Getting 'Power surge on hub port'

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Quartz-1

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I'm getting this message on one of my USB 3 hub ports, even when I have nothing plugged in.

The exact message is, "A USB device has malfunctioned and exceeded the power limits of its hub port. You should disconnect the device." I'm getting the message even when there's nothing plugged in to the USB 3 ports.

This is on my Quiet PC. I've spotted nothing in the event logs. Windows 7 x64 is fully up to date.

Any suggestions?
 
The USB 3.0 driver might have gotten corrupt. Try installing the Intel USB 3.0 driver from the motherboard's driver page.

If that fixes the problem, I'd start wondering how the driver got corrupt and start running Memtest, doing some SMART tests on the the drive, scanning for malware, and so on.

While you're on Gigabyte's pages, I notice in the BIOS updates several vague "Improve system compatibility" entries and a "Improve keyboard compatibility" entry. I'd try the latest BIOS if you haven't updated that.
 
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