PCI Simple Communications Controller

[JW]

I'm running XP Pro SP3, and had a scary start-up this am. System found "new
hardware" - PCI Simple Communications Controller, I was unable to connect to
Internet, and anti-virus start-up scan locked up. I had no problems
accessing hard drive files or running installed s/w. After about 3 reboots,
everything seems fine, scans found no suspicious files. I took a look at
Device Manager and everything looked good, but I was unable to find anything
specifically related to PCI Simple Communications Controller.

I Googled this Controller, and while I found numerous references, none of
them explained on my level what it was or what may have caused the problem.
I would appreciate any feedback regarding what this device is and what it
does, and how worried I should be about this morning's start-up. FWIW, this
it the primary computer for a small biz. I back-up daily, but a crash would
be painful. I'm an intermediate user, but not very knowledgeable regarding
hardware. Thanks very much for any guidance.

 

[smlunatick]

I'm running XP Pro SP3, and had a scary start-up this am. System found "new
hardware" - PCI Simple Communications Controller, I was unable to connectto
Internet, and anti-virus start-up scan locked up. I had no problems
accessing hard drive files or running installed s/w. After about 3 reboots,
everything seems fine, scans found no suspicious files. I took a look at
Device Manager and everything looked good, but I was unable to find anything
specifically related to PCI Simple Communications Controller.

I Googled this Controller, and while I found numerous references, none of
them explained on my level what it was or what may have caused the problem.
I would appreciate any feedback regarding what this device is and what it
does, and how worried I should be about this morning's start-up. FWIW, this
it the primary computer for a small biz. I back-up daily, but a crash would
be painful. I'm an intermediate user, but not very knowledgeable regarding
hardware. Thanks very much for any guidance.

PCI Simple Communication Controller tends to be an internal analog
(dial-up) modem.

 

[JW]

I'm running XP Pro SP3, and had a scary start-up this am. System found
"new
hardware" - PCI Simple Communications Controller, I was unable to connect
to
Internet, and anti-virus start-up scan locked up. I had no problems
accessing hard drive files or running installed s/w. After about 3
reboots,
everything seems fine, scans found no suspicious files. I took a look at
Device Manager and everything looked good, but I was unable to find
anything
specifically related to PCI Simple Communications Controller.

I Googled this Controller, and while I found numerous references, none of
them explained on my level what it was or what may have caused the
problem.
I would appreciate any feedback regarding what this device is and what it
does, and how worried I should be about this morning's start-up. FWIW,
this
it the primary computer for a small biz. I back-up daily, but a crash
would
be painful. I'm an intermediate user, but not very knowledgeable regarding
hardware. Thanks very much for any guidance.

PCI Simple Communication Controller tends to be an internal analog
(dial-up) modem.

Hmmmm.... Got one of those but it's not used or connected. Any reason
problems with that modem's driver should have prevented me from connecting
to Internet via my cable modem? Thanks very much for your response.

 

[smlunatick]

Hmmmm.... Got one of those but it's not used or connected. Any reason
problems with that modem's driver should have prevented me from connecting
to Internet via my cable modem? Thanks very much for your response.

True, you might not be using it and it might not be connected.
However, it is still "connected" to the motherboard, either as part of
it (build on to the motherboard) or connected in a PCI (white) slot on
the motherboard. Since XP is detecting it, it wants a driver.