Lost connection to Bluetooth keyboard

2 weeks old Intel mini. Logitech diNovo Edge Bluetooth keyboard paired just fine with the mini.
Have not used the system for a few days. Mini goes to sleep when not in use.
Today, the connection to the keyboard was lost. Trying to open Bluetooth preferences crashes the System Preferences application. Force-quit System preferences (had to do it twice). Turn BT off and on again. Re-try. Same thing: System Preference crashes.
Had to restart the mini (which I HATE). Re-paired BT keyboard. Also got a weird notice that my Network location was damaged and could not be loaded (re-created network location). No idea if this is related to the BT problem.
Hope it does not happen again, but I don't LIKE it. Any ideas?
TIA.

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