Hi LeGrande,
• What does the box state on the card that you have got when you purchased the additional Video Card?
Also if you cannot find that for sure there are 3rd party utilities that can help find the exact manufacturer so that you can get the correct driver.
You may use your favorite search engine to search for third party utilities to do the same.
The VEN code means vendor and the DEV code means device: in this case the vendor is 8086 and the device is 27D8. Once you have the two codes, go to www.pcidatabase.com. Enter the two codes and you should get the name of your hardware. From there you can search for a driver download for your hardware. Video controller (vga compatible) code 28. Discussion in 'Windows XP Help' started by shaheer, Oct 4, 2009. Shaheer Techie7 New Member. How can i install drivers for vga controller. Plz help me solve my issue. Thanks:boat: shaheer, Oct 4, 2009 #1. Dan Penny Staff Techie7 Moderator. I see at the devices manager is 'The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)' my audio, ethernet, VGA drivers can not install. Down load The drivers for this device are not installed.
Note:Using Third Party Software, including hardware drivers can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Third Party Software can be solved. Using Third Party Software is at your own risk.
As for the issue with the motherboard not having the correct slots, unless you replace the motherboard there is not a way to replace the slots and unless you want to purchase a new video card that will fit in the slots you currently have there is no other way to resolve this.
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I have a big yellow question mark next to Multimedia Audio Controller, and next to SM Bus Controller, both say 'The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)' I tried to reinstall them through device manager, it then asked me if I wanted to search for updates online, so I clicked yes.
The Video Card was givin to me from a friend that goes to school for computers. there are no markings on the card at all I don't have any money to get a new video card. I need a different way to fix this. If you want to email me then I can send you pictures of what the card looks like and the motherboard also, if you want
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Hello LeGrande Powell,
If there are no markings on the card and we are not 100% sure what it is, then it may be a good idea to involve your friend in this case. They should be able to tell you exactly what the card is.
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Unknown devices show up in the Windows Device Manager when Windows can’t identify a piece of hardware and provide a driver for it. An unknown device isn’t just unknown — it’s not functioning until you install the right driver.
Windows can identify most devices and download drivers for them automatically. When this process fails — or if you disable automatic driver downloads — you’ll have to identify the device and hunt the driver down on your own.
Locate the Unknown Device
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You’ll see information about Unknown Devices in the Device Manager. To open it on Windows 10, 8.1, or 8, right-click in the bottom-left corner of the screen or press Windows Key + X and select Device Manager. On Windows 7, press Windows Key + R, type devmgmt.msc into the Run dialog, and press Enter. The Device Manager can also be accessed from the Control Panel or with a search from your Start menu or Start screen.
You’ll find unknown devices and other non-functioning devices under Other devices. Each device with a problem has a little yellow exclamation mark over its icon.
![Controller Controller](https://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/drivers/257000d1486600918t-error-code-28-ethernet-controller-missing-drivers-driver.png?s=6fcca8e9056a457400c0dde9fc1c5bed)
Such devices will often have the name “Unknown device,” but they’ll sometimes have a more descriptive name. For our purposes, the difference doesn’t matter. Although we may be able to see a name for the device, Windows doesn’t know what it is and we don’t know specifically which drivers we need for it.
Find the Unknown Device’s Hardware IDs
Now let’s identify the device. Right-click the unknown device and select Properties to view more information.
Windows will inform you it doesn’t have the appropriate drivers — that’s error code 28.
Click the Details tab, click the Property box, and select Hardware Ids in the list. Windows displays a lot of other information about the device here, but the Hardware Ids will help you identify the device.
You’ll usually see a list of long strings of characters here. Just looking at them won’t tell you much, but they’re actually unique hardware IDs that correspond to the hardware.
Perform a web search for the hardware ID using your favorite search engine. You should find the name of the piece of hardware associated with the unknown device, and that will give you the information you need to hunt down the driver.
Here, we can see that the device is a Nexus 4 or Nexus 7 (2013) with USB Debugging enabled, so we’d need to install the ADB drivers. Windows will then recognize the ADB interface and the device will be a properly installed, “known device.”
Install the Driver
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You can now hunt down the driver for the hardware device and install it normally. You shouldn’t have to mess with the Device Manager here — just install the driver using the standard installer and it should work.
If you have to manually install a driver for the device — perhaps the driver is already installed on your system — you can use the Update Driver button in the device’s Properties window. If the device driver is already installed on your system, click the “Browse my computer for driver software” link and choose an installed driver.
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Automatically Identify Devices and Install Drivers
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Windows attempts to automatically install drivers, searching for appropriate drivers and downloading them from Windows Update. Windows wants to identify hardware and install drivers so you don’t have to do this. If you’ve disabled this feature, you might encounter more unknown devices.
To check whether this feature is enabled or disabled, open the Control Panel and click View devices and printers under Hardware and Sound. Right-click the device that represents your computer itself and select Device installation settings.
Ensure “Yes, do this automatically (recommended)” or at least “Always install the best driver software from Windows Update” is selected. These are the default settings, and allow Windows to download drivers and automatically configure new hardware.
After enabling this setting, click the Update Driver button in a device’s properties window in Device Manager. You’ll be able to search for drivers from Windows Update — this should happen automatically after you connect the device to the PC, but you may want to try it again if you’ve just re-enabled the feature.
Windows Update doesn’t have every driver for every device ever created. You’ll sometimes have to hunt the driver down on your own.
Unknown devices are often a problem after reinstalling Windows on a PC. If Windows can’t find all the drivers for your PC’s hardware, you’ll need to hunt down the drivers and install them yourself. They shouldn’t be a problem later on unless you upgrade your PC’s components or connect more exotic peripherals to it.
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