I have worked in IT for about 15 thousand years now I think, and the number of times I’ve had to take a malfunctioning computer or piece of equipment “For a drive” is beyond counting. It started with taking broken things back to head office where they would suddenly work fine. Put back in situ, they stay fine. Eventually I learned that I don’t even have to bring it back to head office, just unplug it, put it in the van,drive around the block a few times, maybe go get lunch, return to site, and reinstall it. Repeated reboots, long power drain cycles of leaving it unplugged, or unplugging it and walking to the door with the threat of a drive were not enough,it had to go in the car, and the car had to move.

My actual home desktop PC still does this. Every few months, it randomly turns off, and then won’t respond to power button presses at all. No POST, no fan spin, nothing. I take it to the park, or down to the river for a bit while I go for a walk, take it home, lo, it works fine. 6 years this has been going on.