Solved MY Computer Knows When I go to Walk Away?

[Britton30]

Not too easy to figure out though after all of the somtimes frivolous suugestions given here.

 

[canabal]

same problem

You're not alone i just reg to this forum to say that. my pc does the same i stand up and it makes the usb noise, but when i sit no noise this is freaking me out i have no webcam no bluetooth not even a wireless kb or mouse???????????????

 

[canabal]

Just a thought many newer video card have g-sync and the 600 series of nvidia have another sync use for the nvida sheild and tablets. maybe its these new feature's and i 2 have the same problem this is all i can come up with. anyone tell me if maybe im in the right direction????



system specs
i5 2400
8 gb ram
WD harddrive
GTX 650
dvd rom
corsiar 450 powersurpply
win 7 64 bit

 

[gregrocker]

What I can suggest that we know works in most cases is to follow closely the steps here for a Clean Reinstall Windows 7 which compiles everything that works best in Win7, and has been used by over a million consumers without a single complaint.

 

[aerofan10]

I am having the same issue and cannot get it to stop. It is driving me crazy. Sometimes when I am watching a movie, if I even shift positions, it does it. I am not too computer smart so I do not know what to do

 

[gregrocker]

Isolate what it is you're moving that causes the behavior: mouse, case, a wire, monitor? Try each separately at different times to see.

 

[aerofan10]

I am not moving anything other than getting up from my chair or moving my body position

 

[gregrocker]

Then that must be enough to jiggle the mouse, another wire, the tower, or the monitor. So try manually jiggling each one to try to narrow it down.

This is not paranomal stuff. Something is being moved. Find out what it is.

 

[aerofan10]

nothing is being moved or jiggled. Have you read this entire thread? Other people have had the same problem. I just do not know what to do to fix the problem.

 

[gregrocker]

Yes, I have been involved in the entire thread. It is clear something is being jiggled even minutely. Getting up from the PC is bound to move something. There is no other explanation.

 

[aerofan10]

Well thanks anyway.

 

[aerofan10]

Well thanks anyway

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Yes, I have been involved in the entire thread. It is clear something is being jiggled even minutely. Getting up from the PC is bound to move something. There is no other explanation.

Actually, Greg, there is. A nearby ESD can cause a reaction in a computer. I can get zapped on the pull chain of the light above my computer desk and it will cause a "bedoop" sound, just like the sound made when a USB device is disconnected. When the weather is cool and bone dry, just walking by the computer can make the "bedoop" sound.

 

[gregrocker]

Then surely something is wrong with the PC.

You identified the movement that causes this which is a start. I think I'd put the tower on a mat to test if the ESD is traveling through carpet. Other ideas?

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Then surely something is wrong with the PC.

You identified the movement that causes this which is a start. I think I'd put the tower on a mat to test if the ESD is traveling through carpet. Other ideas?

Nothing is wrong with the PC; I get the same thing from my notebooks. No carpet; just vinyl tile. The computer has rubber feet and is on a finished wooden night stand.

An ESD sends out electromagnetic waves (you can hear it as static in a radio). If I get a zap from any of my light fixtures that have a pull chain and are turned off when I get the zap, the CFLs will faintly flicker. It's the same as holding a fluorescent lamp near a Tesla coil without drawing an arc from it; the lamp will glow. The same waves can be picked up by the computer's circuitry and trigger the "bedoop".

 

[canabal]

aero

i guess he just dont understand i dont move anything when i get up. have tested this many times b4.

 

[canabal]

lady fitzgarld tyvm finnally a andswer that makes sense.

 

[JimPSunnyvale]

device beep when I walk away

I have this same ghost in my machine.
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop. I5, 8gig memory, Win 7 Home Premium. No external devices attached, no power connector touched, wiggled, or removed. Standalone! I thought it was the webcam detecting my movement when I get up so I blacked it out with some black tape. Cell phones are far away and I have eliminated any WiFi connection or other Blackberry link. This has been driving me crazy for some time now and I just found this forum post. All that I do is get up after begin to walk away and ding! There is no indication on my task bar that any device has been added or removed.

 

[gregrocker]

Does the behavior persist even if you're running a boot disk like Peppermint3 - Create Live CD/DVD/USB To Use For Emergency Backup - Windows 7 Forums with the hard drive unplugged? This will remove the OS from possibility and narrow it to hardware.

How about if you unplug all USB devices, then all other devices including mouse and keyboard?

 

[henkpl]

Same thing here (in Holland)! Sounds like a disconnect / connect usb beep. I covered the camera, disabled Bluetooth but no change. Nothing in the event logs.
Even emptied my pockets so that no electronic device can cause this.
Finally unplugged the mouse and ... found it!!!!
Fortunately no ghosts around here, at least they aren't messing with my laptop!
A cheap Chinese mouse causes this in my case. Can someone verify this?