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Tower or laptop? How old? It's possible that the USB connector is broken on the motherboard, intermittent signal or short. See if there is something bad inside that connector.

Thankfully, I'm on my last high school student in the house. The one before her came home with the laptop and said, "Hey Dad. There is something wrong with my laptop. The USB connector is funky." He has a wireless mouse with that little USB dongle that Logitech uses.

I took a look at it. Hmmm, dongle is loose. Closer inspection: USB port is loose. Even closer inspection.... "Son, you want to tell me what you did to this thing?"

Seems he had gotten into the habit of tossing his bag (with said laptop in it) a little too playfully.
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