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Keep Getting USB Disco Sound
09:19 PM on Mar 27, 2007

I keep getting the USB Disconnect alarm.

How can I track down the offending device and then find out why it's doing it?

This is doing my head in!! and if I don't get this sorted out soon the PC is heading for a damn good thrashing!!!



Posted by Bill Robotham at 09:32 PM on Mar 27, 2007
Comment #1

Best place to start would be the Device Mangler .. err .. Manager...

Right Clk My Computer > Properties > Hardware > Device Manager button.

Watch for a device name that connecting and disconnecting. If that doesnt give you enough info, try the Add Hardware console;

Control Panel > Add Hardware.

That might give more info.

I would absolutely unplug any unused USB devices though prior to starting this process...I would say only mouse/keyboard if at all possible, and if it stops giving you the sound, then start plugging in the USB devices one at a time until it happens again and then reinstall the drivers for that device for starters.

Enjoy!

Posted by Chris Galloway at 09:56 PM on Mar 27, 2007
Comment #2

I've tried the device manager. However when I get the disconnect sound the whole of the device manager goes off then on again not just a single device?

I thought maybe XP records the disco somewhere?

Posted by Bill Robotham at 10:05 PM on Mar 27, 2007
Comment #3

In the refresh of Device Mgr it will refresh the whole list, yes .. agreed its a pain in the p00per, but it *should* still show some sort of device being connected / disco'ed.

Otherwise proceed with the one by one connections too.

Posted by Chris Galloway at 10:17 PM on Mar 27, 2007
Comment #4

Yep I think its "Process Off Elimination" time then!

I thought there might be an easier way. So - it's on me hands and knees behind me rig...

All this will be done by thought control one day you know
;-)

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