I work in tech so it is kinda embarrassing for me to ask this question but I never quite understood how something as simple as a power drain can solve almost all problems with a device. I use power to drain all the time, as the first troubleshooting step once we get our hands on a malfunctioning device but never quite questioned how until now.
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When a computer is running everything is stored in ram. This keeps track of the current state of the device. Now if something bad happens to that current state than the device may operate in a bad way. RAM only lives until the power to the module is cut off so unless your computer saves it’s current state to disk and tries to recover from it on a fresh boot all of the ram is reinitialized to a start state. This allows the device to resume functioning because this initial state is predetermined by the software, and will not have any of the inconsistencies of your previous operating state.
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