OMG cable device malfunctioned when connecting to usb port

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The cable is not being recognized when connecting it to the usb port on the laptop. It worked for a while then it stopped working with the error message.

"The last usb device connected to the computer malfunctioned"  how do you recover from this error ?

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https://forums.hak5.org/topic/51710-omg-devices-read-me-first-~~this-forum-is-not-where-you-get-support~~/