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Name: pepe p
Date: August 25, 2009 at 12:28:28 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Product: Ibm / THINKPAD
Subcategory: Installation
Comment:

Hi All I've just formatted my old IBM thinkpad laptop with winsxp home, the problem is in device manager theres a yellow question mark against these devices:
1 ethernet controller
2 multimedia audio controller
3 pci modem
4 sm bus controller
5 unknown device
6 video controller (vga compatible ).
Can anyone help how i can restore drivers/ or ware i can obtain them.
Thanks



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Name: MWCC
Date: August 25, 2009 at 12:35:09 Pacific
Reply:

Go to Support at http://www.ibm.com


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Response Number 2
Name: jam
Date: August 25, 2009 at 20:13:55 Pacific
Reply:

I don't know why people think Windows contains drivers for every piece of hardware in existence. You should have gotten the hardware info from Device Manager before you formated...it would have made things much easier. Now you're going to have to hunt them down. If the above link isn't helpful, try HERE


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