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Unknown source of beeping
I keep getting a periodic beeping sound on my XP system.
I am trying to determine the source. It is the same sound you get when a device is plugged on or disconnected. What can I check for |
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Unknown source of beeping
"Andy" wrote in message
... I keep getting a periodic beeping sound on my XP system. I am trying to determine the source. It is the same sound you get when a device is plugged on or disconnected. What can I check for You can start by identifying the sound. /Start / Control Panel / Sound & Audio Devices / Sounds shows in the lower panel a list of Program Events, each of which may be configured to a characteristic sound (marked by a loudspeaker cone when configured.) When you highlight any of these its filename appears in the bottom window (listing WAVe files.) Or you can browse through these WAVe files in C:/Windows/Media. Each plays when you click on it. After identifying the filename of the recurring sound, you can search for it via REGEDIT which may help to identify what prompts it. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Andy a écrit :
I keep getting a periodic beeping sound on my XP system. I am trying to determine the source. It is the same sound you get when a device is plugged on or disconnected. What can I check for Me too!!! It is the sound of a USB Pen drive being plugged in or unpluggeed but there are no pen drives pluged in. I happens seldom so it is difficult to trace the source. I know of no USB logging app to run to catch it. |
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Unknown source of beeping
OldGuy wrote:
Andy a écrit : I keep getting a periodic beeping sound on my XP system. I am trying to determine the source. It is the same sound you get when a device is plugged on or disconnected. What can I check for Me too!!! It is the sound of a USB Pen drive being plugged in or unpluggeed but there are no pen drives pluged in. I happens seldom so it is difficult to trace the source. I know of no USB logging app to run to catch it. Here is a small console program I made some time ago which shows upcoming device arrival and removal events: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/listdevevents.zip Uwe |
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Unknown source of beeping
"Andy" wrote in message
... I keep getting a periodic beeping sound on my XP system. I am trying to determine the source. It is the same sound you get when a device is plugged on or disconnected. What can I check for Check your smoke alarm battery. -- Buffalo |
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In message , Uwe Sieber
writes: OldGuy wrote: Andy a écrit : I keep getting a periodic beeping sound on my XP system. I am trying to determine the source. It is the same sound you get when a device is plugged on or disconnected. What can I check for Me too!!! It is the sound of a USB Pen drive being plugged in or unpluggeed but there are no pen drives pluged in. I happens seldom so it is difficult to trace the source. At a guess, loose connection in some USB device that _is_ plugged in - are your mouse and keyboard USB? Including inside the connector, or where it's soldered to the board. (In a lot of laptops some peripherals - often the camera, maybe in-built card readers - are connected via USB internally, though they'd be less likely to be loose.) I know of no USB logging app to run to catch it. Here is a small console program I made some time ago which shows upcoming device arrival and removal events: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/listdevevents.zip Ooh, upcoming events? That's clever! Uwe Actually, looks a most useful little utility. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf he was eventually struck off by the BMA in 1968 for not knowing his gluteus maximus from his humerus. |
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On Monday, December 15, 2014 4:21:54 PM UTC-6, Buffalo wrote:
"Andy" wrote in message ... I keep getting a periodic beeping sound on my XP system. I am trying to determine the source. It is the same sound you get when a device is plugged on or disconnected. What can I check for Check your smoke alarm battery. -- Buffalo Keep your day job. Andy |
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Unknown source of beeping
On Monday, December 15, 2014 3:18:39 AM UTC-6, Uwe Sieber wrote:
OldGuy wrote: Andy a écrit : I keep getting a periodic beeping sound on my XP system. I am trying to determine the source. It is the same sound you get when a device is plugged on or disconnected. What can I check for Me too!!! It is the sound of a USB Pen drive being plugged in or unpluggeed but there are no pen drives pluged in. I happens seldom so it is difficult to trace the source. I know of no USB logging app to run to catch it. Here is a small console program I made some time ago which shows upcoming device arrival and removal events: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/listdevevents.zip Uwe I ran it, but nothing showed up. Had to do Ctrl C. Andy |
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Unknown source of beeping
On Sunday, December 14, 2014 1:40:57 PM UTC-6, Don Phillipson wrote:
"Andy" wrote in message ... I keep getting a periodic beeping sound on my XP system. I am trying to determine the source. It is the same sound you get when a device is plugged on or disconnected. What can I check for You can start by identifying the sound. /Start / Control Panel / Sound & Audio Devices / Sounds shows in the lower panel a list of Program Events, each of which may be configured to a characteristic sound (marked by a loudspeaker cone when configured.) When you highlight any of these its filename appears in the bottom window (listing WAVe files.) Or you can browse through these WAVe files in C:/Windows/Media. Each plays when you click on it. After identifying the filename of the recurring sound, you can search for it via REGEDIT which may help to identify what prompts it. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) It is one of these 2. They sound almost identical and I could not find them in any unusual locations. Andy Windows XP Hardware Insert.wav Windows XP Hardware Remove.wav |
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Unknown source of beeping
Andy wrote:
On Sunday, December 14, 2014 1:40:57 PM UTC-6, Don Phillipson wrote: "Andy" wrote in message ... I keep getting a periodic beeping sound on my XP system. I am trying to determine the source. It is the same sound you get when a device is plugged on or disconnected. What can I check for You can start by identifying the sound. /Start / Control Panel / Sound & Audio Devices / Sounds shows in the lower panel a list of Program Events, each of which may be configured to a characteristic sound (marked by a loudspeaker cone when configured.) When you highlight any of these its filename appears in the bottom window (listing WAVe files.) Or you can browse through these WAVe files in C:/Windows/Media. Each plays when you click on it. After identifying the filename of the recurring sound, you can search for it via REGEDIT which may help to identify what prompts it. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) It is one of these 2. They sound almost identical and I could not find them in any unusual locations. Andy Windows XP Hardware Insert.wav Windows XP Hardware Remove.wav Have you looked in your setupapi.log logs ? What about Event Viewer ? These are long shots, as information sources. Paul |
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Unknown source of beeping
Andy wrote:
Here is a small console program I made some time ago which shows upcoming device arrival and removal events: http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/listdevevents.zip I ran it, but nothing showed up. Had to do Ctrl C. Did you hear the sounds while it was running? Uwe |
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Unknown source of beeping
NOTE: some apps like this detect USB drives but NOT USB WebCams.
Does this console app detect external USB WebCams? If so, what API are you using to do so? |
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Unknown source of beeping
OldGuy wrote:
NOTE: some apps like this detect USB drives but NOT USB WebCams. Does this console app detect external USB WebCams? If so, what API are you using to do so? Yes, it shows arrival and removal events of any device managed by the windows device manager. It just registers a hidden window for receiving device notifications of any device class: HDEVNOTIFY hNotify = RegisterDeviceNotification( hwndNotifyWin, &dbh, DEVICE_NOTIFY_WINDOW_HANDLE | DEVICE_NOTIFY_ALL_INTERFACE_CLASSES); Uwe |
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Unknown source of beeping
"Andy" wrote in message
... On Monday, December 15, 2014 4:21:54 PM UTC-6, Buffalo wrote: "Andy" wrote in message ... I keep getting a periodic beeping sound on my XP system. I am trying to determine the source. It is the same sound you get when a device is plugged on or disconnected. What can I check for Check your smoke alarm battery. -- Buffalo Keep your day job. Andy I will. Thanks, -- Buffalo PS: Please post back when you find what causes that beep. |
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Unknown source of beeping
On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 9:20:17 PM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Andy wrote: On Sunday, December 14, 2014 1:40:57 PM UTC-6, Don Phillipson wrote: "Andy" wrote in message ... I keep getting a periodic beeping sound on my XP system. I am trying to determine the source. It is the same sound you get when a device is plugged on or disconnected. What can I check for You can start by identifying the sound. /Start / Control Panel / Sound & Audio Devices / Sounds shows in the lower panel a list of Program Events, each of which may be configured to a characteristic sound (marked by a loudspeaker cone when configured.) When you highlight any of these its filename appears in the bottom window (listing WAVe files.) Or you can browse through these WAVe files in C:/Windows/Media. Each plays when you click on it. After identifying the filename of the recurring sound, you can search for it via REGEDIT which may help to identify what prompts it. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) It is one of these 2. They sound almost identical and I could not find them in any unusual locations. Andy Windows XP Hardware Insert.wav Windows XP Hardware Remove.wav Have you looked in your setupapi.log logs ? What about Event Viewer ? These are long shots, as information sources. Paul Event viewer did not show anything, I will look at setupapi.log and see what I can find. I have a usb device that gives me 5 ports. I may disconnect it and plug the other devices into other ports and see if the beeping stops. Andy |
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