My computer is busted

[General Mortars]

Hey, guys,

I wonder if you can help me out here, I´m in one hell of a problem.

A few minutes ago I inserted a pen drive into my old computer's USB and the computer froze.
I pressed the reset button hoping to reboot it and now it won´t restart.

When I switch on the computer, the screen appears with the P5K SE ASUS screen.
Then I get this message:

USB device over current detected!!
System will shut down in 15 seconds.

And the computer switches off by itself.

Windows XP home edition
P5K SE motherboard
3-4 gigs ram
Ge force board, can´t remember the series

Is there a way to remedy this?

I have tried disconnecting all USB devices but the problem persists.

Help.

[smrpix]

Google turned up this. They found a solution:http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/314200-30-device-current-status-detected-shut-seconds

[Joe The Dude]

Google turned up this. They found a solution:http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/314200-30-device-current-status-detected-shut-seconds

Hmm...
If I read that other thread correctly, the lady was able to get that error message to go away,
by simply unplugging the Front Case's USB Port Cables, from the motherboards USB Headers?

[sanlyn]

Correct. One of the USB ports' contacts is physically damaged, creating a short circuit. Shine a flashlight into your USB ports and check that none of the metal contacts inside are touching each other. If a contact is shorting another, you can try to play the game of using a small tool to bend the contacts away from each other, or disconnect the cable inside your PC that connects that port to a USB plug-in port (called a "header") on your motherboard. IF you feel you don't want to do perform that fix, take the PC to a local shop (NOT the Geek Squad !! They don't know crap).

[Budman1]

Smrpix post is correct and unplugging the suspected cable to the Motherboard header is the easiest way to determine. The most common problem of overcurrent, or any USB problem for that matter, is usually bad device, plug or cable. Most of the time it's the pins inside that get bent and short to each other which could have happened when the pen drive was inserted.

If that doesn't work make sure that you unplug the other USB I/O including the keyboard and mouse if they are USB also. You wont get very far without them but at least you may get past the 15 seconds letting you know one of them is bad. There may also be other USB products and a real killer is the USB card reader for memory cards such as SD, SM, MMC, etc. Those pins get bent very easily.

Hopefully it's just the pen drive socket and unplgging the cablefrom the header will solve.

OOps soory, you beat me to it Sanlyn. I also agree with your "NOT the....." comment LOL.

[sanlyn]

Oops, forgot: UNPLUG the power cord. Turn just turn off the PC, unplug it from AC power. As long as your 'puter is connected to A.C., the motherboard is till receiving current.

[turk690]

(not the geek squad !! They don't know crap).

rotflmao....

[MJA]

(not the geek squad !! They don't know crap).

rotflmao....

I bet they know how to charge your credit card