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re: Question about 'What do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?' Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 1:07 pm Posted by geek9pm (1030 messages posted) Who knows? Here is a list of forty articles by Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?query=Device+manager+reports+unknown+devices&catalog=LCID%3D1033&spid=&mode=r&lsc=0 Myself, I just ignore them. But maybe there is a good answer. I get very sleepy trying to read all that stuff. Please let me know if you find the best answer... Thanks. Geek9pm [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'What do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?' Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 5:59 pm Posted by Johnb33 (2283 messages posted) What motherboard do you have or what brand and model of computer do you have. Maybe we can figure out what device it is by giving us that information. On Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 12:45 pm, ed gennrich wrote: >windows keeps loading a device that it can not find drivers for, when i remove/delete >the device with the yellow exclaimation it keeps on coming back in "found new hardware >screen", i can not get rid of it. how do i find what is causing this issue and correct >permenently please. i have also tried "disabling" and it keeps reenabling. Ed Gennrich. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'What do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?' Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 9:47 am Posted by ed gennrich (6 messages posted) thank you, i have a hard time ignoring it because the "found new device wizard" keeps popping up. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'What to do with yellow blop? Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 10:09 am Posted by Geek9pm (119 messages posted) From the Microsoft site: How to troubleshoot unknown devices that are listed in Device Manager in Windows XP My method is easier. Do not remove the yello blop marked device the second time around. If there is reason the think it hurts something. it may be possible to disable the device. If everything else seems OK, most likely there is something about your computer that Windows can not ID properly. So that is my short answer. The MS long answer is in the link above. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'What do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?' Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 7:40 am Posted by ed gennrich (6 messages posted) motherboard is MSI 865PE NEO2-P, I HAVE DOWNLOADED ALL DRIVERS AND CONTACT THEM ALSO, THEY ARE OF NO HELP JOHN, ED. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'What to do with yellow blop? Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 7:44 am Posted by ed gennrich (6 messages posted) Thx, i have tried that too. after i used "Here is the REAL answer!!" from snipe posted Saturday August 12, 2003 @ 9:03 pm is when this issue started. this solution did not help me, it compounded problem, ed. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'What do I do with "unknown" devices in Device Manager?' Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 9:24 am Posted by Johnb33 (2283 messages posted) Try right clicking on the device and click on properties and look for device id # and post back. usually you can identify the device by the id number and search online for it. On Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 6:40 am, ed gennrich wrote: >motherboard is MSI 865PE NEO2-P, I HAVE DOWNLOADED ALL DRIVERS AND CONTACT THEM ALSO, >THEY ARE OF NO HELP JOHN, ED. [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 XP Discussion Forum