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my older desktop has a mystery device and windows has no clue what it is 😭

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by Soren FontaineJump to the reply

hmmm on Intel-based systems, PCI Simple Communications Controller is very often teh Intel Management Engine Interface, and SM Bus Controller is covered by the Intel chipset INF package. Get both from teh PC makers support page for your model.

  1. Ibrahim
    @earlypusher

    long time lurker first post lol just did a clean install on my older desktop and everything works except one entry in Device Manager:

    USB Audio Device Properties

    USB Audio Device Properties
Device status:
This device cannot start. (Code 10)

{Operation Failed}
The requested operation was unsuccessful.

    SM Bus Controller, Code 28, The drivers for this device are not installed, windows Update finds nothing. i dont even know what this device does... can someone help me identify the right driver? id rather not install random driver packs from sketchy sites. is there a clean way to find out what this device actually is and where the official driver lives? im about to throw this thing out the window lol

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  2. Jonas Olsen
    @jonas.olsen8

    wait whats the full hardware ID with VEN and DEV values? ??

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  3. Soren Fontaine
    @soren.fontaine

    honestly just reset the default config and save yourself the pain

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  4. Soren Fontaine
    @soren.fontaine

    oh ive been there lol make a backup before u touch the default config, learned that teh hard way hope that helps :)

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  9. Soren Fontaine
    @soren.fontaine

    exact same thing happened to my office machine last month

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  10. Jonas Olsen
    @jonas.olsen8

    @ncelik_20 thank u this worked!! owe u a beer 🍺

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  11. Nico Celik
    @ncelik_20

    following, having the same problem

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  12. Jonas Olsen
    @jonas.olsen8

    exact same thing happened to my work pc last month. my old thinkpad is officially haunted

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  13. Emeka
    @tiny_sprite

    bump... still happening with desktop for me

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  15. Cyrus I.
    @cyrus_cipher

    idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh idk maybe im wrong lol

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  18. Yuki Haddad
    @copperwrangler

    long time lurker first post lol ok this thread just saved my weekend pls help 🙏

    rage

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  19. Soren Fontaine
    @soren.fontaine

    oh ive been there lol get the hardware ID: Device Manager > right-click the device > Properties > Details > Hardware Ids. The VEN_xxxx part is the vendor and DEV_xxxx is teh device. That pair identifies the chip precisely.

    thinking

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  20. Una W.
    @lambdalab-1n4

    ps unrelated but anyone elses coffee mahcine also judging them today

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