Need a driver installed for a PCI Device   

To whom ever can help me,

I need to install a device driver for a PCI Device but I don't know what it 
is. When I go into the Device Manager there is a Yellow Question Mark for 
Devices needing Drivers installed & most of the time it usually tells me what 
type of Device it is like "PCI Audio Device", "PCI Video Device" , "PCI 
Ethernet Device", etc. but this time it only says "PCI Device" & I have no 
clue on how to go about getting a driver for this device when I don't know 
what type of device it is. Does anybody have an idea on how I can figure out 
what type of device it is so I can search for a driver online? Here is 
information on the computer if it helps:

Operating System = Windows XP Pro SP2
Computer Brand = Dell Dimension 8400
Service Tag = 5ZNCF51
Express Service Code = 13039438501

Any help would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks,

David

date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:08:01 -0700   author:   DWADE10261974

Re: Need a driver installed for a PCI Device   

In device manager, select Properties for the individual device, then select 
Details.

In the Property dropdown, select Hardware Ids.

From this, you should get at least one of the following:

- vendor code
- device code

You can then use this on www.pcidatabase.com. In my case, vendor: 10DE and 
device 0191 leads me to the nVidia G80 chip - which is what is sitting at 
the heart of my 8800GTX graphics card. Beware that the PCI Database is not 
sorted in numeric order. So you may need to use the "Find on this page" 
option.

HTH...or at least gives you a starting point.

Cheers

JW



"DWADE10261974"  wrote in message 
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> To whom ever can help me,
>
> I need to install a device driver for a PCI Device but I don't know what 
> it
> is. When I go into the Device Manager there is a Yellow Question Mark for
> Devices needing Drivers installed & most of the time it usually tells me 
> what
> type of Device it is like "PCI Audio Device", "PCI Video Device" , "PCI
> Ethernet Device", etc. but this time it only says "PCI Device" & I have no
> clue on how to go about getting a driver for this device when I don't know
> what type of device it is. Does anybody have an idea on how I can figure 
> out
> what type of device it is so I can search for a driver online? Here is
> information on the computer if it helps:
>
> Operating System = Windows XP Pro SP2
> Computer Brand = Dell Dimension 8400
> Service Tag = 5ZNCF51
> Express Service Code = 13039438501
>
> Any help would greatly be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>

date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:34:24 +0100   author:   John Whitworth