Driver missing and I'm unable to find the correct one

[jockyb]

Hi there Bought a second hand computer Acer E700. The OS has been upgraded to Win7 Home Premium The problem I'm having is that a driver seems to be missing and I can't find the one I want. It's the PCI Simple Communications Controller.
Using the Win troubleshooter tells me it's missing and it does find a driver via the internet (this one)
"HECI_allOS_2.1.22.1033_PV.exe" but apparently this is for WinXP, 2000 and Vista and therefore will not install on WIn7 The error message given is that this operating system is not supported. Does anyone know of a driver for Win7 for motherboard Acer FG965M (Socket 775)

Thanks in advance.

 

[maxie]

The AMT Driver from the Acer Website Vista should work ...

 

[jockyb]

Looked for the AMT driver and the problem now is,, Which one?? There's literally hundreds of them on the Acer website.

 

[maxie]

From the Link below Desktop Aspire E700


Acer | Download

 

[jockyb]

Sadly not Maxie. I even tried running it in compatibility mode and it won't install

 

[maxie]

Did you get any error Messages ?

 

[maxie]

It is very strange that the Windows Driver did not work ...

Read the Post below ...


http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/144973-driver-found-pci-simple-communication-controller.html

 

[BadPointer]

Use Snappy Driver Installer to identify, download and install the missing driver.

If you're still having a problem, you can post its logs here.

 

[jockyb]

The error message I get when the installation fails is "This OS is not supported" (probably because it finds the driver relevant to WinXP, Win2000 and Vista) Further Google searches seem to show that there isn't a workaround to this problem with Win7

 

[maxie]

The Solution seems to have worked for some people ...

Vista Drivers usually work on Windows 7 ...