I have a Windows 10 computer that every 5 minutes or so, plays the Windows Add/Remove hardware "removal" sound and then a few seconds later plays the "added hardware" sound. Sometimes it does this four or five times in immediate succession.
No changes are being made to the computer, so I suspect I have a faulty peripheral.
Without disconnecting things and waiting to see if it goes away (it could be an on-board peripheral that is flaky, but cannot be physically unplugged) how can I figure out what is causing the add/remove hardware sounds to play? Is there an event in the event log somewhere I can look at?
Update: I have used usblogview
which did show an offending peripheral. However even with that peripheral unplugged the issue is still occurring, but now usblogview
is not showing anything, which means it's likely not a USB device causing it. Maybe it's the USB chip itself on the motherboard? I have enabled Audit PNP Activity
as per HelpingHand's comment however I don't see any events in the event log
gpedit.msc
, then Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Advanced Audit Policy Configuration > System Audit Policies > Detailed Tracking. Audit PNP Activity can then be enabled.