Elite: Dangerous PvE - Mobius

Last night in beta, and just now testing in the regular game, I keep hearing a quick 3-tone sound that sounds something like "doo-daa-loo". I don't think it's an in-game sound, especially since it now happened in the regular game. I'm thinking it may have something to do with the Oculus software. Come to think of it, it may sound something like when you connect or disconnect an USB thumb drive. The Rift isn't disconnecting, and I don't appear to be losing tracking. Anyway, I probably heard it 20 times in an hour last night, and 5 times in 15 minutes just now. Any ideas what it is?

When it starts asking you to do things, then it's time to seek help

Sounds like the one I keep hearing......

Vin-Daa-Loo.......... Vin-Daa-Loo.......

It's what's for dinner.

You're not seeing any pop-ups on your desktop when it happens? I know that Win 10 is big on 'important' notifications that have a sound attached when they pop up for a few seconds.

Under what circumstances do you hear it? There is a "boo doo doo" three notes rising sound in the hyperspace/witchspace sequence.

I just hear it randomly, but I'll try to pay more attention. I don't see any notifications. I once saw a notification that the sensor couldn't be found, and then it was found, but that was about a week ago - and I never noticed a problem (could have happened when I wasn't wearing it).

I wonder if it has to do with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update that was pushed on me this weekend?

OK, it turns out is the USB connect/disconnect sound for my throttle. I noticed it for sure when my throttle became temporarily disabled for several seconds, but usually it would quickly disconnect and reconnect so I wouldn't notice. I may have a damaged cable because my jury-rigged HOTAS tables came crashing to the ground the other day and the throttle was left hanging by the cable. Tomorrow I'll check all the plugs and sockets, and if I still have a problem I'll look into the throttle itself.

Still, I hope it's not some crap with Windows 10 AE effing with the USB.

Roger Wilco Jr wrote:OK, it turns out is the USB connect/disconnect sound for my throttle. I noticed it for sure when my throttle became temporarily disabled for several seconds, but usually it would quickly disconnect and reconnect so I wouldn't notice. I may have a damaged cable because my jury-rigged HOTAS tables came crashing to the ground the other day and the throttle was left hanging by the cable. Tomorrow I'll check all the plugs and sockets, and if I still have a problem I'll look into the throttle itself.

Still, I hope it's not some crap with Windows 10 AE effing with the USB.

I don't mean to be the voice of doom but I'm pretty sure the anniversary update has destabilised my system.
I have intermittent problems with system sounds (the dings and beeps etc), ED micro-stutters a lot and my ethernet adapter drops the connection about every 30-40 minutes just long enough for ED to time out.

Roger Wilco Jr wrote:OK, it turns out is the USB connect/disconnect sound for my throttle. I noticed it for sure when my throttle became temporarily disabled for several seconds, but usually it would quickly disconnect and reconnect so I wouldn't notice. I may have a damaged cable because my jury-rigged HOTAS tables came crashing to the ground the other day and the throttle was left hanging by the cable. Tomorrow I'll check all the plugs and sockets, and if I still have a problem I'll look into the throttle itself.

Still, I hope it's not some crap with Windows 10 AE effing with the USB.

Inadequate current can cause this with USB devices. And yes, it can be caused by platform software too, sadly. The platform software controls the registers of the host controller, including power. I had this happen on one system where Windows had disconnect issues, but Linux did not. I had to clean out the INF and the drivers, and reload them, to solve the issue.

Although if you had a recent, 'mechanical agitation event,' that could be the origin of your issue.

In any case, I find moving around USB ports usually solves any issue. Some USB ports in mainboard designs are feeding off of the same +5Vdc, and there can be a limit to the amount of total current available. I also find this drops with the age of the board.

If you're still having issues, consider an active, powered USB hub with an AC/DC that provides additional current. That would at least either validate it is the issue, and eliminate it, or not. Just purchase a good one, as some low-cost ones don't always isolate things correctly.

BTW, I had to reload my Intel USB 3.0 (XHCI) drivers recently, due to an Oculus driver update. This too required me to clean out the INF and the drivers, and reload them. Microsoft's XHCI drivers are severely lacking, even the latest via Windows Update for Windows 7. I swear sometimes Microsoft purposely leaves old drivers in Windows 7, to force people to upgrade.

I so want a Linux port of E:D so f'ing bad, at least before I'm forced to upgrade to Windows 10 in 2020. This intermittent bullsh-- with driver updates ends with Linux. That's because the ODMs work with kernel maintainers, and track all the countless OEM implementations, using a single, driver stack, whereas on Windows, Microsoft relies entirely on OEMs, who ship all sorts of drivers of varying quality.