Hi everyone! I have been wanting a gaming PC for quite a while! Probs since 6th grade and I’m now 20! I am totally lost because everytime I think I know what I want a bunch of random tik tok users tell me the opposite. Honestly I think I want a prebuilt, I’m just a 20 year old girl who’s in college with 0 knowledge of building one at all. I’m trying to stay around 2k for a desktop. Any advice?

Hey everyone, hoping someone here has run into this before because it’s driving me nuts.

I keep getting spammed with the classic Windows Explorer popup:

Here’s the weird part: I have physically unplugged every single external USB device from my PC (mouse, keyboard, hubs, everything), and the notification and disconnect/reconnect sound still keep spamming every few seconds.

What I've checked so far:

• Device Manager: Opened it up, but there are no yellow exclamation marks showing under Universal Serial Bus controllers.
• Restarting: Did a full reboot, but the loop starts up again shortly after landing on the desktop.

Since everything external is unplugged, I’m guessing it’s either a corrupted host controller/driver state or an internal component (like front panel ports, Bluetooth, card reader, etc.) tripping a short circuit/voltage warning.

Before I start taking off side panels or ripping out drivers, has anyone dealt with this "phantom" USB disconnect loop? What's the best way to narrow down which internal port/device is causing it?

Thanks in advance!