Weird Observation

I bought a new Targus Chillhub yesterday and I must say it is a lot better than my previous notebook cooler. The thing tilts at an angle so I can type on my keyboard more accurately, Provides better ventilation and disipation of heat etc, and just looks and feels like a better piece of hardware. Now I have one observation that puzzles me, and that is whenever I plug my iPod USB connector into the Chillhub the thing goes dead. However when I plug in a USB flash drive, everything works as planned. I can't plug my iPod connector directly into my laptop because whenever I go to sync my iPod, it shorts out my laptop and I have to take the battery out and reboot. Would anyone know whats causing this mysterious happening? I'm at a loss on what to do.

 

Are you sure you don't have a faulty ipod USB cable? If it is shorting out the notebook AND it kills the dock, then I wouldn't feel safe using it at all.... very strange.

 

Yes thats what I say...are there replacement USB cables I can buy for my iPod? It had troubles syncing with my desktop as well but it never caused it to short out.

 

Um, yeah, there's definitely something wrong with either your cable or your iPod. You can get a replacement from Apple for shipping assuming it's less than one year old, otherwise it'll be about $20 (I think). If you have an Apple store nearby, I think they'll do a free diagnosis and see what the problem is, then you can probably get a new cable there if you need to. Any way you go about it, I wouldn't plug it into your computer until you find the problem, you could end up destroying your USB controller, or worse.

 

Well its too late on plugging it into my computer. But there isn't any damage. I don't know of any apple stores by themselves but could I take it to a best buy and they could swap out a cable or something to that effect?