USB Port Problems

[BronX BooGiE]

Every time i plug a usb cord in to my computer it says usb power surge, the usb port used up all it's power. How can i fix this?

 

[amdskip]

You sound like you are drawing too much power through usb. I would purchase a AC powered USB hub and hook power drawing devices up to it.

 

[BronX BooGiE]

Is there a way i can lower how much power goes to the usb?

 

[amdskip]

The item you have hooked up to it is pulling too much. You can't control that unless you can hook the device up with a AC adapter.

 

[BronX BooGiE]

My cable modem is hooked up to a ac adapter.

 

[amdskip]

Your cable modem should be hooked up via ethernet/network cable, not usb.

 

[swankypimp]

Is this on a laptop? Some of the cheaper PCMCIA USB 2.0 controller cards require an external power adapter, or have a pass-through cable that hooks up to a PS2 or USB 1.1 port for power. I used to have one that gave that exact error message if that cable was not installed.

 

[BronX BooGiE]

yea its on a laptop so why kind of cable do i need to buy?