Asus P5GCMX/1333 USB Overcurrent Detected

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Hi. I bought an Asus P5GCMX/1333 motherboard off of eBay a little over a week ago. The board worked great, except it did not fully support the E7400 processor I installed in it. It was running the oldest version of the BIOS. Version 0207, I think. This board does not support bios updates by USB. Only floppy or CD. Tried AUFDOS, that failed. CD drive I'm using is broken, so that was why it failed to find the file. Took several tries with a floppy, but the floppy was bad. Once I found a good floppy, it flashed the BIOS successfully, version 0413. Ever since that I'm getting this:

"00 USB Device Detected. CMOS Checksum Bad. USB over current status detected System will shutdown in 15 seconds!!"

Can't get into BIOS. The EZ-Flash utility still works because I downgraded the BIOS back to the original version, that didn't help. I ordered a new BIOS chip (with the 0413 version), that didn't help, either. I unplugged ever USB device, including the front panel connectors. I checked the USB port Ω with a mulitimeter, and it read 19.8Ω on all the back ports (power off, cord unplugged). I did the same with my laptop (which works no problem) and it read 534Ω. I was checking on pins 1&4. Oh, and I removed the board from the case and ran it out of the case, too. That didn't help, either. What is wrong with it? Help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Greetings popit,

Thanks for providing all of the troubleshooting procedures you've performed. What type of device are you using on the USB port? Do the same issues happen when the port is not populated? Clean out your USB port with compressed air. Inspect the USB port for any damage to the USB slot. A bent/damaged USB can cause grounding issues in which can effect your USB function and PC performance.

For more ideas on further troubleshooting, review this post to a user experiencing the same issue:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2836965/overcurrent-detected-usb-device-system-shut-seconds-protect-mainboard.html

I hope this helps!
 

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I checked my power supply, and it seems to be in working condition. I think I found which port is causing the problem. The USB56 front connector reads 19.8Ω, like the ports in back. The internal card reader works with that. The USB78 connector is reading[strike] ∞Ω [/strike]and the card reader was not recognized. Looks like something burned up. Is there any way to permanently disable the front USB header? Like something that can be desoldered?

Edit: Further checking, the USB78 connector is reading 0V when on and 12k ohms (tested when unplugged).