Monday, April 23, 2007

Manual identify

You need the exact name of the device.
Now you have to open the Registry Editor to find the information you want. This can be daunting but as long as you don't change anything, all will be well.

1. Click Start | Run
2. Type: regedit

You now need to search for the device name you found above.

1. Press F3
2. Type the device name
3. Press Enter
4. Look for a field called HardwareID. Press F3 until you find it


The information you need is the Dev portion of the the HardwareID.
e.g. For a device with the following ID:
PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_167D&SUBSYS_130010CF&REV_11\4&375FD9DC&0&00E0
You need the 4 characters after DEV_, in this case 167D.
Now you can look this up in the Device section of http://www.pcidatabase.com.
Check that the Manufacturer ID (the section after VEN_) also matches.
You now have the exact details of the device driver required for your machine.

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