Unknown Device

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I have a 3 month old Acer laptop and at startup over the past couple of days,
its finding new hardware. However I've not added hardware apart from a
Microsoft mouse. Having contacted Acer the say I should re-nstall the o/s
(Vista Home Prem). They feel its a software problem. Which seems a bit
drastic, so before I do, does anyone whse had experience of this annoying
problem or knows of a way apart from disabling it in Device Manager.
Incidentally t shows up in the "Sound, Video and Games Controller" section of
Device Manager.
 
What is your audio adapter?

Have you searched the Acer site for updated Vista drivers for you specific
laptop?


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Its Realtek
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andypomf
Bury, England


Cal Bear '66 said:
What is your audio adapter?

Have you searched the Acer site for updated Vista drivers for you specific
laptop?


I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!
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Here is the Realtek download site:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=8&PFid=14&Level=3&Conn=2

Make sure you download the correct drivers (AC'97 or High Definition).

You will have better luck if you first go to Device Manager and uninstall the
Realtek device -- make SURE to check the box to delete the driver files -- and
go to Control Panel (Classic view) > Programs and Features, and uninstall the
Realtek driver. REBOOT. Install the downloaded drivers and reboot again.


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andypomf said:
Its Realtek
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In my case the unknown device was the midi player. I turned off the port in
the bios and have had no problems since. It just was not supported under
Vista.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Thanks , Richard for that, as I have indicated to Choogster in another
posting, in the Hardare Ids for this unknown device it shows - *MusCD, so I
think it has something to do with playing Music from the DVD/CD on the
laptop.
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andypomf
Bury, England


Richard Urban said:
In my case the unknown device was the midi player. I turned off the port in
the bios and have had no problems since. It just was not supported under
Vista.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
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