end_s":81.119,"text":"what kind of USB port nothing to do with what kind of motherboard or even what kind of system you have all you have to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":77.92,"end_s":84.28,"text":"do is install the app which is very very","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":81.119,"end_s":85.84,"text":"lightweight and takes about a second to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":84.28,"end_s":90.479,"text":"install then um just for the sake of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":88.36,"end_s":94.479,"text":"illustration I'm using an MSI Motherboard here guys so this is a big","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":92.159,"end_s":98.32,"text":"bang X power x58 motherboard this is before anyone started really","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":95.759,"end_s":103.88,"text":"implementing these onoff charge features and uh High powerered USB ports for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":100.799,"end_s":105.32,"text":"charging tablets uh so I thought that it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":103.88,"end_s":111.079,"text":"was hopeless and that I couldn't charge my tablet on my PC but it turns out that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":109.119,"end_s":116.719,"text":"I can and I'll show you guys where to get it as well as see so there it goes","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":115.119,"end_s":120.799,"text":"it is charging it doesn't charge particularly fast because this isn't a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":118.96,"end_s":124.399,"text":"high powerered USB or anything like that but it does charge which is all I really","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":122.439,"end_s":130.879,"text":"asked for so that I don't have to set up one of the wall warts and all you do is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":126.96,"end_s":134.2,"text":"go to event. 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ASUS.com mv2010 aore charger and download it and it uses up let's see how much RAM does AI charger use AI charger oh it uses a whole 1.7 Megs of RAM so you should be okay on that front and there is zero configuration in fact it just sits here in the task bar if you want to move a little bit closer it just sits here in the uh in the system tray rather not the taskbar you can't even click on it or open it or anything like that and just allows you to charge higher power devices when you plug them in so thank you for checking out this little Linus Tech tip on how to charge your tablet whether it's an iPad or whether it's an Android device off of any computer you want just using this simple little app and like huge thanks to ASUS for not artificially locking this down to their own products that is like major points in my book and uh I I hope you guys see it the same same way don't forget to subscribe"}