PCI Bridge, etc. drivers missing! Please help..

[[ VX ]]

I recently reformatted my PC and learned a lot of things..like to back up more. However, it's all good in the end - except for two drivers! In device manager, they are under "Other Devices" and are each marked as "Other PCI Bridge Device" and "SM Bus Controller"

I am no real technical guy, not when it gets down to what they mean - but it sounds importantish and it bugs me having stuff missing.

My computer is an Acer Aspire T160 btw.
The specs. / set-up I know of are:

OS:
- Windows XP SP2 (not currently registered online, in case I need to reformat again)

Peripherals:
- Logitech G5 mouse*
- Logitech Cordless Desktop S510*
- Logitech QuickCam Chat
- Logitech Z-2300 2.1 speaker set
- Belkin 54g Network Adaptor (in conjunction with Belkin 54g wireless router)
* = Logitech Setpoint not installed currently.

Protection:
- Kaspersky Labs Internet Security Suite 6.0

System:
- CPU: AMD Athlon64 3400+ (socket 939)
- 1GB of RAM (2x 512MB)
- GeFore 6100 graphics card
- Onboard sound (Realtek '97)
- 200GB HD; formatted in NTFS
- Unknown Motherboard
- Unknown Chipset



I don't know if that helps or not and - as you may see - Aida couldn't ID my mobo / chipset. Any responses to the above would be appreciated and if you need more data, just ask me and I'll do my best.

Cheers,
[ VX ]

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by [ VX ]

I recently reformatted my PC and learned a lot of things..like to back up more. However, it's all good in the end - except for two drivers! In device manager, they are under "Other Devices" and are each marked as "Other PCI Bridge Device" and "SM Bus Controller"

I am no real technical guy, not when it gets down to what they mean - but it sounds importantish and it bugs me having stuff missing.

My computer is an Acer Aspire T160 btw.
The specs. / set-up I know of are:

OS:
- Windows XP SP2 (not currently registered online, in case I need to reformat again)

Peripherals:
- Logitech G5 mouse*
- Logitech Cordless Desktop S510*
- Logitech QuickCam Chat
- Logitech Z-2300 2.1 speaker set
- Belkin 54g Network Adaptor (in conjunction with Belkin 54g wireless router)
* = Logitech Setpoint not installed currently.

Protection:
- Kaspersky Labs Internet Security Suite 6.0

System:
- CPU: AMD Athlon64 3400+ (socket 939)
- 1GB of RAM (2x 512MB)
- GeFore 6100 graphics card
- Onboard sound (Realtek '97)
- 200GB HD; formatted in NTFS
- Unknown Motherboard
- Unknown Chipset



I don't know if that helps or not and - as you may see - Aida couldn't ID my mobo / chipset. Any responses to the above would be appreciated and if you need more data, just ask me and I'll do my best.

Cheers,
[ VX ]

Set a System Restore Point before installing just in case

Then go here to Acer http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers...pire_e360.html

the chipset driver should solve both those problems

Hope this helps

[[ VX ]]

Yes, it did! Thankyou so much...the sad thing is, I got the other drivers, I simply "overlooked" that one. I don't know how I missed it, but I did.

Thanks again.