Unknow device in Device Manager

I have just installed XP on my old IBM Thinkpad (PIII500, 192mb ram). Everything went great, and the computer seems to be running fine.

I do notice however, that when I view the Device Manager, there is one entry under "Unknow device". When I double click on it the windows says the following;

Device type: Other devices
Manufacturer: unknown
location: on Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System

And under Device status, its says This device is not configured correctly.

All other devices seem OK;

Batteries
Computer
Disk Drives
Display Adapters
DVD/CD-rom drives
Floppy disk controlers
Floppy disk drives
IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
Infrared devices
keyboards
mice and other pointing devices
modems
monitors
PCMCIA adapters
ports
processors
sound, video, and game controlers
system devices
universal serial bus controllers

I don't have the original disks for the computer. Nothing has been hooked up to the laptop yet (printer, zip drive etc.). The computer seems to work just fine, its just this unknow device that's got me thinking...

 

Have you tried deleting it and rebooting? It looks like evrything that should be there installed correctly going by the list.

 

How about letting windows automatically install it? "Install the software automatically (Recommended)". If it does not work, grab the latest laptop drivers/utilities pack from your manufacturer's website then install and restart your system.

 

My guess? It's an onboard network card. Do like they said above, remove it and reboot. It should (if its not damaged) automatically install the drivers for it. If it cmoes back as an unknown device, then contact the manufacturer and ask them if they have drivers for it.

Cheers,
Frank

 

I have removed the device, and them rebooted. Xp finds the new hardware, but does not know what it is. It still comes up as unknown.

I'll try and find the drivers from IBM's site.....

 

Look specifically for onboard drivers. As stated above it may be onboard network.

 

Ok, I have narrowed it down.

When I do a "install new driver" and do a search for all new hardware, it come back with a wizard and it asks for the software for a "BCM 5701 Gigabit ethernet card"

Done a search online, but can't seem to find the driver for it....

 

It is made by Intel. I searched their website with no luck. The link below takes you to their site. Maybe you can email them and get an answer or have better luck than I did.

http://support.intel.com/

 

I went right to IBM and found it...
In fact,I found ALL of the files associated with that ethernet adapter.
(Broadcom BCM5701 NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet adapter)
Last up date was about 2 weeks ago...

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docvie...g1MIGR-50506&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en

Hope that helps!

L8R,
Joe

 

The ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) might have more to do with the ability of your computer to turn on and off with and without the help of your software, harware and switches. This is the error that will always show up when loading Windows 98 and up onto an AT system; in that case it cannot be fixed. However in an ATX board it may be a problem with a setting in advanced power management. Check to see if it is turned on in all occasions in cmos. If there are any settings disabling it, that may help explain the error. It is also not unheard of for this item to just plain be faulty/broken. One last thing to try is a visit to your system's homesite and find updated drivers or patches, discussion or tech support.

 

Damn you guys are good!!!!

I have searched for a couple of hours and came up empty. I will post results from the link GwizJoe posted....