Children have such a weird aversion to wearing a helmet. I remember when I was in middle school school, other kids used to leave their helmets in a bush by their house so their parents wouldn’t find out and then pick them back up on the way home.
The trick is to slow down and pause between the shorter bits.
“In the great green room - there was a telephone - and a red balloon - and a picture of - a cow jumping over the moon”
If it wasn’t the PSU or motherboard, then it’s possible they were both just from a bad batch