Re: Power Surge on USB port

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Sounds like the Laptops internal power supply regulation leaves a bit to be
desired.
(It may be getting ready to quit.) One of my daughters had a laptop that
started acting in a similar manner, then died with a fried internal power
supply.
"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:emvbqzyWFHA.2256@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> You want it to just go away? You are not concerned about the warning of
> possible hardware damage? I think I would contact Acer about this if I
> were in your position!
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
>
> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
> <wenzlow9@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1116367312.534828.65220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Greetings. I use an Acer laptop with 3 built-in USB ports, all of
>> which are USB 2.0. I will normally turn on my laptop without the AC
>> power plugged into it to begin with. After the laptop has been on for
>> about an hour or so, I'll plug in the AC power. At this point, I get a
>> ballon telling me that there has been a power surge on one of my USB
>> ports, though nothing is plugged into any of my USB ports. I open the
>> window, reset the port, and all is well the rest of the time. I only
>> use a USB 128mb flash-drive, nothing else, and even when I plug it in,
>> that balloon has never appeared. What can I do to get this to go away?
>> Thank you in advance!
>>
>
>


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