So it was time to reformat my computer.
I had XP home and put that back on...however, under other devices is my ethernet controller, multimedia audio controller, and SM Bus controller...all saying that they need drivers. How do I find out what I have and what drivers I need?

TIA
Jill

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

You will need to install the drivers from either your computer manufacturers website(Dell/HP/Gateway etc) or your mobo manufacturers website.

If you click on the first link in my signature, you`ll find info on how to find out your systems specs etc.

Regards Howard

Thanks for the heads up

this is what I got. Is this enough or should I do the 20 page thing? I think this covers what you mentioned in the post to newbies ....I don't understand a bit of what this means

Is what enough and what 20 page thing are you referring to?

We need your system specs, then we can help you.

Is your computer an oem build such as DEll/HP/Gateway etc, or a custom build?

Regards Howard

whoops, sorry. I thought I had pasted it. I had it on the other computer and in an extreme moment of briliance, I forgot I was using a different mouse and counldn't past to here...sorry


Computer:

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Computer Name HOME
User Name Jillybean

Motherboard:
CPU Type Unknown, 1583 MHz (9.5 x 167) 2300+ Motherboard Name Epox EP-8RDA3(I)/8RDAE(I) (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 System Memory 512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM) BIOS Type Award (07/29/04) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter RADEON 7000 / RADEON VE Family (Microsoft Corporation) (64 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON 7000 / RADEON VE Family (Microsoft Corporation) (64 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI RV100 DDR Monitor Samsung CMQ5387L

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter nVIDIA MCP2 - Audio Codec Interface Storage:
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive Disk Drive WDC WD800JB-00JJA0 (74 GB, IDE) Optical Drive NU CDRW/DVD DBW-521 (DVD:16x, CD:52x/24x/52x DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 76308 MB (73934 MB free) Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network:
Modem Lucent Win Modem

Peripherals:
USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - OHCI USB Controller USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - OHCI USB Controller USB2 Controller nVIDIA MCP2 - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device USB Device USB Human Interface Device USB Device USB Human Interface Device

http://www.epox.com.tw/eng/support.php would be a good place to start.