I don’t know if is a problem of LightBurn. I have a trial version before buy i wanna test.
Have a big problem: every time i connect physically the usb cable my Macbook pro 2011 died. I have only a message of reboot on “the system has detected an error”.
It sounds like a faulty USB connection when the computer shuts down. Have you tried with another usb cable, maybe you are lucky and it is “only” a bad connector.
Have you tried another USB port? Does the same thing occur? Is LightBurn running when this occurs? If so, what happens if LightBurn isn’t running?
Do you have a problem with other USB devices?
It’s pretty surprising you’d get a reboot by plugging in. Testing this on the other computer will be a good test to determine if the problem is potentially on the laser side or the computer side.
Hope this isn’t it, but I’ve seen the power supply faulty in a small grbl machine that caused the ‘ground’ to be a higher voltage and it would take the pc down when you plugged it in the usb…
As @jkwilborn writes, it could be your laser power suppl, computers do not like too high a voltage at the power supply inputs. But if it is a standard 12V supply on your laser, then they are not expensive or you have a spare one that you can test with. (be aware that the amperage value is high enough in the new or your test power supply)