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There are several DIY hacks that will enable charging with USB devices connected but most are not for the faint of heart. This limitation means than once the battery runs out, you have to stop working with all of your accessories and revert to just the tablet itself so you can charge it. The Venue has to see special signaling on the USB data lines to initiate a charge, something that an OTG Y cable cannot do. Sadly, this does not work with the Venue. A work-around for this with other tablets is an OTG “Y” cable that connects both a charger and USB device at the same time. However, the biggest issue is that because the Venue has only a single female USB 2.0 Micro B port, you can’t charge it while using OTG devices. While the Intel Bay Trail platform supports USB 3.0 internally, the OTG connection is limited to USB 2.0. Our video went viral among tech enthusiasts, even attracting the attention of Michael Dell himself who retweeted our video stating “Sweet demo of the Dell Venue Pro 8”. We decided to make a YouTube video showcasing the Venue along with some of our products such as the Plugable UD-3000 USB 3.0 Docking Station and the Plugable USB3-VGA USB 3.0 to VGA Adapter. Unfortunately, there are a few drawbacks to be addressed- most notably that there is no way to charge the venue while it is docked– read on for need to know technical details.

#DISPLAYLINK USB GRAPHICS DEVICE ASUS FULL#

Fortunately the Venue does have OTG support! With the help of the OTG cable, a UD-3000 dock, and three USB3-VGA adapters, we turned a tiny 8″ Windows 8.1 tablet into a full blown desktop workstation with four monitors, full-size keyboard and mouse, gigabit Ethernet, and more. Upon receiving one of the first units to ship from Dell we immediately wanted to find out if we could use an OTG (on-the-go) cable to connect external USB devices to the Venue through the single female USB Micro B port normally used for charging.

#DISPLAYLINK USB GRAPHICS DEVICE ASUS DRIVERS#

Unlike Windows RT tablets limited to running Windows store applications and unable to load device drivers, the standard x86 architecture of the Intel Bay Trail Atom in the Venue enables access to the broad ecosystem of Windows device drivers and applications developed before Windows 8’s Modern or “Metro” UI and Windows store came to be. When we first learned of Dell’s plans to release a full Windows 8.1 mini tablet we were excited to see what would be possible from such a small device.

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