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My laptop has gotten into a mode whereby it makes the USB mount and unmount sound repeatedly in a random fashion. This is the two tone ascending pitch for mount and descending pitch for unmount. The frequency is intermittent, but the occurrence is about 4 every five seconds after resuming from hibernation and then slowly decaying over time to perhaps 2 every five seconds, but the rate ebbs and flows over time. Nothing is plugged into any of the USB ports.

Is this a known problem? Is there something in my registry that I can repair? Could this be a hardware problem with one of my USB ports or is this strickly a software issue?

Update, got this message from windows:

USB Device Not Recognized

One of the USB devices attached to this computer has
malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it.

The location of the device is shown in **bold type**.

- USB Root Hub (2 ports)
|-- **Unknown Device**
|-- Unused Port
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  • It won't solve the underlying problem, but you can disable those sounds (via the control panel) to preserve your sanity.
    – Velociraptors
    Sep 25, 2010 at 22:24
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    Also, some systems use internal USB connections. It may not be a problem with your USB ports. Is there any other strange behavior when the sounds are more frequent?
    – Velociraptors
    Sep 25, 2010 at 22:29

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It could be a glitch in one of the USB connections.

Have you tried inserting something non-conductive (that won't break off) in your USB ports and jiggle it around a bit to see if that makes it produce the sound? Or have you tried plugging something in in all your USB ports to see if that makes the sound go away.

If either works it's probably a hardware issue.

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  • Yes, it is pretty annoying.
    – WilliamKF
    Sep 18, 2010 at 21:15
  • Your link does not work... also note devices on the internal USB bus (webcams, card readers and the like) may be causing the issue, the problem may not be due to external USB ports.
    – Wilf
    May 8, 2014 at 17:55
  • Removed broken link
    – Nifle
    May 9, 2014 at 10:41

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