Just wanted to pass along some observations about USB Port Power Surge Errors. I was working with PowerDirector 10 Ultra x64, Build 1129b today, trying to produce and burn to disk some very poor quality VHS-EP mode video that I had captured using another program in DVD-HQ .mpeg2 format, which has always worked in the past.

I got the project completed which only had about three dozen transitions, three ten-second fade in and fade out titles at the beginning, and some scrolling credits at the end and probably about 20 minutes on the music track. No other Fix/Enhance or any other tools applied. The PRODUCE phase kept hanging at transitions, so I removed each offending transition (fades and cross overlaps) and finally it did produce the 123-minute video in DVD-SP (.mpeg2 format) successfully.

I then moved on to Create Disc, using the standard Memory Box Menu template, set it for DVD-SP NTSC, reduced my burn speed and tried to burn. It hung at 37 percent. No error message. Remaining time went to 0:00 and Elapsed time just kept incrementing.

Meanwhile my LG BD RE drive was roaring along at full speed. I cancelled out of the burn and exited PD10. I could not eject the DVD (Memorex) either with the switch or via Windows Explorer. It just kept spinning.

Tried a restart. The drive spun all the way through the restart and would not eject when the button was pushed. When the computer rebooted, I started getting Action Centre messages that there was a Power Surge on a USB hub (unknown device) and it should be removed and then the hub reset.

I only have a keyboard, mouse, monitor webcam, and APC UPS USB cables attached to the back (top under the grill in a Maingear) USB 3.0 ports. Removing them did not remove the message.

A cold boot enabled me to remove the DVD, which had been partially burned until it stopped at 37% percent. Inserted fresh DVD and got to 67 percent and then it hung again - no error message. Another cold reboot right away after cancelling the burn and exiting PD10, since the disk would not eject and the drive was going full bore.

Removed that DVD and noted that it had more data burned on it, consistent with it having hung further along (67 percent). USB Power Surge error messages gone.

Researched USB Power Surge messages, which recommended installing new drivers (I have the latest). Another post suggested going to the Device Manager, right clicking Computer, and requesting it scan for Hardware changes. According to that post, if a device had been disabled by Windows, it would show up as disabled and you could simply remove it, reboot, and Windows would install a new drive and reinitialize it. No problems detected there.

I finally took my PRODUCED file and inserted it into a new project as the only item on the timeline in PD10, added the Memory Box menu, and successfully created a DVD.

I can only conclude that the horrible video quality must have been more than PD10 could handle. I am no techno-expert but I don't think that BD writers are connected via USB, but perhaps they are and that was what caused the power surge warning, although I think at this point, Windows didn't know what to do with whatever caused PD10 to just kind of hang. I should clarify that the PD10 menus were responsive at all times - the BD drive was just no longer writing though spinning like crazy.

In any event, I pass this along for what it is worth and would be very interested in the opinions of the pros here who are much more technically literate than I am. I have attached my dxdiag for your info.

Have a great day.

Regards,
-Phil Windows 10 Pro x64
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