Please Help Me out..with Power Surge on Hub Port

Question

Hello,   Ok this thing has been bothering me for the past 2 days now.  I use a logitech game controller on my inspiron 9100.  For the past 2 days, it has been saying that there is a power surge on hub port.  At first i thought, there goes another controller out the window.  But then i also remembered that 2 days ago, my laptops charger died and i ordered a new one.  So i thought maybe that might be the case, because i had been using my wife's charger for the past 2 days.  Maybe the power surge was caused by that.  I should be getting the new charged within 2-3 days but is that THE reason why i am having a power surge and that game controller is not working.  Or is it something else?     Everytime i plug the controller in, the powersurge screen pops up and freezes to function.  It is really getting on my nerve now.   Please help.

Adeels20 · Answer

Really?

How though?

When i disconnect the controller, there is no problem at all so how can the motherboard be damaged?

Also, i just tried that controller on my wife's laptop. After like 2-3 mins, the powersurge came on that also. So should i assume that the controller is the cause of the problem and should i just get another one?

Thanks for your help....

Message Edited by Adeels20 on 09-29-2007 02:54 PM

ejn63 · Answer

I suspect you're going to find that the mainboard has been damaged.

ejn63 · Answer

It's possible - it's also possible the controller draws too much power for the notebook. Have you tried attaching it to a powered USB hub?

Adeels20 · Answer

I dont have a powered usb hub.  Also, with a laptop such as inspiron 9100, wouldn't it very weird carrying around an hub port?

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