Gigabyte A Series with 3X USB Power

[Longspeak]

I'm about to get a new P55 motherboard.

I have an USB device (Magicjack phone) that works reliably in the USB hub in my Dell 1905fp display, but NOT reliably in any of the USB ports of my current Abit IC7-G MB (the Dell usb hub IS connected to one of the MB usb ports. I suspect that it is a power issue.

Gigabyte advertises 3X the USB power for their A series boards with USB 3.0 and Sata 3.0.

Question: is 3X USB power just a result of USB 3.0 specs and therefore all motherboards with USB 3.0, such as Asus P7P55D-E, will also have '3X USB Power'???

Thanks

 

[thefreeaccount]

The norm is 500mA on USB 2.0 ports and 900mA on USB 3.0 ports. The Gigabyte "3x power" motherboards can do 1500mA on every port.

 

[Longspeak]

The norm is 500mA on USB 2.0 ports and 900mA on USB 3.0 ports. The Gigabyte "3x power" motherboards can do 1500mA on every port.

Thanks for the detailed info-just what I was looking for-and I looked and couldn't find it. Where did you find this?


Thanks

 

[thefreeaccount]

It was from this review:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=239828

However, now that I've done a search, it seems most reviews are claiming that it does 1500mA on the USB 2.0 ports and 2700mA on the USB 3.0 ports. Gigabyte's marketing diagram would seem to support this claim (it shows all ports, USB 2.0 and 3.0, at 3x their original power).

I'm not too sure which is correct since Gigabyte's technical information is nonexistent.