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As soon as the printer was plugged in, the computer broke down.
I get a really strange issue and hoping someone can help. As soon as I plugged my printer into my computer via USB, my computer immediately broke down—the screen went black, the system completely...
This is the most common culprit. Your computer's BIOS (the basic system that starts your PC) might have a setting enabled that tells it to check for bootable USB devices before starting Windows. When you plugged the printer in, the computer saw a USB device and said, "Oh, I should try to start from this," got confused when it couldn't find an operating system, and then froze on a black screen.