Error message: "USB device drawing too much power"; Battery will no longer hold a charge. Help?

A few months back a jump drive broke while inserted in my Macbook (the computer fell sideways and cracked the jump drive). That particular USB port no longer works and I keep receiving an error message that tells me a USB device is drawing too much power, even though nothing is plugged into either port.
It wasn't a huge issue until my battery stopped holding a charge. The computer is usable while plugged in, but as soon as the cord is disconnected it will immediately shut down. I assume this has something to do with the faulty USB port.
In addition, my CD drive will no longer burn CDs. It will read CDs and allow me to open content from them, but it will no longer burn content to a new disc.
As soon as I am able I am taking the computer to the store to get checked out, but in the meantime I wanted to see if someone has experienced a similar problem and knows what needs to be replaced or repaired, and how much that might be.

I guess I should say, abnormally warm. Does it feel like there's a small heater going in there?
I don't think this is the kind of thing you want to undertake, not if you're asking about how to do it. I don't know much about the insides of Macbooks other than the parts needing replacing are probably soldered to the rest of the computer. It's really something you need an expert to investigate.

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¡Hola, Gabriel!
USB Overcurrent Protection issues arise when one or more of the USB devices draw too much power or, by adding a device to a USB hub, one exceeds the current budget for the entire chain. A detailed explanation can be found in this article, where it states:"Should the cumulative current drawn by a group of downstream ports exceed a preset value, the overcurrent protector removes power from all downstream ports. Overcurrent circuits are used to protect against catastrophic device failures, software errors that lead to devices turning on when the current budget has been exceeded, and user-caused events such as the shorting out of connector pins."See also "USB: Hub Description" for important information on self-powered vs. bus-powered UBS hubs.
Your Apple Pro keyboard is a bus-powered USB hub. Some displays continaing USB ports may act as either bus-powered or self-powered hubs: one has to consult the display's documentation for details.
• If USB Overcurrent problems arise using a bus-powered, third-party USB hub, try a self-powered hub or connect the USB device directly to one of the built-in USB ports on the computer itself.
• If USB Overcurrent Protection issues arise when a device is connected directly to one of the built-in USB ports on the computer itself, then the peripheral device or its cable is either damaged or defective.
Note that you can not put two bus-powered hubs in series. In addition to the article "USB: Hub Description", see also "Apple Pro Keyboard: Devices Connected to Hub May Not Work."
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I was wondering if anyone had any solutions to a rather strange problem.
Yesterday my Lacie USB drive and my USB SD card both stopped working on my Macbook Air.
The USB SD card fails to mount (no power light), my Lacie USB drive brings up a warning that it is "Drawing too much power and will be disconnected".
The only thing I had done the day before was try and plug in a USB externally powered host to connect these two devices (and a printer).
This morning I tried these two devices (Lacie drive and SD card) on a different Mac and both still don't work - I get exactly the same issues as described above.
Is it a coincidence they have both gone wrong at the same time? Could it have been the external hub that broke these? Has anyone else come across anything like this?
I've done some searching and have run the SMC and Pram resets on these machines and it doesn't make any difference. I've also tried a different cable / used the cable on a different USB drive and it works fine.
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