I'm running Windows 7 Premium Home 64 bit on a HP desktop. About every 10 minutes the sound associated with a USB device being connected (or disconnected, I can't tell which) sounds. I have tried to selectively disconnect and/or stop a variety of programs and equipment, without success. Nothing destructive is happening. It's just a nuisance. TIA for your sympathy and help.
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:06:22 -0500, "Lu Powell" <lupowell@teranews.com> wrote: >I'm running Windows 7 Premium Home 64 bit on a HP desktop. About every 10 >minutes the sound associated with a USB device being connected (or >disconnected, I can't tell which) sounds. I have tried to selectively >disconnect and/or stop a variety of programs and equipment, without success. > >Nothing destructive is happening. It's just a nuisance. > >TIA for your sympathy and help. > > That has been happening to me using XP. I hear the noise and sometimes my keyboard will fail. I can unplug/replug and it works fine again. Other times I hear the noise and nothing happens.
Metspitzer wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:06:22 -0500, "Lu Powell" > <lupowell@teranews.com> wrote: > >> I'm running Windows 7 Premium Home 64 bit on a HP desktop. About every 10 >> minutes the sound associated with a USB device being connected (or >> disconnected, I can't tell which) sounds. I have tried to selectively >> disconnect and/or stop a variety of programs and equipment, without success. >> >> Nothing destructive is happening. It's just a nuisance. >> >> TIA for your sympathy and help. >> >> > That has been happening to me using XP. I hear the noise and > sometimes my keyboard will fail. I can unplug/replug and it works fine > again. Other times I hear the noise and nothing happens. Probably a bad connection at the USB plug or a fault in the wire. It's breaking the circuit momentarily, and triggering the USB sound. The previous poster probably has the same problem with one of his USB plugs. -Al-
"Al Smith" <invalid@address.com> wrote in message news:urx7n.61136$Db2.46074@edtnps83... > Metspitzer wrote: >> On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:06:22 -0500, "Lu Powell" >> <lupowell@teranews.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm running Windows 7 Premium Home 64 bit on a HP desktop. About every >>> 10 >>> minutes the sound associated with a USB device being connected (or >>> disconnected, I can't tell which) sounds. I have tried to selectively >>> disconnect and/or stop a variety of programs and equipment, without >>> success. >>> >>> Nothing destructive is happening. It's just a nuisance. >>> >>> TIA for your sympathy and help. >>> >>> >> That has been happening to me using XP. I hear the noise and >> sometimes my keyboard will fail. I can unplug/replug and it works fine >> again. Other times I hear the noise and nothing happens. > > > Probably a bad connection at the USB plug or a fault in the wire. It's > breaking the circuit momentarily, and triggering the USB sound. The > previous poster probably has the same problem with one of his USB plugs. Yes, this was happening on my previous machine. It was obvious on mine because I was using a usb net dongle and each time it pinged my net connection broke. -- -- https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/
> Probably a bad connection at the USB plug or a fault in the wire. > It's breaking the circuit momentarily, and triggering the USB > sound. The previous poster probably has the same problem with one > of his USB plugs. > > -Al- This happens to me a lot with XP 64. With XP 32 and Windows 7, on the same hardware (same computer, same USB hubs, same wires, etc.) it never happens. Based on this, I conclude that it is some fault in XP64 since two other operating systems on the same box don't have the problem. YMMV...
Zootal wrote: >> Probably a bad connection at the USB plug or a fault in the wire. >> It's breaking the circuit momentarily, and triggering the USB >> sound. The previous poster probably has the same problem with one >> of his USB plugs. >> >> -Al- > > This happens to me a lot with XP 64. With XP 32 and Windows 7, on the same > hardware (same computer, same USB hubs, same wires, etc.) it never happens. > Based on this, I conclude that it is some fault in XP64 since two other > operating systems on the same box don't have the problem. YMMV... I doubt it's a fault in the OS. MOre likely a degradation in some part of the wiring. Although, it could be that W7 is more sensitive to this defect. -Al-