USB Power surge problem on my P35 Neo F

Hi,
I finally got my BIOS problems solved and have already installed everything and almost everything is ok with my system...
BUT. There is still the problem with the "Power surge in USB hub". I don't know whether this is the right forum for this but I'll explain my situation and maybe someone can help, or at least move this to the right forum.
So, first of all, when trying to do the usb flasher bios update I came across the problem where the computer totally freezes when you put a memory stick to a usb hub. That I cleared by removing the wires leading to the extrenal case usb ports, which weren't working anyhow. After updating the bios, I started working normally and thought that everything is ok with my usb wireless desktop devices and my external HDD connected. Yesterday if I turned the external HDD on, the power surge notification would pop up. Anyhow, today everything was ok until I plugged the HDMI-DVI cable for my 2nd monitor, a LCD Tv, in my computer, after which the power surge notification popped up once again. When I'm using my second monitor, it works ok for about 5 minutes after which the 2nd computer loses the signal and turns itself off. I realised that yesterday I had the same cable contacted so there must be something there.
Long story short, do YOU think that this power surge has something to do with my Akasa PSU not providing suffient power? That would sound like the most simple solution as when I contact another device to my computer, the power surge occurs, as well as the fact that the 2nd monitor, the LCD TV, turns itself off after a few minutes of signal..
OR, would it be a possibility to buy an active USB hub, which was suggested to someone earlier, for the HDD drive, which actually has an external power source of it's own. Could the external active HUB be the solution or should I just go and buy a new PSU, which would be a lot more expensive and to be honest, might not even be the solution..
I must also point out that with my previous computer, the HDD drive, the wireless desktop and the HDMI-DVI cables were always connected at the same time without any sort of problems, so could it even be a problem with the Mobo?
Sorry for my english if it's unclear, but if someone knows how to help, please do so.
Thanks!

Ok, so the best bet is that it's the PSU, I gotta start searching for one then.
Just to doublecheck, here are the voltages for my psu
voltage regulation minimum load maximum load  peak load 
+3.3V        ±5%         0.5A           30.0A            - 
+5V           ±5%         0.3A           30.0A            - 
+12V1        ±5%         1.0A           14.0A          16.0A 
+12V2        ±5%         1.0A           15.0A           - 
-12V         ±10%         0.0A          0.5A             - 
+5Vsb        ±5%          0.0A          2.0A            2.5A 
I have absolutely no idea what the figures mean, so can someone explain me the +12V voltages in this SPU, so that I won't go and buy a new PSU in vain.
Thanks in advance for your great assistance!

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    Your HDD is going to be just fine.  Todays hard drives are usually built to be able to take 50'000 power-on-Cycles.  If you turn on your system once a day, it will take about 68.5 years until you reach that number with that double-boot behaviour.  When you power on your system 8 times a day, you will still have to do that for about 8.5 years (each day) until you reach 50'000.  That means if your hard drives breaks within the next 5 years (warranty period), it is highly unlikely that this has anything to do with the double-boot behaviour.
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    # System is very unresponsive, even after clean install with only motherboard drivers installed (Intel INF). I've checked with Sysinternals Process Explorer, Deferred Procedure Calls process is occupying most (50% - 70%) of the CPU, making "System" (and not "System Idle Process") occupying CPU 100%. I've checked with Spybot 1.6.2 and with Kaspersky AV 2010, there is no malware on the system. Odd thing is that while I'm running latest Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool "System" process falls down to 3% of CPU load and system becomes responsive more than ever.
    # When restarting system, after clean install and before installing any drivers, system would freeze at "Windows is shutting down" screen. Once I install Intel inf motherboard drivers, since then system kind of restarts, screen goes black, but it doesn't boot up again - I have to do a hardware reset.
    # When shutting down the system, similarly to restart scenario, system kind of shuts down, I can hear HDD is stopped, but system power LED remains on, and both CPU and PSU fans remain on.
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    OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP3
    Did your install CD already include SP3?
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    Not sure if it is related but I'll mention it anyway, even though I can browse internet and download files with no problem, Windows update and Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 updates barely move from 0% after hours and hours of running (Kaspersky never moves off of the 0%, while Windows Update takes ages to get additional percent of a single ~900KB update)
    This is another indication that your problems is Windows related.  There is something wrong with your OS installation.  You are talking about a clean OS Installation with no drivers but AV Software and Anti-Spyware stuff installed.  This does not sound very healthy.
    My suggestion would be to clear CMOS with main A/C power cable removed from PSU, load "Optimized Defaults" in BIOS after that, repartition and format your hard drive from Windows Setup and reinstall Windows XP SP3.  When you done, start with installing the latest Intel Chipset drivers (nothing else before that) and then restart your system right after the installation is done.  Then install all the other drivers step by step and see if that changes anything.

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