unknown video card

[Guest]

I have lost my tv tuner card driver. I have installed it about 2 years ago
and dont remember which one it was??
Is there any way I can find out what TV tuner card I have?

Cheers

 

[R. McCarty]

Use a hardware/software inventory tool, like Belarc Advisor.
Otherwise you'd have to physically open the case - remove the
card and examine the back side of it for a label or marking
matrix identifier on the card itself.
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

 

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[Gary S. Terhune]

Everest is another good hardware identifier.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

 

[Phisherman]

I have lost my tv tuner card driver. I have installed it about 2 years ago
and dont remember which one it was??
Is there any way I can find out what TV tuner card I have?

Cheers

Always a good idea to keep a list of hardware with serial & model
numbers. (I know someone who keeps his list on one folded page on the
bottom of his PC.) Some manufacturers won't provide tech support
without a serial number.

 

[dobey]

Always a good idea to keep a list of hardware with serial & model
numbers. (I know someone who keeps his list on one folded page on the
bottom of his PC.) Some manufacturers won't provide tech support
without a serial number.

How many tv tuner cards did you have?

Most of the time trying to install the wrong driver will simply result in a
failure or device not found message. Sometimes device manager may give you a
clue as to the manufacturer.

Otherwise open the case and look for serial numbers or a manufacturers name
on the PCB. There will likely be names printed on the chips, (by the chipset
makers). Many cards use the same chipset, so you might find a working driver
for a similar card. You might need to pull the card out to see any
numbers/names properly.

A part from giving you the advice of storing your hardware documentation and
original disks/drivers together somewhere there's not much else we could do.

 

[Roger Hunt]

Stone Cold wrote

I have lost my tv tuner card driver. I have installed it about 2 years ago
and dont remember which one it was??
Is there any way I can find out what TV tuner card I have?

You could try Craig's PCI program. Very informative.
http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/downloads.htm

As it says on this page, one of the possible uses for the program is
"Discovering what an "unknown device" is (both by manufacturer and
model), so you can obtain drivers and support. A regularly updated
database of over 19,000 entries lists virtually every known PCI device
and manufacturer on the planet, even those that no longer exist."

One should download PCI32.zip and a copy of PCIDEVS.TXT, which is
updated pretty regularly. It is also important to run PCI32.exe from a
Command prompt in XP. (It's all in the readme.)

Good luck ...