yellow question marks in device manager please help.

[bats]

hi again.

i have just wiped a pc and reinstalled windows xp on it. when i go Right click my computer, properties and then device manager i have a few yellow question marks for which i have searched for 4 hours solid to get their drivers and no joy. please some one help.

the computer is a Advent T9303. its P4 3.80GHz with 1.00 GB ram

its got service pack 2 on it and i have done the updates from microsoft.

please help

[mac_shinobi]

if you go to http://www.gtopala.com you can get siw which will allow you to identify the hardware and from there when you know the make and model of the hardware then you can find the drivers, unless you already know what hardware it is.

 

Once you know post back with make and model of each piece of hardware that requires drivers.

 

Short of that try the advent site ( If they still have a site )

[bats]

this is what i get for PCI simple communicator

 

Property Value

Device ID PCI\VEN_11C1DEV_048CSUBSYS_044C11C1REV_03\410A6A55020F0

Status 0x01802400 Has Problem

Problem 0x0000001c (28)

Capabilities 0x00000000

Config Flags 0x00000040

Class Unknown

Hardware IDs PCI\VEN_11C1DEV_048CSUBSYS_044C11C1REV_03

PCI\VEN_11C1DEV_048CSUBSYS_044C11C1

PCI\VEN_11C1DEV_048CCC_078000

PCI\VEN_11C1DEV_048CCC_0780

Compatible IDs PCI\VEN_11C1DEV_048CREV_03

PCI\VEN_11C1DEV_048C

PCI\VEN_11C1CC_078000

PCI\VEN_11C1CC_0780

PCI\VEN_11C1

PCI\CC_078000

PCI\CC_0780

Class GUID {4D36E97E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Location PCI bus 3, device 4, function 0

Bus number 0x00000003

Enumerator name PCI

Description PCI Simple Communications Controller

Driver {4D36E97E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0002

Physical Object Name \Device\NTPNP_PCI0017

UI number 0x00000005

Bustype GUID {44203042-2046-4245-2043-382031302042}

Legacy bus type 0x00000005

Install State 0x00000002

Device Address 0x00040000

 

Other devices

Class Unknown

Icon -18

***********************************************************

This is for Multimedia controller

 

Property Value

Device ID PCI\VEN_1131DEV_7134SUBSYS_000316BEREV_01\410A6A55008F0

Status 0x01802400 Has Problem

Problem 0x0000001c (28)

Capabilities 0x00000000

Config Flags 0x00000040

Class Unknown

Hardware IDs PCI\VEN_1131DEV_7134SUBSYS_000316BEREV_01

PCI\VEN_1131DEV_7134SUBSYS_000316BE

PCI\VEN_1131DEV_7134CC_048000

PCI\VEN_1131DEV_7134CC_0480

Compatible IDs PCI\VEN_1131DEV_7134REV_01

PCI\VEN_1131DEV_7134

PCI\VEN_1131CC_048000

PCI\VEN_1131CC_0480

PCI\VEN_1131

PCI\CC_048000

PCI\CC_0480

Class GUID {4D36E97E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Location PCI bus 3, device 1, function 0

Bus number 0x00000003

Enumerator name PCI

Description Multimedia Controller

Driver {4D36E97E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0001

Physical Object Name \Device\NTPNP_PCI0014

UI number 0x00000003

Bustype GUID {44203042-2046-4245-2043-382031302042}

Legacy bus type 0x00000005

Install State 0x00000002

Device Address 0x00010000

 

Other devices

Class Unknown

Icon -18

**********************************************************

 

This is for Network Controller

 

Property Value

Device ID PCI\VEN_1260DEV_3886SUBSYS_200416BEREV_01\410A6A55010F0

Status 0x01802400 Has Problem

Problem 0x0000001c (28)

Capabilities 0x00000000

Config Flags 0x00000040

Class Unknown

Hardware IDs PCI\VEN_1260DEV_3886SUBSYS_200416BEREV_01

PCI\VEN_1260DEV_3886SUBSYS_200416BE

PCI\VEN_1260DEV_3886CC_028000

PCI\VEN_1260DEV_3886CC_0280

Compatible IDs PCI\VEN_1260DEV_3886REV_01

PCI\VEN_1260DEV_3886

PCI\VEN_1260CC_028000

PCI\VEN_1260CC_0280

PCI\VEN_1260

PCI\CC_028000

PCI\CC_0280

Class GUID {4D36E97E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Location PCI bus 3, device 2, function 0

Bus number 0x00000003

Enumerator name PCI

Description Network Controller

Driver {4D36E97E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0005

Physical Object Name \Device\NTPNP_PCI0015

UI number 0x00000004

Bustype GUID {44203042-2046-4245-2043-382031302042}

Legacy bus type 0x00000005

Install State 0x00000002

Device Address 0x00020000

 

Other devices

Class Unknown

Icon -18

 

 

 

What do i do now mate. any ideas?

[Hybrid]

Just go to Advent website and download all of the drivers for your PC.

 

Chipset, audio and network drivers.

[pooley]

You may find some help http://www.w00tw00t.co.uk/support/index.php

[srochford]

The first bit of the device ID is the Vendor code (eg for your PCI Simple Comms device you've got VEN_11C1 so the manufacturer is code 11C1). so what?? Well, http://www.pcidatabase.com/ will let you find out who that is - in this case, it's Agere Systems

 

One of the MS updates which you might need but I don't think will be offered automatically is the HD Audio driver in KB835221.

[Guest richard]

hi again.

i have just wiped a pc and reinstalled windows xp on it. when i go Right click my computer, properties and then device manager i have a few yellow question marks for which i have searched for 4 hours solid to get their drivers and no joy. please some one help.

the computer is a Advent T9303. its P4 3.80GHz with 1.00 GB ram

its got service pack 2 on it and i have done the updates from microsoft.

please help

 

Silly question but do you have the drivers on CD?

[ITWombat]

Thanks to our friends at the Linux PCI ID Repository things become a little clearer.

It would appear that you have:

 

TV Decoder Card (Multimedia Controller): Phillips Semiconductor

Modem (Simple PCI Communicator): Agere (was Lucent Technologies) V.92 56K WinModem

Wireless Adapter (Network Controller): Intersil Corporation ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow)

 

Is this a laptop by any chance?

[ITWombat]

You could also try the free trial of DriverMagic to cut out the guess work