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Old 03-20-2008   #5 (permalink)
David


 
 

Re: Computer thinks hardware is connected

I only had 2 flash drives connected and my iPod. I don't know what a pen
drive is nor what "needs to be satisfied" means. I did try to plug in the
flash drives and iPod since then. They both disconnected safely, but I'm
still getting the errors and sounds.

David

"Bob F." wrote:
Quote:

> Exclamation marks, red "x"'s. anything out of the ordinary. Did you ever
> have a pen drive connected? Maybe it needs to be satisfied if you did.
> Plug one in, then remove it. Any other USB device may also fool it.
>
> --
> Regards, BobF.
> "David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:C7DB6958-6480-4D57-BB87-0EB6D904E0E0@xxxxxx
Quote:

> >I don't see anything unusual there. What should I be looking for?
> > David
> >
> > "Bob F." wrote:
> >
Quote:

> >> Anything show up in Device Manager?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards, BobF.
> >> "David" <David@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:AFC2DDC7-8A50-447A-A508-8162763C64AC@xxxxxx
> >> >I have no hardware connected to my laptop (no printers, flash drives,
> >> >iPods,
> >> > etc.), but the computer keeps making the "safely remove hardware" beep
> >> > every
> >> > few minutes. The icon to do this quickly appears on the bottom taskbar
> >> > for a
> >> > second. I was able to catch it and open it, but it shows no hardware.
> >> > How
> >> > can I stop the comoputer from thinking something is attached?
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
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