Random Hardware

[Danger Phoenix]

Every time I boot my PC it says it needs to install some hardware (and there are two Unknown Devices in Device Manager) but I don't have a clue what they are.

Everything is installed as far as I know

 

[Danger Phoenix]

Have you installed any hardware monitoring programs?

What do you mean?


I have installed chipset drivers... did that when I formatted around 8 months ago. This problem cropped up around a month ago or so, and nothing had been done to the system at that time

 

[Danger Phoenix]

Alright... I believe it is the ATI WDM part of my X1900XTX... but I have already installed the full drivers

 

[Danger Phoenix]

Ah ha! So I was right. You haven't installed the drivers then. What you've installed are drivers for the main socket. You need to install seperate drivers for the WDM part of the card.

This caught me out with my X1800XT until I realised this.

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/radeonxip-xp.html There you have 3 packages. The first is the main display, you've installed this. Ignore the second.

The WDM is the third package. That's what you want.

I downloaded the full package:
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/radeonx-xp.html

And ticked WDM during the installation...

 

[Danger Phoenix]

Good good. Reset PC and see if its worked.

No, I mean I did that when I first installed the drivers... but let me try it again too

 

[Danger Phoenix]

Ah sorry. Misunderstood you. Doubt that entry in Device Manager is the WDM bit of you graphics card then.

Right-click on the entry and see what info it says about the hardware. Any clue as to what it might be?

I tried that Halfdone thing, and it says the two unknown devices are to do with NTativrv01 which I believe is the WDM thing

 

[Danger Phoenix]

Any chance of a screenshot of the Device Manager entry and the results from the Halfdone thing?

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9
AMD Opteron 165 (2.7 Ghz)
1 GB PC3200 RAM
ATi Radeon 1900XTX
Audigy 2