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Power Surge On Hub Port

Apr 12, 2006 10:45AM PDT

well today I come home and boot up my computer. As soon as it boots my mouse doesnt work anymore and it says "Power Surge On Hub Port". I moved my mouse from the back usb port to the front and it works but my keyboard still will not work. I was looking around in device manager and disabled my mouse LOL! =(. Can anyone help me here?Any help would be GREATLY GREATLY appreciated, Thanks.

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Well discussed.
Apr 12, 2006 8:59PM PDT
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Power Surge on Hub Port
Jul 3, 2009 10:29AM PDT

I have the same problem with an iPod nano connected to the USB port. The message arises even if the iPod is not connected and only the cable is connected. I am using Windows XP Home. The port on the back is used for a printer and another port on the front is used for a Blue Tooth device. They function OK. When the "Power Surge" message appears the curser for the BlueTooth mouse is frozen. Anyone familiar with this problem?

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try from the discussion
Jul 3, 2009 12:11PM PDT

"You can supppress the "USB Surge Alert" message with the following process:
- Click on Windows "Start" Button
- Go to "Settings"
- Enter in "Control Panel"
- Click on "System"
- Go on "Hardware" panel
- Run "Device Manager"
- Open the list "Universal Serial Bus Controller"
- Right Click on "Intel(R) 82801DB.DBM USB Universal Host Controller" (or equivalent, as 82801G...), and go to the "Advanced Panel"
- Enable the option "Don't tell me about USB errors".
- Click on OK"
From discussion above.

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power surge on hub
May 31, 2010 3:01PM PDT

problem is if you have a device on the usb port, windows will disable it and tell you to reinstall the program and the device which is my case as I have a high gain antenna. I have not found any solution yet.

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This one
May 31, 2010 9:13PM PDT

Is for the record books. The solution is in the long discussion.