M3A and Unknown Device

Aside from the ATAPI issue that I raised in another thread, I have one
other oddity in my Device Manager that I'd like to resolve.

I have an "Unknown device" in the "Other Devices" section of Device Manager.
There is not a lot of information in the properties for this entry but
you'll find screen caps of everything in the properties he
http://www.flickr.com/photos/5688581...7626889178593/

I tried the "Reinstall Driver" option but, since I have no idea what device
is referenced by the message, I have no idea which CD to provide.

Can anyone tell me what device "Unknown Device" is referring to? I'm hoping
that if I know that, all I'll need to do is put the appropriate CD in my
drive and then reinstall the driver to fix this issue....

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Rhino

On 21/06/2011 15:44, Rhino wrote:
Aside from the ATAPI issue that I raised in another thread, I have one
other oddity in my Device Manager that I'd like to resolve.

I have an "Unknown device" in the "Other Devices" section of Device Manager.
There is not a lot of information in the properties for this entry but
you'll find screen caps of everything in the properties he
http://www.flickr.com/photos/5688581...7626889178593/

I tried the "Reinstall Driver" option but, since I have no idea what device
is referenced by the message, I have no idea which CD to provide.

Can anyone tell me what device "Unknown Device" is referring to? I'm hoping
that if I know that, all I'll need to do is put the appropriate CD in my
drive and then reinstall the driver to fix this issue....

--
Rhino

It may be something to do with the system management bus.
If you let Windows search online for the correct driver,
it usually finds it, in these cases.
Otherwise, go into Device Manager, select Properties and
write down what it says under the Details tab (something like:
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3403&SUBSYS_83841043&REV_00\4&8AC 94B5&0&00E3)
which is the firewire port on my PC. The important bits are
the VEN and DEV numbers (eg VEN_1106 DEV_3403 in my case.)

This site will allow you to identify the device and manufacturer,
by entering the information you found:
http://www.pcidatabase.com/

You can then find and download the correct driver.

HTH,
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Rob

On 21/06/2011 16:44, Rob wrote:
On 21/06/2011 15:44, Rhino wrote:
Aside from the ATAPI issue that I raised in another thread, I have one
other oddity in my Device Manager that I'd like to resolve.

I have an "Unknown device" in the "Other Devices" section of Device
Manager.
There is not a lot of information in the properties for this entry but
you'll find screen caps of everything in the properties he
http://www.flickr.com/photos/5688581...7626889178593/

I tried the "Reinstall Driver" option but, since I have no idea what
device
is referenced by the message, I have no idea which CD to provide.

Can anyone tell me what device "Unknown Device" is referring to? I'm
hoping
that if I know that, all I'll need to do is put the appropriate CD in my
drive and then reinstall the driver to fix this issue....

--
Rhino

It may be something to do with the system management bus.
If you let Windows search online for the correct driver,
it usually finds it, in these cases.
Otherwise, go into Device Manager, select Properties and
write down what it says under the Details tab (something like:
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3403&SUBSYS_83841043&REV_00\4&8AC 94B5&0&00E3)
which is the firewire port on my PC. The important bits are
the VEN and DEV numbers (eg VEN_1106 DEV_3403 in my case.)

This site will allow you to identify the device and manufacturer,
by entering the information you found:
http://www.pcidatabase.com/

You can then find and download the correct driver.

HTH,

Rhino,
My apologies - I missed the fact that you had uploaded all
of the Device Manager screenshots!
That device is actually to do with power management, and
should have been given a driver when you installed the INF
driver for your motherboard. If you have already done that,
have a look at this thread which should help:

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forum...-identify.html

HTH,
--
Rob

Rhino wrote:
Aside from the ATAPI issue that I raised in another thread, I have one
other oddity in my Device Manager that I'd like to resolve.

I have an "Unknown device" in the "Other Devices" section of Device Manager.
There is not a lot of information in the properties for this entry but
you'll find screen caps of everything in the properties he
http://www.flickr.com/photos/5688581...7626889178593/

I tried the "Reinstall Driver" option but, since I have no idea what device
is referenced by the message, I have no idea which CD to provide.

Can anyone tell me what device "Unknown Device" is referring to? I'm hoping
that if I know that, all I'll need to do is put the appropriate CD in my
drive and then reinstall the driver to fix this issue....

--
Rhino

Those are actually pretty hard to track down.

Sometimes, you get lucky, and when you find a forum discussing
the particular motherboard, someone will mention what the device
is. In some cases, the device is a pseudo device passed as
an ACPI object in a BIOS table. Rather than a normal Plug and
Play enumeration. Asus sometimes includes utilities for
monitoring stuff, and a driver is included in the utility.
Installing the utility and uninstalling it, might leave the
driver behind and resolve the "unknown".

Looking on the M3A download page, I see

"ACPI driver for ATK 0110 virtual device"

in the utilities section, which is one of those ACPI things
passed through a BIOS table. I'd probably install that,
and see if the thing disappeared.

Another one you run into occasionally, is audio over HDMI.
HDMI video cables, are capable of carrying video and audio.
The video and audio is good, if you have a hard screen TV
with speakers, to use as a monitor.

Paul

"Paul" wrote in message
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Rhino wrote:
Aside from the ATAPI issue that I raised in another thread, I have one
other oddity in my Device Manager that I'd like to resolve.

I have an "Unknown device" in the "Other Devices" section of Device
Manager. There is not a lot of information in the properties for this
entry but you'll find screen caps of everything in the properties he
http://www.flickr.com/photos/5688581...7626889178593/

I tried the "Reinstall Driver" option but, since I have no idea what
device is referenced by the message, I have no idea which CD to provide.

Can anyone tell me what device "Unknown Device" is referring to? I'm
hoping that if I know that, all I'll need to do is put the appropriate CD
in my drive and then reinstall the driver to fix this issue....

--
Rhino

Those are actually pretty hard to track down.

Sometimes, you get lucky, and when you find a forum discussing
the particular motherboard, someone will mention what the device
is. In some cases, the device is a pseudo device passed as
an ACPI object in a BIOS table. Rather than a normal Plug and
Play enumeration. Asus sometimes includes utilities for
monitoring stuff, and a driver is included in the utility.
Installing the utility and uninstalling it, might leave the
driver behind and resolve the "unknown".

Looking on the M3A download page, I see

"ACPI driver for ATK 0110 virtual device"

in the utilities section, which is one of those ACPI things
passed through a BIOS table. I'd probably install that,
and see if the thing disappeared.

Rob, who has also replied to this question, pointed me to a thread on a
forum where someone had a similar problem with the ATK0110 device. I found a
download at the ASUS site but have some detailed followup questions about
that download and what to do with it. Rather than restating them all here,
perhaps you could reply to those questions in the other part of the thread
if Rob hasn't already answered them by the time you see this?

Another one you run into occasionally, is audio over HDMI.
HDMI video cables, are capable of carrying video and audio.
The video and audio is good, if you have a hard screen TV
with speakers, to use as a monitor.

I think I'm safe on that one. I have a flatscreen monitor but I don't think
I connected it with the HDMI cable so that shouldn't bite me ;-)

--
Rhino
Paul