Usb power surge problems

Stevoisboss · December 13, 2015

Computer: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3DBy7P

Last month I have been playing video games and my mouse and keyboard have randomly been turning off for around 2 seconds at a time and turning back on again. It made a windows ding noise when it happened. One time when I was tabbed out of my game it happened again and this time it popped up with a message that the usb had exceeded its maximum voltage and it caused it to turn off. It turned right back on again so I shrugged it off. Today it happened 3 times in 45 minutes and I'm writing this from another computer because my keyboard and mouse won't turn on. I re plugged them in to different usb ports, and restarted my computer multiple times. I plugged my mouse into this laptop (2009 macbook pro) and the mouse won't work but the keyboard will. When the mouse is plugged into the macbook it says, "Please remove the device causing too much power to re-enable USB devices.” Therefore I'm not sure if the mouse is broken or if it just means that the macbook can't handle it because its from 2009. I can get my keyboard working on my custom pc if I don't have my mouse plugged in but not vice versa. Please note that after the last usb power surge happened the leds on my keyboard will not turn on except that when plugged in the caps lock and num lock leds flash on and off repeatedly. I want to know WHAT caused this to happen, how to FIX it and how to AVOID it in the future. I would also like to know what kind of damage this could've potentially caused. Thank you.

Edit: I got a usb hub and plugged a new razer naga that I bought. The hub is plugged into one of my mobos usb ports. My mouse and keyboard are plugged in the hub. The naga doesn't seem to be getting enough power...The led on the scroll wheel is half lit(Ik the mouse works becuase it works on another computer). The reason I say I don't think its getting enough power is because all the led lighting except the scroll wheel is fully lit, also I can click but I can't move my cursor. Is this a motherboard or a power supply problem?

Aniallation · December 13, 2015

Looks to be a problem with the peripherals themselves or your PC (I suspect motherboard giving it power surges?). There's no reason it shouldn't work on a 2009 Macbook, when the other day I was using a Razer Blackwidow perfectly fine on a Pentium 3 machine running Windows 2000.