USB device over current status detected - Asus Motherboard

Antanas Skiudulas

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May 24, 2015
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I am prompted with this error whenever I try to boot into my system right after BIOS notification screen I get this message "USB device over current status detected will shut down in 15 seconds" after which the PC simply shuts down. This happened right after I have decided to change the case for my PC.

Motherboard: ASUS M5A78L-M LX3

I don't really know the name of the case.

What I've tried so far:
1)I've tried unplugging the USB front panel connectors from the motherboard to test and see if the front panel's USB ports were acting up, but the error still persisted.
2)My next on the list was to see if the USB ports at the back are causing trouble. However, there're not many ways to do that, so I've inspected the IO guard and saw little indentations from the panel next to the USB ports touching the metal, so I thought that was the problem. I bent the IO shield pins back so they don't touch the USB ports but that still didn't help.

Things to note:
One of the USB slots at the front panel are slightly out of place compared to other i.e. pushed inside a little more which made me think that it was the culprit in the first place, however, as I explained above, that didn't seem to be the case.
 

tfwhukdradji

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Oct 26, 2013
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I just had this problem with my HTPC.

My setup:
F2A85-M PRO motherboard
A10-6800K CPU
8gb 1600mhz AMD "entertainment" RAM
corsair 90gb SSD
an old 1000gb HDD
seasonic S12II 380W PSU
W7 HP (now windows 10)

The mobo worked fine when I had it installed in my Fractal Design Define R4 case.

Then I migrated the system to my Silverstone GD09b case.

The GD09b has pre-existing standoffs at least one of which didn't match the bolt pattern of my mobo, but I left it in place thinking it harmless.

I then fired up my system and… started getting the BIOS message you’re now familiar with.

My troubleshooting included:
• Replacing PSU
• Removing all USB items
• Checking all the connections to my mobo for correctness of location, solidity of fit, etc.
• Trial-and-error process of removing each connection from mobo to isolate offending connection

…all of which did not work.

Then I finally read that an excess or unused mobo standoff could be the cause of the problem, so I removed my mobo from the case, identified 1-2 standoffs that didn’t match my mobo’s bolt pattern, removed them, reassembled my system, and have lived happily ever after.