Unknown Device

[Guest]

Did a clean install of XP Home. In system/devices I now have an unknown
device. I have repeatedly tried to install it, no luck.

All my hardware is working.

Below is the info from device manager.

DEVICE TYPE: Other Devices
MANUFACTURER: Unknown
LOCATION: on PCI standard ISA bridge

PS: the driver is not (and will not install) installed and the status
message says the device is NOT INSTALLED.

Any ideas??

 

[Malke]

Did a clean install of XP Home. In system/devices I now have an
unknown device. I have repeatedly tried to install it, no luck.

All my hardware is working.

Below is the info from device manager.

DEVICE TYPE: Other Devices
MANUFACTURER: Unknown
LOCATION: on PCI standard ISA bridge

PS: the driver is not (and will not install) installed and the status
message says the device is NOT INSTALLED.

When you say the driver will not install, where did you get the driver?
The driver for this item would be included on your motherboard chipset
drivers. Did you install the motherboard drivers? If not, you need to
do so.

Never get drivers from Windows Update. Get them from:

1. The device mftr.'s website; OR
2. The motherboard mftr.'s website if hardware is onboard; OR
3. The OEM's website for your specific machine if you have an OEM
computer (HP, Dell, Sony, etc.).

Read the installation instructions on the website where you get the
drivers.

To find out what hardware is in your computer:

1. Read any documentation you got when you bought the computer.
2. If the computer is OEM, go to the OEM's website for your specific
model machine and look at the specs (you'll be there to get the drivers
anyway)
3. Download, install and run a free system inventory program like Belarc
Advisor. The older Aida32 is good for this, too.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html - Belarc Advisor
http://www.aumha.org/free.htm - Aida32 (hosted on Jim Eshelman's site)

Malke

 

[Guest]

It was an OEM unit ... WAS as in many items have been replaced. It originally
was a SONY VAIO. I went the ASUS site and it is full of warnings that they
sell their BIOS to manufacturers and that they may have been altered by the
end user.

This problem came about after installing a new HD and doing a clean install
of XP Home. At the same time I added a PCI board to add additional USB 2.0
ports.

Thinking that maybe the new PCI board caused the problem I have tried a few
times to re-install the software/drivers that came with the PCI board.

Also, my PC seems to operating perfectly since the rebuild (2 weeks so far).

So, should I leave well enough alone, and if not, should I reload the
original chipset software from Sony?

 

[Malke]

It was an OEM unit ... WAS as in many items have been replaced. It
originally was a SONY VAIO. I went the ASUS site and it is full of
warnings that they sell their BIOS to manufacturers and that they may
have been altered by the end user.

This problem came about after installing a new HD and doing a clean
install of XP Home. At the same time I added a PCI board to add
additional USB 2.0 ports.

Thinking that maybe the new PCI board caused the problem I have tried
a few times to re-install the software/drivers that came with the PCI
board.

Also, my PC seems to operating perfectly since the rebuild (2 weeks so
far).

So, should I leave well enough alone, and if not, should I reload the
original chipset software from Sony?

Well if everything is working except that you have the Unknown Device, I
think I'd leave it alone. You have to make that decision for yourself.

Malke