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

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  1. Yuki Haddad
    @copperwrangler
    in reply to @lambdalab-1n4

    been there man its usually safe to leave a non-critical device without a driver, but chipset-related devices can affect power management and sleep.. 馃う worth fixing.

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  2. Nico Celik
    @ncelik_20

    if the maker's site is gone or has no driver for your Windows version, use teh hardware ID to search the Microsoft Update Catalog. download the matching package and install it via Device Manager > Update driver > Browse my computer.

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  3. Cyrus I.
    @cyrus_cipher

    always prefer the PC makers support page for your exact model or service tag. their driver packages are matched to ur hardware, unlike generic driver packs. fingers crossed 馃

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  4. Yuki Haddad
    @copperwrangler

    lol same thing happened to me from PowerShell you can list every dveice with a porblem and its ID in one go:

    Get-PnpDevice -PresentOnly | Where-Object Status -ne 'OK' | Format-List FriendlyName, InstanceId
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  5. Una W.
    @lambdalab-1n4

    ok but dumb question but how do i even check teh DNS ??

    thinking

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  6. Soren Fontaine
    @soren.fontaine
    Accepted solution

    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.

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  9. Nico Celik
    @ncelik_20

    so annoyed rn i swear driver-request is cursed

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  11. Cyrus I.
    @cyrus_cipher

    @copperwrangler did u ever fix it?

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  12. Ibrahim
    @earlypusher
    in reply to @soren.fontaine

    @soren.fontaine dude it was the Intel Management Engine Interface. installed it from the makers support page and Device Manager is finally clean.

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