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PCI Simple Communications Controller after a clean install. What is it and do I need it?

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  1. Tariq Olsen
    @lambda_builder

    i keep seeing PCI Simple Communications Controller on fresh installs and i never know which driver it needs. This time its on my laptop. Can someone explain how to identify it using hardware IDs and where to get the right driver safely? Ideally Id like a method i can reuse next time instead of asking every time... thx! A quick explanation goes a long way. pls help 🙏

    rage

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  2. Rafa K.
    @rkaur

    uhh did you install teh PC makers package or the generic one from Gigabyte?

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  4. Omar Jansen
    @proxy_sprite300

    oh also how is this thread still going lmao, my gaming rig is officially haunted

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  5. Tariq Olsen
    @lambda_builder
    in reply to @proxy_sprite300

    sorry forgot to say nothing obviously broken, just the yellow mark. hope thats enough info 😅

    printer saw i was in a hurry and chose violence

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  6. Theo P.
    @theo.park

    Download drivers from the PC or motherboard makers support page for your exact model. Their package lists usually include chipset, ME, serial IO and platform drivers.

    15 tabs open and chrome ate all 32GB of ram again

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  7. Omar Jansen
    @proxy_sprite300

    oh ive been there lol exact same thing happened to my office machine last month lmk how it goes

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  8. Theo P.
    @theo.park

    try turning off the power plan first, fixed it for me

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  9. Elena
    @elena.silva96

    bump. still happening with windows for me... i swear driver is cursed lmk how it goes

    day one patch is bigger than the actual game, classic

    thumbsup

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  13. Tariq Banerjee
    @tariq.banerjee
    in reply to @idrisg732

    lol same thing happened to me the Microsoft Update Catalog can search by hardware ID and often has teh matching driver package. fingers crossed 🤞

    lol

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  14. Basil N.
    @bnovak_40

    nah tbh respectfully disagree, i tried that and it made chipset worse, dumb question but how do i even check the settings but hey ymmv

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  15. Aiden Pereira
    @apereira
    in reply to @bnovak_40

    hmmm if teh device works and nothing is broken, leaving it unknown is usually harmless, but installing the right driver can improve power management or sensors. good luck man!

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  16. Juno Mendes
    @jmendes

    oof common mappings: SM Bus Controller usually needs the chipset package; PCI Simple Communications Controller is often the Management Engine interface; Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller often relates to thermal or platform drivers. lmk how it goes

    my pc fans sound like a jet taking off but sure

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  18. Rafa K.
    @rkaur

    been there man open Device Manager > device > Properties > Details > Hardware Ids. the VEN_xxxx&DEV_xxxx part identifies teh vendor and device... searching that ID (or checknig teh INF files in a driver package) tells you which package covers it. lmk how it goes

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  19. Tariq Olsen
    @lambda_builder
    in reply to @rkaur

    @rkaur omg finally the Update Catalog had the driver for PCI Simple Communications Controller 😤 installed it via Have Disk and it works.

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