Unknown Device

[Guest]

I have a 3 month old Acer laptop and at startup over the past couple of days,
its finding new hardware. However I've not added hardware apart from a
Microsoft mouse. Having contacted Acer the say I should re-nstall the o/s
(Vista Home Prem). They feel its a software problem. Which seems a bit
drastic, so before I do, does anyone whse had experience of this annoying
problem or knows of a way apart from disabling it in Device Manager.
Incidentally t shows up in the "Sound, Video and Games Controller" section of
Device Manager.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

What is your audio adapter?

Have you searched the Acer site for updated Vista drivers for you specific
laptop?


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!

 

[Guest]

Its Realtek
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andypomf
Bury, England

What is your audio adapter?

Have you searched the Acer site for updated Vista drivers for you specific
laptop?


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Here is the Realtek download site:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=8&PFid=14&Level=3&Conn=2

Make sure you download the correct drivers (AC'97 or High Definition).

You will have better luck if you first go to Device Manager and uninstall the
Realtek device -- make SURE to check the box to delete the driver files -- and
go to Control Panel (Classic view) > Programs and Features, and uninstall the
Realtek driver. REBOOT. Install the downloaded drivers and reboot again.


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!

Its Realtek

 

[Richard Urban]

In my case the unknown device was the midi player. I turned off the port in
the bios and have had no problems since. It just was not supported under
Vista.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

 

[Guest]

Thanks , Richard for that, as I have indicated to Choogster in another
posting, in the Hardare Ids for this unknown device it shows - *MusCD, so I
think it has something to do with playing Music from the DVD/CD on the
laptop.
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andypomf
Bury, England

In my case the unknown device was the midi player. I turned off the port in
the bios and have had no problems since. It just was not supported under
Vista.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)