Driver for PCI Simple Communication Controller [Request]

[justgeorge]

I don't know what this driver even goes to, it's listed as "other devices" in the Device manager. There is a warning sign next to it.

I'm running Windows 7 on an Acer Aspire Desktop E700 series. My external HD is a 1TB WD My Book Essentials ver 2.0 I don't have that connected right now. I want to find the problem so I can run a first backup image.

 

[Mizzou]

Did you happen to upgrade your OS from Vista or XP? Acer site doesn't show any drivers for the E700 for Windows 7 ... only XP and Vista.

 

[justgeorge]

Hi thanks for the quick reply

I upgraded from Vista Home Premium w/ SP2. I had to use the upgrade to do a clean install because I had to put it on a new hard drive. The one I had Vista on is in a box, it's pretty much shot. The registry was so screwed up even the Tech's at Microsoft threw their hands up in submission.
What exactly does that driver do? I have all of my Vista drivers backed up on a CD if that helps any??

 

[LookinAround]

Driver for PCI Simple Communication Controller

fyi...

The device names one normally sees in Device Manager, are taken from the device driver file.

When Windows can't find a driver in the first place
> It's listed under Other devices (as is your case) cause Windows doesn't even know what category to put it under
> It uses the device's generic name (that's the only name Windows has till it finds a driver for it)

I've usually found that name is a fax device

Try DriverEasy tool. I'd only see what it might find for that specific device. For now, ignore other driver updates it might tell you about

 

[Mizzou]

I noticed some drivers for a TV tuner for your E700 on the Acer site ... you may need to download and install those. Windows doesn't usually play well with specialized media cards.

 

[justgeorge]

To Lookin
Thanks I'm downloading it now, will let you know if that's the problem. I did just install an all-in one w/ a fax on it.

Mizzou
I saw something in the error messages about a TV tuner. Didn't know what the heck it was. I don't have my PC connected to the TV????
I'll check it out. What's one more driver, if I don't need it I can always get rid of it. Thanks for finding that. I can never find anything on the Acer website.
George

 

[justgeorge]

I ran the DriveEasy Tool. All of the drivers it pulled up I already have newer versions of that I downloaded directly from Intel and Nvidia. It didn't list the "fax part" of the all-in-one.
I also checked the stuff on the Acer site, most of the stuff they had listed I got directly from Intel. As to the TV Tuner, I'm going to check with Nvidia and see if they have one I missed.

I thought that if I could get the DriveCleanup thing working I could get rid of a rouge driver.

 

[LookinAround]

I ran the DriveEasy Tool. All of the drivers it pulled up I already have newer versions of that I downloaded directly from Intel and Nvidia. It didn't list the "fax part" of the all-in-one.
I also checked the stuff on the Acer site, most of the stuff they had listed I got directly from Intel. As to the TV Tuner, I'm going to check with Nvidia and see if they have one I missed.

Open Device Mgr, rt click the device, select Properties, then Details tab

You should then be able to select then copy/paste the Device ID into your next post (it's a cryptic looking string)

I thought that if I could get the DriveCleanup thing working I could get rid of a rouge driver.

i'll answer this in your other thread on the topic