Electronic – Arduino UNO disconnects from computer when connecting it to a breadboard from specific holes

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I am a complete beginner in electronics; I started learning using Arduino yesterday.

There is something strange happening with the Arduino UNO board.

The Arduino board is connected to my laptop and it's working fine (the green LED is on), but when I connect a breadboard with the Arduino's 5V pin and GND pin, the Arduino board disconnects from the laptop and turns off(green LED turn off), but the strange thing is that this problem only occurs if the Arduino's 5V and GND pins are connected to the breadboard from two columns:

Image for the problem's columns

If the breadboard is connected to the Arduino board from any combination of two row different than the one in the image everything goes fine, even if one of the wires is connected to one of the columns in the image and the other one isn't the problem doesn't occur.

So why is this happening? And why does it only happen with a specific combination of two columns in the breadboard? Is it even a problem, or is it just a normal thing?

Picture of another combination of columns:
(Notice the green LED is on so there is power and it's connected to the laptop)

Image of another combination of columns

Best Answer

The two columns of holes that you use in the first picture must be shorted together, perhaps by a piece of metal underneath the breadboard. You can try to remove the breadboard and then remove the short.