Silencing event notifications

My one irritant with BD is how it is "always" telling me it is checking some device in the background.  Firstly, I haven't changed my hardware much at all in the last year.  Secondly, I'm glad BD is on the job, but can't it be set to ONLY tell me if there is a problem, and then, if I want or need a status report I will ask?  Even my theoretically removable drives and such are seldom if ever removed.  This would be a major plus, at least for me.