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    Missing Drivers.

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by maimone, Oct 20, 2006.

  1. maimone

    maimone Notebook Consultant

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    I re-formatted windows xp and i seem to be missing some drivers. The drivers im missing are the PCI device, andSM Bus Controller drives. All the others are working fine. If anybody knows where these drivers are located it would be greatly appreciated. :)
     
    maimone, Oct 20, 2006
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    Jason Overclocker NBR Reviewer

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    Ummm... the make and model of your notebook might be helpful. If you do a little searching though, they should be right there on dells site, and you should be able to download directly from them...
     
    Jason, Oct 20, 2006
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    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    Go to dells website and enter your service tag # then download them from there
     
    gridtalker, Oct 20, 2006
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  4. maimone

    maimone Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry about that, i have an inspiron 6400. I tried to go on dells site and enter the tag but i have no idea what category this device falls under. Im looking for the PCI device. Thanks again.
     
    maimone, Oct 20, 2006
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    stewcle Newbie

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    try downloading the Ricoh drivers under applications on Dells driver D/L.
     
    stewcle, Oct 20, 2006
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    extra-ordinary_guy Notebook Consultant

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    I always get the SM Bus driver missing. It should be installed by the chipset drivers, but it never seems to work on my system. Even re-installing them doesn't do it. I saved the folder with this driver off another installation - that's how I got around it. This was discussed before here so do a search on this site and you'll get the answer

    The PCI is the modem more than likely.
     
    extra-ordinary_guy, Oct 20, 2006
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  7. Pete Thomas

    Pete Thomas Notebook Enthusiast

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    im having the same problem as the author of this topic, and nobody has yet to answer it.
     
    Pete Thomas, Oct 21, 2006
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  8. schmoken

    schmoken Notebook Guru

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    Make sure these drivers are installed:

    system software
    mobile chipset

    The drivers that are easy to forget are the ricoh card reader and the modem drivers. Device manager has no clue on these and will label them 'pci device' until drivers are installed.
     
    schmoken, Oct 21, 2006
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  9. Jagged73

    Jagged73 Notebook Guru

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    You are looking for this driver for the sm bus - http://support.dell.com/support/top...6CBF76CAE721DE0401E0A55170412&c=us&l=en&s=dhs

    For the PCI Device your looking for this driver I belive this is what your looking for - http://support.dell.com/support/dow...1&vercnt=2&formatcnt=1&libid=27&fileid=149851

    Hope this helps.
     
    Jagged73, Oct 22, 2006
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  10. Pete Thomas

    Pete Thomas Notebook Enthusiast

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    your pci link said file not found...
     
    Pete Thomas, Oct 22, 2006
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