unknown constant hardware removal sound

[myelin]

hello guys, i have a problem with my windows 7 64 bit. It is giving constant hardware removal sound in speakers and no notification. I used Process Monitor to identify the problem, but its too technical for me. I dont know what those messages mean? Please can you help me identify cause of notification sound, i am attaching screenshot of process monitor

[WalksInSilence]

Can't help with interpreting that process monitor report but a bit of Googling came up with other users asking about what sounds like the same thing affecting both Vista and Win7.

The reported cause identified was the: AuthenTec biometric fingerprint reader. Now, obviously, if you do not have that then this is not the cause for you but if you do it is a good bet it is.

It seems the problem might be caused by a driver update so you could try rolling that back or failing that, and assuming you do not wish to use the device, the other solution suggested was just going into Device Manager and disabling it.

Other causes of the same problem suggested were a faulty attached USB device of some sort or just the that plug it is not seated properly. So worth checking those too.

Edited June 2, 2019 by WalksInSilence

[myelin]

I found the problem. I had a scanner connected by WIFI and also by USB. Once i removed the USB connector wire from PC, the sound went away.

[WalksInSilence]

Interesting and useful info to remember - makes sense too.

The physical USB connection was probably detected and being disabled by the scanner itself because of the Wi-Fi link. But then the USB controller reconnects the device and you get into a continuous disconnection/re-connection loop.