PC Restarts Occasionally When USB Thumb Drive Inserted

[Jango]

Hi there,
I occasionally encounter a PC restart whenever I insert a USB thumb drive into a front mounted USB port (usually immediately upon insertion).

Anyone have any tips as to why this could be occurring?
It's bloody annoying
Regards
jango

[best4less]

Have you tried a different USB thumb drive or different USB ports ????

[BCNZ]

Do you have the latest motherboard drivers installed (specifically the latest USB 2.0 drivers) ?

If you don't, then get them.

If you do, then remove the existing ones and re-install. They may have become corrupted in some way which is causing the machine
to crash and reboot.

[navy blue]

I have seen similar issues with a faulty usb port whereby it was shorting out when a usb device was plugged into, as mentioned try another port