27-11-2012, 10:43 PM
Hi,
I've spent many hours trying to resolve this problem and was getting nowhere in spite of all the useful information received.
It's taken ages but I decided to try to identify what the "Unknown Device" was so went into systems and kicked things around eventually finding the name "Conexant Systems" and I already had a long list of numbers and letters for the device. With this new information I surfed the web and found the following;
http://www.conexant.com/support/md_winxpinfo.html
It beggars belief that a modem has given me so much grief; not only had I found out what the unknown device was I knew immediately why it didn't have any drivers. Years ago when I first connected to the Internet I needed this modem as I was on Dial up only and eventually went onto broadband. Now here is the bit that has messed me up; the modem is redundant because we've been on cable for over twenty years at first just for phone and TV.
NTL supplied the connection rendering this modem obsolete hence it is still installed but gets flagged by the yellow perils as faulty because it isn't connected and has no drivers.
I simply clicked Delete then uninstalled it and it is no more. Possibly when I boot up tomorrow the yellow perils will appear once again and if they do I can remove the offending modem.
This problem has tested my patience and involved forum members going to a lot of trouble in order to help me. I hadn't a clue what the fault was and had completely forgotten the old installed modem. I'm going senile at 65.
Now the yellow question marks are sorted the next job is to have a look at the graphics which still do not allow transfer of 3D from emachineshop; it might still require a new up to date graphics card but boy am I glad to have cracked the PCI problem.
I'm tired out and can only thank you all once again for your help and guidance.
Kind regards, Col.
I've spent many hours trying to resolve this problem and was getting nowhere in spite of all the useful information received.
It's taken ages but I decided to try to identify what the "Unknown Device" was so went into systems and kicked things around eventually finding the name "Conexant Systems" and I already had a long list of numbers and letters for the device. With this new information I surfed the web and found the following;
http://www.conexant.com/support/md_winxpinfo.html
It beggars belief that a modem has given me so much grief; not only had I found out what the unknown device was I knew immediately why it didn't have any drivers. Years ago when I first connected to the Internet I needed this modem as I was on Dial up only and eventually went onto broadband. Now here is the bit that has messed me up; the modem is redundant because we've been on cable for over twenty years at first just for phone and TV.
NTL supplied the connection rendering this modem obsolete hence it is still installed but gets flagged by the yellow perils as faulty because it isn't connected and has no drivers.
I simply clicked Delete then uninstalled it and it is no more. Possibly when I boot up tomorrow the yellow perils will appear once again and if they do I can remove the offending modem.
This problem has tested my patience and involved forum members going to a lot of trouble in order to help me. I hadn't a clue what the fault was and had completely forgotten the old installed modem. I'm going senile at 65.
Now the yellow question marks are sorted the next job is to have a look at the graphics which still do not allow transfer of 3D from emachineshop; it might still require a new up to date graphics card but boy am I glad to have cracked the PCI problem.
I'm tired out and can only thank you all once again for your help and guidance.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
