Windows 7: What is this "Base System Device"?

Hi,

I have just upgraded a 4 year old Dell 1420 inspiron laptop from:

80 gb, Intel T5250 CPU, 2 gb ram, Win Vista basic to 500 gb, Intel T7300 CPU, 4 gb ram and Windows 7 64-bit HP.

Everything works. Windows update knows where to get the driver. The only drivers not working are the Sigmatel sound card driver which luckily for me could be loaded from the vista CD. I have found this "Base System Device" under "Other devices" in the device manager and have no clue what it is. I googled online and someone said it was a card reader thing. I saw Windows 7 update the SD card reader drivers under one of its downloads and I can see the "SD host adapters" in the device manager. The creative webcam driver was also updated by win vista.

Its the card reader, update the driver
Dell doesn't provide any new drivers for Windows7 x64 since your laptop is old
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R141246&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1420&servicetag=&os=WLH&os l=en&deviceid=13405&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=0&libid=27&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=188377

I've seen the driver's list, but could not make out which is the card reader driver...

Its the Ricoh driver but Dell doesn't provide any driver for Windows7 x64, I would suggest to contact Dell for a new driver

Thanks. I'll give it a try. I am not sure if Dell will entertain customers as the drivers were not meant to be running with an OS they did not supply with.

You should contact their technical support for newer drivers

The driver they're providing is probably an XP 32 bit driver.

All you need to do is go to the device in device manager>click on the device>properties>details tab>drop down menu>hardware id> Copy and paste the hardware ID string and we can look for a 64 bit driver for you.

This is another case of needing to run Windows Seven Upgrade Advisor before upgrading your system. it would have told you if it was capable of running Windows seven and also what problems you may encounter.

Just in case others may read this first.
Download details: Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
Fabe

See this thread.

Base System Device Problem?

It has two sets of 64 bit Ricoh drivers for Inspiron 1420, one set is linked in post # 6, the other in post # 7.

You will also see on any thread you start or on any thread if you'll scroll to the bottom you will see similar threads that may have suggestions that will help you.
Fabe

Tried the driver from Dell for the laptop. Did not work. However, I found online that you could download a newer driver meant for a different laptop. Tried it, and it works.

Consider it done. I installed te Ricoh cardreader R5U230 for inspiron 1550 or something like that.