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Flash drive causes sudden reboot
Name: JonK Date: November 22, 2005 at 22:57:08 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 1.8GHz 256MB
Comment:
An organization that I belong to has been having a strange problem with they're computer. Almost every time someone plugs in a USB Flash drive the computer reboots. Within seconds of plugging in a flash drive, the computer shuts off suddenly. The screen will suddenly go dark then the Gateway splash screen will appear and then Windows will start loading again. Does anyone know what could be causing this and what can be done about it?
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