Surge in usb power. Your machine will shut down in 15 seconds

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Surge in usb power. Your machine will shut down in 15 seconds.
Hi. I'm getting a similar message as others, however, my machine gives me
the error just after the post and before the OS (winxp) loads, then shuts
down. Any ideas on what to try?
Win xp sp2
no usb devices plugged in at present

TIA - Roberta
 
Roberta said:
Surge in usb power. Your machine will shut down in 15 seconds.
Hi. I'm getting a similar message as others, however, my machine gives me
the error just after the post and before the OS (winxp) loads, then shuts
down. Any ideas on what to try?
Win xp sp2
no usb devices plugged in at present

TIA - Roberta
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Hi Roberta,
As the message says, your power supply is Gone bad and you need to check
your power supply or Laptop battery for consistency.
What machine we are dealing with here, Desktop or a laptop?.
Do you use UPS or a power surge protector?.
Can you boot up in safe mode or last Good known Config?.

HTH.
nass
 
Roberta said:
Surge in usb power. Your machine will shut down in 15 seconds.
Hi. I'm getting a similar message as others, however, my machine
gives me the error just after the post and before the OS (winxp)
loads, then shuts down. Any ideas on what to try?
Win xp sp2
no usb devices plugged in at present
Click to expand...

- Click on START
- Click on CONTROL PANEL
- Double-click on the SYSTEM icon
- Click on the HARDWARE tab
- Click the DEVICE MANAGER button
- Click the "+" next to Universal Serial Bus Controllers to expand the
selection.
- Right-click and select PROPERTIES on each USB UNIVERSAL HOST CONTROLLER
(not the USB Root Hub)
- Click the ADVANCED Tab
- Check the box that says: "Don't tell me about USB errors"

If your hardware is under warranty - have them replace the
motherboard/mainboard (or if it is a seperate USB card/hub - replace it.)
 
As the message says, yourpower supplyis Gone bad and you need to check
yourpower supplyor Laptop battery for consistency.
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Roberta's error message obviously say nothing about any power
supply. No wonder that same post also foolishly recommended a power
strip protector or UPS to protect hardwae - also a misguided
recommendation based only on education from popular myths.

Shenan Stanley has posted the useful reply such as collecting facts
long before trying to solve anything. USB ports contain a control
circuit that monitors how much power is consumed. If the control
circuit is reporting excessive current (not voltage as nass implies),
and if no USB device is drawing current, then the USB port circuitry
probably has failed. The solutoin requires inspection for something
obvious or shorting to that circuitry (ie metal fragment, standoff,
etc). That inspection rarely finds problems. Then the USB hardware
must be replaced (as Shenan suggested).
 
w_tom said:
Roberta's error message obviously say nothing about any power
supply. No wonder that same post also foolishly recommended a power
strip protector or UPS to protect hardwae - also a misguided
recommendation based only on education from popular myths.
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So, on what basic did make your foolish, unsupported assumption?.
Why did you include the rest of text, why you snipping, why you are smoebody
else dog?.

Can you provide your solution to the OP as I don't have a problem and there
are lots of things the OP need to answer before we do a pure Guess!!!!.

"I'M NO BODY'S DOG AND ALWAYS WORK ON FACTS NOT FICTION "
No need to reply end of post to me <KILL FILE>.
 
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