Bob asserts that unplugging and reconnecting power to a device and waiting before turning it back on is an effective troubleshooting method because it discharges capacitors.

“if you unplug everything and then hold the power button on most devices that it will be enough to discharge any capacitors that are holding on to any pesky juice in there on that circuitry”

Wade believes that a complete power cycle, where every cable is disconnected from every device for a period of time, is a legitimate solution for stubborn hardware issues.

“but this was literally unplug every cable from every monitor leave it sit for a few minutes and plug it back in”