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re: Question about 'What do I do with ''unknown'' devices in Device Manager?'
Wednesday, August 21, 2002 at 8:17 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Big Kiwi
(2 messages posted)
Rogen,
Normally "Unknown Devices" in the Device Manager have a yellow ? in front of them.
Besides being unknown, the yellow ! means there may be issues with these devices
conflicting on a HW level with other components in your PC. Most PCs sold or fabricated
today come with a CD of drivers that need to be installed. These drivers instruct
Windows how to use the HW correctly. If you do not know which Sound Card or Network
card you have, you will need to unplug your computer, open the box, and look closely
at the 2 cards. There should be some identifying marks or FCC IDs silkscreened on
the PC board. Then you can go to the manufacturer's site (or a driver site like drivers.com)
and download the driver for your specific operating system.
Make sure you read the normally-included instructions before installing them onto
your computer.
Once the system reboots, check in the Device Manager again to ensure that the driver
is compatible, and there are no conflicts with the other HW.
Good Luck :-)
On Saturday, August 17, 2002 at 12:52 am, rogen wrote:
>I have a subwoofer stereo speakers on my desktop. And now, I just bought the stereo
>headset for PC When I plugged in the two cables, pink and black, on the back of
my
>PC correctly as instructed, the sound on my headset are distorted or scracthy. And
>it doesn't sound right and is not work in stereo either.
>
>When I check to device manager, I found 2 of unknown device items with (!) signals:
>PCI Multimedia Audio Device and PCI ethernet Controller.
>
>When I tried to update the driver, the windows was unable to locate the driver,
eventhough
>I browse to the correct path or source.
>
>I wonder someone here can help me to solve that, so that both my desktop speakers
>and my stereo headset work together properly without having distorted sound. (my
>desktop speakers work properly)
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