IPod blows PC power supply

Hello,
I have been contacted by a friend with an iPod / Windows problem - they have blown their computer's power supply 3 times while using their iPod with windows. While the iPod is connected and music is being transferred to the iPod from the computer, the computer has just died all of a sudden, and the power supply has had to of been replaced.
Just wondering if any one has had a similar problem? Could it have anything to do with the iPod draining too much power from the USB?
Much Appreciated
Andrew
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Bad news trying this VI on my (older) Win7 notebook.
First of all it does not recognise if main power fails switching to the UPS system (even with the UPS monitoring software installed).
It also does not recognise the notebooks battery being charged or not.
The time remaining display changes randomly between about 400 and 2500 even running on the notebooks internal battery and the UPS monitoring cable disconnected.
Of course I don't know which part of the misfunction is caused by Windows and/or the UPS monitoring software installed.
I've now tried to contact APS, hopefully one of the DLL's they installed with their monitoring software will allow to read the estimated time status left and input AC directly.
I will also try to get more information on the installed batteries using the functions in the powrprof.dll as used in the example below. It looks like providing access to the batteries installed, so if the UPS shows up as second battery or AC adapter it might work (have to check this in device manager).
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