iMac restarts repeatedly when external drives are connected
My iMac (14,3) has started rebooting when any external drive is connected to any port at any time. It starts with a trackpad freeze, then a restart without any message. I've tried starting in Safe Mode and it still happens. No issues when no external drives are connected. I reinstalled the OS (Catalina) in the hopes that would fix the issue, but it did not. I'm starting to think it is not a software issue, but a hardware problem with the ports. A short, perhaps? Nothing seems loose.
Thank for the assistance.
Dani
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15