Solved driver for unknown device, win 7 ultimaste, lenovo x230

[sebigbos]

Hi,

I use a lenovo x230 laptop with win 7 ultimate. The device manager is showing an unknown usb device. The automatic driver scan from the lenovo site doesn't work.

How can I identify the device and find the missing driver manually?

 

[SIW2]

msinfo32>components>problem devices





export as .txt file

search tinternet for the pnp id which look like this PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E2D&SUBSYS_21FA17AA&REV_04

the first bit in bold will do

 

[sebigbos]

thanks for your answer. I already checked this out looking up the specs of the driver installed: The number I get is:

USB\VID_0000&PID_0000\6&259C322D&0&6

and I cannot find anything googling this number.

 

[SIW2]

Seems windows cant identify it. Could be the device is faulty or something wrong with the cable/connection.

 

[sebigbos]

so, no chance? o.k., thx anyway

 

[Alejandro85]

Is there any component of the computer that fails or isn't working as expected?
Say, like the camera not working or a wifi having problems connecting or the like.

Besides what device manager says, do you have any concrete problems with it?

 

[sebigbos]

good question

The integrated camera doesn't work or rather it doesn't show up. I tried to install the camera drivers from the lenovo support site. One of the two drivers aborts saying, there is no camera of this type, the other seems to install but doesn't give a confirmation message.

 

[SIW2]

You could try SDI Snappy Driver Installer Origin – Glenn's Page

 

[torchwood]

if the camera is dissabled in Bios it WONT show up
so it doesn't matter if you try to install the driver it just fails

 

[sebigbos]

SIW2: cool program. But it shows unknown device also
torchwood: I cannot find a option in the bios to activate or deactivate the camera

 

[torchwood]

see security menu i/o ports ---- camera--- enable/dissable
found at Manualslib (pdf download)

 

[sebigbos]

see security menu i/o ports ---- camera--- enable/dissable
found at Manualslib (pdf download)

got it. The camera was enabled. When I disable it, the unknown device disappears. So it's clear that the unknown device is the camera. I think it' s broken.

thx.

- - - Updated - - -

okey, update, all new: I installed an old system-backup.

Now the camera is working. I still had an unknown device, but I could identify this as the realtek media card reader and install the driver from the lenovo site, so it is all fine now.

Problem solved and thanks for the help.