... hardware connection/disconnection notifications

[timeless]

one or two might remember l had issues with detections which l eventually narrowed down to my keyboard or at least l had assumed it was my keyboard.

however lm experiencing more strange occurrences.. for example, when l connect an external sometimes l first hear a disconnecting device sound before the device detection sound. however for the past day or two lve been randomly hearing a disconnection sound randomly.. l really wish there was a way to find out what is detecting or disconnecting..

 

[maxseven]

I was getting the Device Disconnect when restoring from Hibernate (which I just recently set-up) and searched high & low for how to find what was causing it, to no avail. For everything else Windows logs, it does not seem to log these events.

But I hope someone here knows something about this because all I did to salve my irritation was to turn-off the "device disconnect" Sound in Windows!

 

[timeless]

l kinda dislike turning off system sounds, every beep can be useful when things go wrong :/ tho it really annoys me l cant find out the issue one thing l did find in event viewer around the time l heard the sound tho was the following entery that l didnt recognise which was called gupupdate (l didnt really find any information within said log to suggest what it was).

the other thing l noticed was the VSS service (Shadow Copy from what l from what l see), which l have noticed once before was executed around the time l received a ghost detection sound.

 

[Layback Bear]

I don't know if can be done but are you trying to install VSS (Shadow Copy) to another drive other than "C"?

From post #3

the other thing l noticed was the VSS service (Shadow Copy from what l from what l see), which l have noticed once before was executed around the time l received a ghost detection sound.

 

[TVeblen]

What does your desktop system look like?
How many USB connected printers?
How many USB connected devices?
Any USB hubs (powered or unpowered)?
The external HDD: is it USB powered or with separate power supply?

 

[timeless]

not trying to do anything related to VSS, it just seems to run allot. now l would have disabled the service, but lm given to understand it is an integral part of system restore which means it is part of the service which creates restore points and such.

as for devices connected, devices normally connected via usb are my wireless adapter, mouse, keyboard and sound card (which is one of the older soundblaster cards) also everything except mouse and keyboard are on usb 3.0. with regards to my externals they are all powered externally and are only connected when l require them.

 

[TVeblen]

I'm suspecting that one of your USB devices is going offline, or going into low power mode, and when that happens you will get that disconnect sound.
I have a two printers here that do that. After about 15 min they go into power saving mode and (technically) go offline and I get the Boop-Doop sound.

You could try disconnecting things one at a time for a while just to see if the sound goes away while the device is disconnected. That would at least narrow it down to which device Windows thinks (or knows) is going offline.

 

[Layback Bear]

From your post #3

the other thing l noticed was the VSS service (Shadow Copy from what l from what l see), which l have noticed once before was executed around the time l received a ghost detection sound.

TVeblen has some good suggestion that should isolate the problem down.

I was think that if you had something scheduled that might be waking up a usb connected hardware.

 

[timeless]

tbh l dont think its any of my usb devices.. because the num lock is always on so it cant be the keyboard, the mouses underneath doesnt go off, the wireless doesnt disconnect when it happens and l hear a sound which means it isnt my external sound card... and this is why its so confusing.

 

[timeless]

From your post #3

the other thing l noticed was the VSS service (Shadow Copy from what l from what l see), which l have noticed once before was executed around the time l received a ghost detection sound.

could this be the reason? and is there any way to stop it from doing it?

 

[TVeblen]

I am not familiar with VSS service, or what it does.

 

[TVeblen]

VSS is the service that makes System Restore run.
I can't think of any reason why System Restore would affect the monitoring of removable devices. The disconnect sound only applies to removable devices, normally USB devices.

Perhaps if you were creating System Restore points to an external drive it would somehow tie in.

More info:
Shadow Copy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee923636(v=ws.10).aspx

 

[maxseven]

not trying to do anything related to VSS, it just seems to run allot. now l would have disabled the service, but lm given to understand it is an integral part of system restore which means it is part of the service which creates restore points and such.

You had said that VSS "executed" around the time of the sound. What do you mean exactly by that--what exactly is in the log?

For the last 7 days I have only 10 instances, for Source VSS, of Event ID 8224 "The VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout."

 

[timeless]

l just took a gander in the event logs, within mins of receiving the sound and it was one of a few entries that were created around the time the device connection/disconnection sound occurred, cant remember which but l have been randomly receiving the sound, sometimes l get an extra one when l connect an external (a disconnect sound before l connect a drive) and the last couple lve noticed found like something connecting and coincidentally have happened as l randomly walked into my room after grabbing a drink or something.

and only two events under the tree information in the summary box occurred (on the main page of event viewer), the only other frequently occuring event is related to "DHCPv6-Client" and my laptop happens to do that allot without issue so lm sure l can rule that one out.

 

[Layback Bear]

If new Restore Points going to a drive that is sleeping it might make the sound that is being heard. Any thing that wakes up a usb connection like scheduled items, Auto Updates could cause the connection sound.
One could also check and see if Windows Sounds are set to default. May or may not help but it can't hurt. If I remember correctly timeless has been looking for the answer to this problem for quite some time and has tried many things. So I'm looking outside the box for a solution.

Like maybe a bios setting timing out a usb connection. I don't know all bios settings for all motherboards but it cost nothing to look.

Or possibly a auto back up to a Cloud. Their are some anti virus programs that have this feature. That could be waking up a usb install drive.

Their just so many things it can be.

At least that is my thinking.

VSS=Shadow Copies=Restore Points.

 

[timeless]

l can rule out sleeping drives as l have set them not to sleep, one of the first few things l tried. and l do believe l have set (at least within windows settings) usb devices not to power down when not in use.

its just annoying l havent been able to track this issue, l could live with the sounds around the time l was connecting/disconnecting drives but the fact that its been happening without me touching the computer (coincidently randomly ever time lve entered the room so far, its weird), l just hate not being able to resolve an issue, kinda like the annoyance l have with mkv files first one always freezes (if it has subtitles) for a few seconds but lm reasonably sure thats related to the font cache.

 

[Layback Bear]

From you post #16

(coincidently randomly ever time lve entered the room so far, its weird)

To me this indicates a loose cable of some kind that when you entering the room vibrates or moves. Possibly a video camera or microphone that picks up your movement.

Is this a smart T.V.

Monitor(s) Displays 32" TV

Some Smart T.V. pick up audio and or video automatically in the room they are in.

 

[timeless]

its not a smart TV, regardless l was so bothered l reinstalled.. this time l didnt install all the crap that came on the motherboard disk.. lve just done all the drivers that worked for me (installed the intel usb ones rather than the gigabyte ones) l did originally have bsod issues due to ram but a fresh install might give me some relief l guess.

the only gigabyte app lve used is Smart Recovery2, l did use it before but lost the backup due to issues with my external recently and lack of space however lve just created a new clean backup image now lve got space to store it on and off system again. the only thing that leaves is me keeping an eye on things and if it happens again well, lm stumped.

 

[TVeblen]

We wait to see also!

 

[timeless]

kinda annoyed, the svchost issue l had has seemed to come back... the size is slowly but surely creeping up higher and higher however it might be something to do with the trustedinstaller (winupdate l believe) as the size only starts creeping up after and around when it runs.