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re: re: Solution to 'What do I do with ''unknown'' devices in Device Manager?' Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 10:11 am Posted by zeeshan (1 messages posted) if that doesn't work in that case what u could do is that remove the device and install the drivers if u have cd for that without restarting the computer but make sure u have the cd or the drivers with you. On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 8:36 am, Steve wrote: >Here is a solution to What >do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?: >Quite often, Windows (95, 98, others?) fails to determine what devices are the first >time around, but can later succeed. To make Windows try again, "delete" all >of the unknown devices from your system, and reboot. > >This is necessary because Windows will not try to identify a device that is already >flagged as "unknown". Windows fails to detect some devices upon initial installation >of the OS, possibly because the support files for the device aren't loaded yet. Also, >devices such as sound card sub-devices or USB devices may not be properly identified >if the devices which they depend on (such as the base sound card drvier or the USB >root hub) are not yet installed. So always try deleting the devices and rebooting; >sooner or later you will get all of the device drivers installed in the right order. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Solution to 'What do I do with ''unknown'' devices in Device Manager?' Thursday, June 19, 2003 at 4:35 pm Posted by Jerry (1 messages posted) After removing the questionalbe PCI device from Device Mgr., I now keep getting a pre-startup msg. wanting me to reload it. How do I get rid of this msg.? On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 8:36 am, Steve wrote: >Here is a solution to What >do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?: >Quite often, Windows (95, 98, others?) fails to determine what devices are the first >time around, but can later succeed. To make Windows try again, "delete" all >of the unknown devices from your system, and reboot. > >This is necessary because Windows will not try to identify a device that is already >flagged as "unknown". Windows fails to detect some devices upon initial installation >of the OS, possibly because the support files for the device aren't loaded yet. Also, >devices such as sound card sub-devices or USB devices may not be properly identified >if the devices which they depend on (such as the base sound card drvier or the USB >root hub) are not yet installed. So always try deleting the devices and rebooting; >sooner or later you will get all of the device drivers installed in the right order. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Solution to 'What do I do with ''unknown'' devices in Device Manager?' Monday, July 21, 2003 at 4:42 pm Posted by Kim Randell (1 messages posted) I had the same problem with a mystery PCI device after building my new computer around an FCI AZ11E motherboard and loading Win98SE as the op system. I surmise that it is an on-board RS232 "modem" that is not fully hardware implemented on the board and never will be (a "feature", as it were, of this motherboard). The hint is that it is an "unknown PCI communications device" and there are NO drivers that I know of available for it. Deleting it via Device Manager just causes a re-install on next boot-up. It doesn't seem to cause any problems, so I just ignore it. "If it aint broke, don't fix it...." On Thursday, June 19, 2003 at 4:35 pm, Jerry wrote: >After removing the questionalbe PCI device from Device Mgr., I now keep getting a >pre-startup msg. wanting me to reload it. How do I get rid of this msg.? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum