I've established that this is a grounding issue. About one third of the time, if I plug a USB device in, ANY device, the monitor will go blank, audio will stop, and I have to manually force a restart. If I tap the device on the metal case before plugging it in, and let the static discharge, the...
audio ports
case ports
computer
connectors
crash
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grounding
hardware issues
irritating
manual restart
motherboard
pc build
pci hub
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power supply
staticdischarge
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