I just purchased a U2415 from Dell. Great monitor, nice screen, very happy. However, last night I was transferring files from an external HDD plugged into the monitor's USB port. When I turned off the monitor to allow the transfer to occur in the background, it shut down the drive. My data was okay, but I found this a bit strange.
I looked through the OSD and noticed that the USB option in the "Energy" menu was inaccessible. I then found out (via the manual) that this option is only available when the upstream cable is disconnected.
Say what?
Let me get this straight. If there is NO upstream cable, and the USB ports are NOT connected to the computer, then the monitor will provide power to them on standby. However, when the USB ports ARE connected to the computer (you know, so you can do stuff with those ports), then the monitor completely disconnects those ports from both the computer AND power when in standby mode.
Is this really the default behavior? Is there ANY way to keep power going to my USB ports when in standby mode? What if I don't want my monitor on all day while I'm doing file transfers? What was the point of putting the ports there, if not for convenience?
I know it seems like I'm ranting here, and I kind of am, but I'm genuinely looking for some help with this one. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks.