Driver Install

[Ray_G]

Hiya's
I've installed the 77.77 drivers,(significant increase in benchmarks over the 71.24)
Everything seems to be running ok except in Device Manager I have 3 devices that
have yellow question marks next to them.
1-Other PCI Bridge Device
2-PCI Memory Controller
3-SM Bus Controller
Would it be ok to try and roll back these drivers, or would that conflict with new ones. Any help would be appreciated.


Asus A8NE
AMD 3000 venice (@2500)
OCZ Performance Series DDR 400 (2x512)..(@461..2.5, 3, 3, 6, 1T)
Gigabyte Geforce 6600GT (585x 1170)
WD Caviar SE16 250 GB (SATA2)
Antec Smart Power 2.0 500W

[Whyzman]

You might want to try highlighting and then Properties>Driver Update and let Windoze look for the driver...

[Ray_G]

Thnx for the reply whyzman,

Tried that, " the wizard cannot find the necessary software"
Tried rolling back the drivers 1 of them worked, still have 2 to go-
1-Other PCI Bridge Device
2-SM Bus Controller
:confused:

[saphalline]

That's odd. Those sound like chipset devices, albeit rarely used ones. I wonder what they refer to?...

The SM Bus controller is a common device. Come to think of it, that might be directly tied to the others... Hmmm...

Have you tried updating your chipset drivers? That might work.

[Ray_G]

Thnx for the reply saph,

I recently installed new chipset drivers 6.67, (prior to 77.77) now here's a dumb question....
When I go to remove drivers in control panel, there's no option for chipset drivers, only Nvidia drivers. Will I have to reinstall 77.77 driversalso?
:confused:

[Ray_G]

Update...fixed :)

1.Uninstalled all Nvidia drivers from control panel.
2.Re-booted into safe-mode
(windoze tried to install new hardware, cancelled that out)
3.Ran Driver Cleaner Pro ;)
4.Installed chipset drivers,and forceware drivers.
5.Re-booted, re-set display resolution(default drives me nuts)
6.Installed coolbits to re-tweak my vid. card :p
7.Re-booted again...all looks good(my cyber biotch is happy again) :D

thnx for the help guys!

[saphalline]

Wow, you had to totally remove them? Drivers are funny that way. Or maybe it's Windows... :p Ah well, at least it's fixed, eh? :D