PCI Device without driver Vostro 1500, Windows XP
I wouldn't be fixing an XP machine unless I had to. So, I have to.
I cleaned it up of viruses and now it's running fine except:
When it boots it reports "Found new hardware" "PCI Device" and tries to install. But it can't find a driver.
I've downloaded and installed all of the drivers I could figure might be the case.
The Device Manager doesn't show a modem. I've installed modem drivers. No change.
The Device Manager, in System Devices shows a PCI Device with a yellow exclamation point. It shows:
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_284B&SUBS
But, no luck. Updating driver is the same as the attempt to install at boot.
How to get past this?
I cleaned it up of viruses and now it's running fine except:
When it boots it reports "Found new hardware" "PCI Device" and tries to install. But it can't find a driver.
I've downloaded and installed all of the drivers I could figure might be the case.
The Device Manager doesn't show a modem. I've installed modem drivers. No change.
The Device Manager, in System Devices shows a PCI Device with a yellow exclamation point. It shows:
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_284B&SUBS
But, no luck. Updating driver is the same as the attempt to install at boot.
How to get past this?
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post a screenshot of device manager with the problematic devices expanded : sound, problem device
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Well, it's fixed now. Not a process that I expected nor have ever seen before.
When I was getting ready to do the screen shots, I decided to try to "roll back" the driver on the PCI Device with no driver installed.
As soon as I did that, the PCI Device entry disappeared, which I assumed was temporary.
Then a bunch of the drivers that I had tried to install before, went ahead and installed themselves.
The sound is now working.
AND, the PCI Device is GONE!!
I have the notion that this was a remnant of a parasite perhaps.
Thanks for your help!
When I was getting ready to do the screen shots, I decided to try to "roll back" the driver on the PCI Device with no driver installed.
As soon as I did that, the PCI Device entry disappeared, which I assumed was temporary.
Then a bunch of the drivers that I had tried to install before, went ahead and installed themselves.
The sound is now working.
AND, the PCI Device is GONE!!
I have the notion that this was a remnant of a parasite perhaps.
Thanks for your help!
ASKER
I've requested that this question be closed as follows:
Accepted answer: 0 points for fmarshall's comment #a40414001
for the following reason:
This is what fixed it but I can't be sure that the advice given would not have been effective as well.
Accepted answer: 0 points for fmarshall's comment #a40414001
for the following reason:
This is what fixed it but I can't be sure that the advice given would not have been effective as well.
ASKER
I intended to award points - so I object to my own action.
I intended to award points - so I object to my own action - LOL! - You need to press "Object" not "Submit" then :)
Good to hear it's fixed however it happened.
Good to hear it's fixed however it happened.
ASKER
I intended to award points - so I object to my own closure
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The Conexant D330 HDA MDC v.92 modem. It's the same file for the 1400 and the 1500. I've tried it already. Still no modem and still an unidentified PCI Device.
I also note that things are not apparently "OK" otherwise. There's no sound / no sound device even though the audio part of Device Manager looks normal. Maybe that's a clue.
I have already installed the Microsoft UUA driver.
I've installed all the sound drivers I can find on the Dell site for this computer. Some of them won't install because they don't like this computer....
I haven't done one of these re: sound in a long time. I'm wondering what might be suggested next steps?