"Indi" <sbrars******.com> wrote in message
news:1179270112.837051.203880@q23g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...
>I have Acer Travelmate 4052 laptop with Centrino 1.6 Ghz processor, I
> took Hardisk from my PC to copy some data to my laptop and for that I
> bought a 3.5 inch casing which came along with an adaptor. It went
> well for a hour and copied some data but after that a message popup
> saying POWER SURGE ON USB HUB and pulled the usb connector and
> connector to the other remaing two ports alternatively but same
> message. When I restarted my computer and try to connect as usual my
> microsoft usb mouse, my system froze, nothing worked alt+crtl+del,
> nothing, so restarted but same problem on other ports as well. I
> reinstalled the USB controller but to no use, I updated the BIOS,
> enable - disable USB legacy support and USB Mass Storage suporrt from
> the BIOS but to no use. I tried to reinstall the same Winxp pro with
> integrated SP2 which was earlier on the system but it froze too,
> sometimes at intial copying of files after formating, sometimes at 34
> min remaining screen, then at 9 min, and 5 min remaining to complete
> the setup.
>

Basically, the USB ports on your motherboard have failed. Why this is, is
unlikely to be become clear.

The easiest way out of this is to disable the existing USB ports in Device
Manager and fit a USB Cardbus card. It may require an external power brick
if anything wants power from the USB ports.