That's what I feared... this one will get solved the hard way...
I was secretly hoping somebody would post a reply like "it-happens-to-me-all-the-time-all-you-need-to-do-is-replace-component-xy34"
I'm torn. Since this is the only (and minor) problem I have, I'm not sure I feel like raiding all the capacitors on the motherboard without actually knowing for sure it'll fix it.