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    Inspiron e1505/6400 "PCI Device"

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by lexapi, Jan 5, 2007.

  1. lexapi

    lexapi Newbie

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    Argh argh argh argh argh.

    Reformatted my pretty shiny new laptop that came in the mail, and it's working fine... but.

    Under the device manager/other devices, I have a little thing called "PCI Device" with a yellow question mark on it. I've installed all the drivers I know of (including the media card reader thingy... Ricoh?), and it's the only thing left with an error. When I uninstalled it and rebooted, it just referred to itself as "PCI Device" when it re-found itself. It won't find its correct driver, and as far as I can tell it just... sits there.

    Any clue whatsoever?
     
    lexapi, Jan 5, 2007
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    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    did you install your ethernet and dialup modem drivers?
     
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  3. lexapi

    lexapi Newbie

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    Definitely installed the ethernet (it's happily pointing out I'm not connected to a network, haha), and when I checked the device manager re: my modem it listed it there with updated drivers. So I believe I did, unless I missed a step somewhere.
     
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    elhamy201 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have the same problem and i check every hardware i know and all is working but i still see this unknow device , any one help us please
     
    elhamy201, Jan 5, 2007
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  5. mr_bots

    mr_bots Notebook Evangelist

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    Probably the card reader. Driver is downloadable from support.dell.com. It's listed under the "Chipset" tab as "Ricoh R5C832".
     
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  6. lexapi

    lexapi Newbie

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    I already downloaded & installed that one as well, yet I still have this problem. Hewp.
     
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  7. Zero

    Zero The Random Guy

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    I'm wondering maybe this is the wireless LAN card. You have probably already installed the drivers for it, but try install them again. Also, does Windows give you any information as to what the device may be?
     
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    slattery69 Notebook Guru

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    do you have deamon tools installed ? as this can cause it as it simulates a drive but isnt one
     
    slattery69, Jan 5, 2007
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    Chipset drivers? I think that solved it for me.
     
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  10. lexapi

    lexapi Newbie

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    The wireless LAN is installed & fine, the chipset drivers are also installed. Going to try reinstalling the wireless LAN drivers though I have little hope there :(

    What are the deamon tools, though? (I'm so confused. Ack.)
     
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  11. lexapi

    lexapi Newbie

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    ...

    After running a bunch of Windows XP updates (I went to sleep halfway through them), the problem disappeared.

    Well, that was interesting?
     
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  12. khanhfat

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    Just Uninstall that Unknown device and forget about it. Or disable it from your system.

    ... weird things happend in laptops these days. May be you didn't restart your computer after reinstall new drivers could cause that unrecognized device thing. Well, finally it works.
     
    khanhfat, Jan 5, 2007
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  13. lexapi

    lexapi Newbie

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    Yeah, I tried that but it kept coming back on reboot. I also rebooted several times in hopes that it would magically go away, but it didn't.

    Not sure why updating Windows XP would get rid of it, but at least it's gone. Yay! My first reformat ever and it went... well, semi-smoothly. Sort of.
     
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    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    I wouldnt remove it in case it might be something important, and if it is you'll figure it out sooner or later, one thing to take note of, the order in which you install things is important, and not following that could lead to a missing or unknown device showing up
     
    Iceman0124, Jan 5, 2007
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