Periodic USB connecting sound

[Lu Powell]

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.

 

[Metspitzer]

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.

 

[Al Smith]

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-

 

[Ophelia]

"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.
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[Zootal]

> 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...

 

[Al Smith]

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-