PCI Simple Communication Controller  

I had windows xp installed and everything worked fine. then i installed vista and non of my expansion cards worked. thinking windows 7 would solve the problem i installed it and still nothing. My 5.1 sound card and tv card doesn't work.
In device manager under other devices are device that require drivers but i cant get it anywhere:

Media Audio Controller
Multimedia Controller
PCI Input Device
PCI Simple Communication Controller


Intel dp965lt motherboard
Celeron 3.0 GHZ
4 Gig RAM
Radeon HD4850 G/Card
Win 7 Ultimate

Please Help!!

Sounds like you need to install the intel chipset drivers.

Chipset: Intel® Chipset Device Software for Intel® Desktop Boards

Let us know if this helped?

The PCI Simple Communication Controller bang in Device Manager is quite common. I know of several people who have noticed this and none of them are noticing any ill effects from it. It may or may not disappear if you install the chipset drivers. It's unknown if Intel will later provide a fix for it, but I'm not worried about it as it doesn't cause any issues.

Lallie Boy said:

I had windows xp installed and everything worked fine. then i installed vista and non of my expansion cards worked. thinking windows 7 would solve the problem i installed it and still nothing. My 5.1 sound card and tv card doesn't work.
In device manager under other devices are device that require drivers but i cant get it anywhere:

Media Audio Controller
Multimedia Controller
PCI Input Device
PCI Simple Communication Controller


Intel dp965lt motherboard
Celeron 3.0 GHZ
4 Gig RAM
Radeon HD4850 G/Card
Win 7 Ultimate

Please Help!!

ignatzatsonic said:

The PCI Simple Communication Controller bang in Device Manager is quite common. I know of several people who have noticed this and none of them are noticing any ill effects from it. It may or may not disappear if you install the chipset drivers. It's unknown if Intel will later provide a fix for it, but I'm not worried about it as it doesn't cause any issues.

Not trying to start an argument but how does this fix the problem he's having right now?

Sygnus:

It was just my obtuse and pathetically inept way of telling him that the PCI Simple Communications Controller error is common, may be of no consequence, and may remain, regardless of what he does. His expansion cards may continue not to work.

ccatlett1984 said:

Its always a good idea to get rid of issues in device manager.

No kidding...

I gave my input based on the OP's post as presented.

YES it could, and probably is, a driver issue as well. That's probably a high possibility, and one I don't disagree with.

Peace

Thanx guys for the suggestions...I have tried the driver from the Intel site with no success but I'll try the one u posted sygnus21 and see if that works, if not i'll let you know.

As for the make and model of my expansion cards, i'll get that for you ccatlett1984. will really appreciate the help.

If my suggestion doesn't work, then I would highly suggest you look for current Windows 7 drivers for the items that aren't working as ccatlett1984 has suggested. Actually I would suggest you install the latest drivers for those items anyway.

Good luck