Hi Ky!

Think this was originally in the other message but morphed into other
areas. Anyway, remember me typing about issues here with the system
locking up sometimes when I plug a thumbdrive or rarely other USB device
into the computer? I think the problem isn't with the USB
ports/circuits but more with the way the motherboard/something reacts to
static electricity.

Had touched the side of the case (metal) and 'snap!' from the discharge
and the system froze. Happened several times. Originally may have had
a 'false positive' with the thumbdrive (USB port) as may not have noted
the static electric spark as through the thumbdrive rather than my
finger.

Checked on-line -- others have similar issues over the years; various
brands but I didn't notice anything to components. Will have to recheck
my grounding; haven't felt like crawling aorund down there! (Or those
pesky But Firsts!)

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Hi Ky!

KM> Or if maybe the internal ground is loose, perhaps on the USB
KM> connection to the mainboard.
Hmmm... Possibility. A static discharge to the case could still jump
to the USB section, just looks like a different/another problem. Right
now trying to figure out where to begin other than an almost complete rebuild. ...Suppose the first thing would be to open the case and see
if anything looks wrong. Let things 'sit' a while and see if I remember anything which didn't seem to go as should during construction -- like something having to be forced.

Might be nothing you can see, unfortunately. Broken spot in a
trace, loose wire up inside a port... who knows....

Right: plus bad solder joint - could be literally anything anywhere.
Opening the case to look for anything obvious is probably as far as I'd
go: not going to look at the board with a magnifying glass - probably
one the sandwiched type and the problem is in a middle layer!


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