Expansion cards dropping connection intermittently

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Hello, I’ve been having some issues with my USB-A expansion cards on my Framework Laptop 13 as of late, and I was hoping for some help from the community. From time to time when copying data to an external storage device (USB SD Card adapter, USB hard drive, SSD, etc), I find that the connection tends to drop if the cable is barely nudged by my hand. I have a feeling this is due to the expansion card and less the storage medium itself, as I do not encounter any such behaviors on other devices. So my question is, how could I remedy this issue, should I try cleaning the contacts on the card itself? If so, how? Has anyone else had an issue similar to this? And why on earth are the USB-A plugs so damn short lol. There’s at least a quarter of my USB-A cable sticking out of the receptacle, no doubt partially contributing to the issue.

I look forward to any responses.

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I had one USB-A quit working. I finally decided to reboot to see if that fixed it, and it did. I am running Linux Mint, and do not reboot often. The longest was I think, 56 days. Had to reboot then for system updates. Lately reboots have been more often, so I have not seen this USB problem recently.

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4 months later and I am still encountering this issue. Does anyone else know what could cause this, or why?

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Bump? I would like to know if this is a board level issue or just the USB C to USB A expansion cards causing issues.