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#285467 - 14/08/2006 20:07 Unknown device on laptop
CrackersMcCheese pooh-bah Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 2489	I've been given an HP notebook to use for a while at work. Its a Compaq nc6000 and is about 2-3 years old I guess (Pentium M 1.7, 512MB RAM, 40GB HDD) but its never been used. I was sure these models came with built-in wireless but can't seem to see anything in device manager except for one of those yellow question marks next to 'Network Controller'. The driver is missing and nothing I do will get it to obtain it. Anyone know what this device might be? Could it be the wireless adapter?
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#285468 - 14/08/2006 20:15 Re: Unknown device on laptop [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
speedy67 enthusiast Registered: 18/12/2000 Posts: 342 Loc: South-West-Germany	Does it have a "centrino" label somewhere? then it's probably the intel pro wireless device. Try downloading the drivers from the intel site... _________________________ cheers, Thomas new owner of the MK1 00123 MK2 12GB 090000815 (my first one) MK2a 040103735 (from 303) and ???
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#285469 - 14/08/2006 20:15 Re: Unknown device on laptop [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
Waterman981 old hand Registered: 14/02/2002 Posts: 804 Loc: Salt Lake City, UT	My work has a couple of those floating around. In fact a fellow IT employee here has one, but she is out on vacation today. I will find out tomorrow if someone doesn't beat me to it. _________________________ -Michael #040103696 on a shelf Mk2a - 90 GB - Red - Illuminated buttons
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#285470 - 14/08/2006 20:20 Re: Unknown device on laptop [Re: speedy67]
CrackersMcCheese pooh-bah Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 2489	Yes it has an 'Intel Centrino' sticker on it... thanks for the suggestion about the Intel site. Will try now. (I should add that I don't have the HP CDs so I'm pretty much stuck if that doesn't work)
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#285471 - 14/08/2006 20:21 Re: Unknown device on laptop [Re: Waterman981]
CrackersMcCheese pooh-bah Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 2489	Thanks Michael... any help would be appreciated!
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#285472 - 14/08/2006 20:26 Re: Unknown device on laptop [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5682 Loc: London, UK	Quote: but can't seem to see anything in device manager except for one of those yellow question marks next to 'Network Controller'. The driver is missing and nothing I do will get it to obtain it. Quite often, you can get the properties for the device. Right-click it in Device Manager, choose Properties and go to the 'Details' tab. Under Device Instance Id, you'll see a string something like this: PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_4362&SUBSYS_81421043&REV_15\etc. Go to http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/iii/ and look up the four digits after 'VEN_'. In this example, they're 11AB, which is 'Marvell Technology Group Ltd.' Clicking on that entry will take you to a page where you can look up the device ID (4362 in my example). This'll display the model number, etc., of the device, e.g. '88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller' From there you can drill down into the subsystem ID, but this is not normally necessary. Note that if you do, you need to word-swap the digits (i.e. in groups of 4) of the subsystem ID. In my case, 81421043 translates to 1043:8142, which is 'Marvell 88E8053 Gigabit Ethernet controller PCIe (Asus)'. Which is actually what my example device is. You should be able to do the same to find yours. _________________________ -- roger
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#285473 - 14/08/2006 20:26 Re: Unknown device on laptop [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
speedy67 enthusiast Registered: 18/12/2000 Posts: 342 Loc: South-West-Germany	Are you familiar with linux? Then try booting a knoppix CD, the intel wireless cards are supported. Perhaps only to get the model of the card, just watch the hardware detection while booting the CD. It's worth a try... _________________________ cheers, Thomas new owner of the MK1 00123 MK2 12GB 090000815 (my first one) MK2a 040103735 (from 303) and ???
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#285474 - 14/08/2006 20:42 Re: Unknown device on laptop [Re: Roger]
CrackersMcCheese pooh-bah Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 2489	Cheers Roger! Its an Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG. Downloading the drivers (50MB!) now. Will post later if, sorry... WHEN it works Thanks again guys! Thomas... sorry I'm no use with Linux. I keep meaning to try it sometime though. One day I'll have MythTV! Edited by Phil. (14/08/2006 20:43)
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#285475 - 14/08/2006 22:05 Re: Unknown device on laptop [Re: Roger]
andym carpal tunnel Registered: 17/01/2002 Posts: 3995 Loc: Manchester UK	Quote: Quite often, you can get the properties for the device. Right-click it in Device Manager, choose Properties and go to the 'Details' tab. Under Device Instance Id, you'll see a string something like this: PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_4362&SUBSYS_81421043&REV_15\etc. Go to http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/iii/ and look up the four digits after 'VEN_'. In this example, they're 11AB, which is 'Marvell Technology Group Ltd.' Clicking on that entry will take you to a page where you can look up the device ID (4362 in my example). Had to do exactly this today when I had to install a vanilla copy of XP on a new Dell box (it came with XP64 which Avid doesn't like). I got everything bar one device driver reinstalled which unhelpfully showed up as a 'PCI Device'. I used http://www.pcidatabase.com/ which worked really well. I have to say when I saw a vendor ID of 0x8086 I knew it had to be intel. It's like a personalised licence plate for your car! _________________________ Cheers, Andy M
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#285476 - 14/08/2006 23:50 Re: Unknown device on laptop [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
mlord carpal tunnel Registered: 29/08/2000 Posts: 14486 Loc: Canada	Quote: sorry I'm no use with Linux. Pity. The 2200(A)BG works just fine "out-of-the-box" with most modern Linux distros. -ml
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#285477 - 15/08/2006 01:58 Re: Unknown device on laptop [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
gbeer carpal tunnel Registered: 17/12/2000 Posts: 2665 Loc: Manteca, California	Even though that is a big DL. You want it! The intel drivers and config software is so much better than the pucky most OEM's seem to ship. _________________________ Glenn
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#285478 - 15/08/2006 07:18 Re: Unknown device on laptop [Re: CrackersMcCheese]
furtive old hand Registered: 14/08/2001 Posts: 886 Loc: London, UK	You should be able to download all the drivers for it here http://h18000.www1.hp.com/ _________________________ Mk2a RioCar 120Gb - now sold to the owner of my old car Rio Karma - now on ebay...
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#285479 - 15/08/2006 10:36 Re: Unknown device on laptop [Re: Roger]
Dignan carpal tunnel Registered: 08/03/2000 Posts: 12320 Loc: Sterling, VA	Quote: Quite often, you can get the properties for the device. Thanks for that tip, Roger! That's very useful, as I very often get devices on new OS installs that don't get their drivers installed, and I can't tell what they're supposed to be. I'll be using this in the future! _________________________ Matt
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#285480 - 15/08/2006 16:11 Re: Unknown device on laptop [Re: Dignan]
CrackersMcCheese pooh-bah Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 2489	Cheers guys! Wireless is all sorted!
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