How can I re-enable my USB ports due to a power surge?
I had my Mac and Arduino board connected to some motors for a school project when suddenly my Arduino fried up and at the same time my Mac (Macbook Pro-early 2011) turned off. Expecting the worst that my Mac had also fried up, me and my professor managed to get the laptop up and running again smoothly. But as soon as I see a pop-up window saying that my USB ports are disabled due to a power surge or the device is using too much power (I am paraphrasing here) I have been stuck for almost a week on how to fix it.
I have done the SMC resets, opened up the Mac to see if I can see or smell any burned parts on the I/O ports on the mother board, and search for other ways to FIX the problem....not find an alternative on buying an external USB hub like an AmazonBasic USB hub with a power adapter. I found out that it does work when I borrowed my professors USB hub.
Though if I have to pay money out of my pocket and buy a USB hub then I will. Though I would appreciate it if you can help me out on trying to fix it instead. Please and thank you in advance.