Identifying hardware that has no driver installed?

juvenal · 03-10-2008 12:46pm #1

Hi,

Relations of mine were given a home build PC some time ago by a family friend, and I've just reformatted the HD and installed XP pro.

Everything is hunky-dory, except there are a couple of hardware devices that have no drivers installed, and unfortunately I cannot seem to identify the manufacturer/model through the device manager. The Windows Update hasn't helped or found any drivers.

The ethernet controller is the main issue, although the multimedia audio controller and SM Bus controller are also there with no drivers installed. Are there any programs that I can run to identify the hardware he originally put into the rig so I can download the drivers and send it back to them? I tried SysAnalyser, but couldn't find the info I was looking for.

Any help/suggestions greatly appreciated.

Gypo · 03-10-2008 12:50pm

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juvenal · 03-10-2008 12:59pm

I also eventually found Everst Home, which I couldn't remember the name of for an age.

Cheers, I'll see if this works

Spear · 03-10-2008 3:41pm

juvenal wrote: »

I also eventually found Everst Home, which I couldn't remember the name of for an age.

Cheers, I'll see if this works

If not, right click the device and go to details, the vendor ID and PCI device ID will be there. A google for those should turn up what they're assigned to.

Gadgetman496 · 04-10-2008 1:33am

These might be helpful:

Unknown Device Identifier 4.00

PCI32

Unknown Devices

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subway · 04-10-2008 9:41am

if you hvae the pc in front of you it should be fairly simple.
its either onboard ethernet and sound or pci sound and network cards.

if they are onboards, go to the mobo manfufactures site and download the drivers for that model.
if they are pci cards, go to the manufactires site and get the drivers there.

sm bus is an intel thing (afaicr) so it sounds like all of the above are onboard devices and you havent downlaoded the intel drivers for any of them

juvenal · 04-10-2008 5:43pm

Cheers for all the help; I got sorted in the end through a couple of different things.:)

MunsterCycling · 04-10-2008 5:58pm

Please post the conclusion for others to see and follow how you resolved the issue.

Thanks

MC

juvenal · 07-10-2008 3:45pm

MunsterCycling wrote: »

Please post the conclusion for others to see and follow how you resolved the issue.

Thanks

MC

I searched for the hardware using the vendor and manufaturer ID's as outlined here.

I also used Everest to do a inventory of all the hardware in the machine.

In the end I could download most drivers from the manufacturer's site - except for one which I ended up using a generic driver for.

Thanks again for all your help.

Identifying hardware that has no driver installed?

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