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Originally Posted by Shape /forum/post/12894448
Actually, the devices that use USB ports the most, PCs, do power their USB ports when they are in standby.
Otherwise you couldn't wake a PC with an IR receiver or a keyboard or mouse press.
It is unfortunate that the PS3 doesn't do the same, because there are 2 very desirable functions that require this. Turning on the PS3 via the USB port, for example, and charging the controllers.
Thing is, devices that power their USB ports while in standby generally only make a very low level of power available through the port -- enough to power a low-draw device, but not nearly enough to recharge a device like the Sixaxis. You can actually get the PS3 to power the ports in standby if you register a PSP with it and turn on Remote Play. That allows devices like the PS3IRX1+PWR to work, which can stay active if Remote Play is turned on, and then turn on the PS3 using a direct wired connection to the PS3's power button. Even with Remote Play on, though, you can't charge the Sixaxis while the console's off.
It would be nice to have, but in the meantime I just charge my Sixaxis off the Motorola DVR sitting next to the PS3.
EDIT: mbartenhagen, Sony might someday be able to enable in firmware powering on the console via a USB device. In the meantime, the
PS3IRX1+PWR might be what you're looking for.