Laptop killing usb mouses?

[TopDog]

Hey guys.

Ive been having problems with my laptop and usb mouses. I've gone through about 5 in the last 2 years. They do get dropped a bit taking the laptop places, however, most of them just seem to die for no reason. I'll just be using them normally and then they'll die. I don't think its anything wrong with the usb ports, because a new mouse will work fine (for a while) but the old mouses won't work on other computers.

Once plugged back in, the broken mouses give me a 'power surge on hub port' message.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Souron]

A power surge is the kind of thing that will permanently break an electronic part like a mouse. Either the usb port is prone to power surges, or the voltage is too high, so that normal fluctuations can make the voltage go above the tolerances of the mouse.

 

[TopDog]

Is there anyway i can stop that from happening?

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Get a new usb controller which means a new motherboard for a laptop.

 

[Souron]

No easy way to fix it.

It would be relatively simple to fix with circuit parts, and a usb splitter, but you'd need to know what you're doing.