[alamosf]

tried scouring the forums and troubleshooting according to what i've found and so far, no dice. i have an iMac 2.8 (May 2008), 500GB, 1GB RAM, OS 10.5.8;

it just happened suddenly: "usb over current notice. a usb device is currently drawing too much power. the whub to which it is attached will be deactivated."

i tried using a different printer cable; plugging it into a usb powered (plugged into an electrical socket) hub (also tried plugging other peripherals into the hub to see if they worked: yes, they did).

everything else works except for the printer and it immediately shows that notice once i plug the printer cable into the computer.

do i now need to get a new power supply for the printer????? could this be it? what happened was that i had earlier unplugged the power supply of the printer itself from the wall but soon after plugged it back. could there have been a power surge there?

also, the printer itself powers up well. i've even photo copied something on it to see if it works. (it does).

thanks again in advance.

[Snow-i]

Sounds like too much is coming from the hub to your printer. Have you tried directly plugging the printer into your iMac, or alternatively using an unpowered USB hub?

[alamosf]

i've tried hooking the printer directly to the mac.... that's how i got to trying the other workarounds :/

unpowered usb hub? let me see if i have one lying around somewhere, but maybe i don't.

in the meantime, other tips would be great.

[Snow-i]

try a different USB port on your iMac.

try the ports on your keyboard if its a wired one.


For whatever reason, your HP is drawing too much power from the USB port. I don't think a new power supply would help, but a factory reset on your HP printer might.

[alamosf]

still doesn't work with the factory reset. any other ideas?

would hate getting a new printer just because of this.