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USB Power Surge Error

Had one instance of this error last week, was able to over-ride it (not sure how I did that), but now each time I plug my camera in to the USB cord, this same error pops up. I have tried my other USB Cables in every port and they work fine. I hooked this USB cable up to my laptop and get the same error message. The other USB cables that I use are for Logitech cordless mouse, dell keyboard and Linksys router. I unplugged all cords and power cords today and unplugged main power source from wall and left it unplugged for about 6 hours. Rebooted and still have the error. When I click on the error message, it is bringing up the hub ports and showing it as unknown. I've reloaded the driver and still get the error. Is it possible that the cord itself is bad? I just don't believe it's my Motherboard since all the ports are working for the other items. Also, where exactly can I purchase an AC Power Adapter? I bought this camera at Walmart 2 years ago. I read on the Microsoft board that this may be due to the ServicePack 2 but not sure about that. Any help would be grealy appreciated. Tammy O.

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Normally usb ports are plug/play it could be tht there is something wrong with your usb cable if i knew your mailing address i could send you a usb cable i have tons..

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