10 Steps how to find drivers for unknown devices
This time, we will learn how to tell which driver to install on your computer if the hardware is unknown. With only 10 steps below we will be able to install an unknown device drivers in your computer. The following, showing every steps:
- Go to Control Panel.
- Go to “System” icon.
- Then in the tab “Hardware” (in XP) click on “Device Manager”.
- Select in missing device driver and double-click.
- Go to the tab “Details” and select Properties “Hardware IDs”.
- There are four digits, save the value DEV and VEN
- Login www.pcidatabase.com, Under “Search Tools” DEV place your four-digit code.
- It would be many results, search code now see references to your DEV.
- Press Ctrl + F and enter the code there and then find the DEV.
- They tell you the name of the device, and even, in many cases show download URL, and if not, you can search to the internet.
In interest of clarifying some of the details, will be shown below :
- VEN and DEV: Two parameters for each hardware, which is VEN and DEV is DEVICE VENDOR, VENDOR is the brand, and DEVICE is the device of this manufacturer
- www.pcidatabase.com is one of the largest databases of hardware
- This series of steps is applicable to Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7
- This is the best way to find the exact drivers for our devices, and recommend it rather than using programs like DriverEasy / MyPCDrivers
Below, images (or screenshots) which argue the procedure:
PCIDatabase.com: Insert the code and look for the device DEV
These are the search results, in many cases, leave several options, and to know our goal, we would guide by the Vendor Id, click on the manufacturer’s name to display all devices that exist for this manufacturer.
You see, I’ve done the code search DEV (device) because usually the list of devices from a manufacturer, there are many devices, to find it, see the description of the chip number and name, and in many cases, the link to the controller
The 10 steps described here can help us to solve the problem of the unknown devices and in many cases has always worked. Of course there are many ways to find drivers for hardware, but equally, this is the most effective.