Drivers & Hardware

dmex · Jun 25, 2008

This thread contains information on running System Information and Assessment tools and also provides links to the latest official manufacturer Drivers and Software provided for your computer including the place for your System Support.

Note

You should always have the latest Official Drivers for the best Performance, Security, Compatibility & Bug-Fixes for your Hardware, Software and Operating System.

Devices Identification and System Information

VistaForums SysInfo Utility

Designed to help you find Information about your system and enable other users to identify problems and help you quicker!
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/176785-vistaforums-sysinfo-tool.html

GPU-Z
Graphics Card utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.
GPU-Z Video card GPU Information Utility

CPU-Z
System information tool for Microsoft Windows that detects the CPU, RAM, Motherboard Chipset and other hardware features used in your computer.
CPUID

System Requirements Lab
Looks at your computer's hardware and software to determine whether or not your current system can run a product. Each of your computer's components is evaluated to see how well it meets the minimum and recommended requirements. Recommendations are made on how to update or upgrade each component which does not meet the listed requirements. Sometimes, a simple, free software download is all that is needed.
Can You Run It? Powered by System Requirements Lab

Vista has two built-in System Information & Analysis Tools

roy69 · Jul 30, 2008

Good info, I may compile it into a web page for my system at home. :D.

dmex · Jul 30, 2008

roy69 said:
Good info, I may compile it into a web page for my system at home. :D.

Cheers Roy, It looks good :cool:

Hogtowner · Jul 30, 2008

dmex said:
Windows System Assessment Tool
Click the Start-Menu and cut/paste the link into the searchbox and run:
winsat formal -v -xml %userprofile%\Desktop\WinSATResults.xml

Noob q for ya: how best to read the created xml file? Default is IE, which makes it look like I'm debugging machine code. Can we do better (for free)?

Thanks for the info so well organized and concise, dmex.

dmex · Sep 2, 2008

Hogtowner said:
dmex said:

Windows System Assessment Tool
Click the Start-Menu and cut/paste the link into the searchbox and run:
winsat formal -v -xml %userprofile%\Desktop\WinSATResults.xml

Click to expand...

Noob q for ya: how best to read the created xml file? Default is IE, which makes it look like I'm debugging machine code. Can we do better (for free)?

Thanks for the info so well organized and concise, dmex.

Hi Hogtowner,

I have been thinking about that for the last 4 weeks...The only way I can think of is using the PowerShell pipe commands to either write to HTML or TXT using variables...

winsat formal | ConvertTo-Html -title "PageTitle" > results.htm

Theres infomation about Powershell here: http://www.vistax64.com/beta-software/164001-powershell-toolbox.html

Steven

Hogtowner · Sep 2, 2008

I will have to check this out. Thanks for the thought, Steven.

Dwarf · Sep 4, 2008

Hi Steven,

Here is another link for you to add to your post:

Trust - Home

sassofalco · Nov 13, 2008

Sorry Mate,

but your System Manufacturers websites for Drivers etc. link for
'LOHITECH (sic) - Drivers, Software etc,'

just opens up a blank page. :confused:

I did find a good link for all Logitech stuff here at;

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/support_downloads/&cl=us,en

Apart from that, a great resource. Cheers

roy69 · Nov 13, 2008

sassofalco said:
Sorry Mate,

but your System Manufacturers websites for Drivers etc. link for
'LOHITECH (sic) - Drivers, Software etc,'

just opens up a blank page.

I did find a good link for all Logitech stuff here at;

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/support_downloads/&cl=us,en

Apart from that, a great resource. Cheers

Fixed.

Abed · Dec 11, 2008

How can I find All drivers of my VAIO Laptop (model:VGN-FW25G) ?

sonic7777 · Dec 20, 2008

Same here ....the driver works and installs fine. Just the catalyst control center has problems everytime installing it. The problem is just with catalyst control center. Although I can open the suite as well. I have attached a screenshot of the error.

solvalou · Jan 3, 2009

Anyone got the driver for the bluetooth dongle BCM92045B3 ? I lost my CD and can't find the driver for it. I'm using Windows Vista 64-bit version.

sonic7777 · Jan 4, 2009

Try this link......

http://zeroddl.com/search.php?q=Bluetoot...

sonic7777 · Jan 4, 2009

Otherwise here is a forum with listings of bluetooth drivers....

bluetooth dongle bcm92045b3 rom Freeware Shareware Software Download

stuann · Jan 7, 2009

hi
new to all this but my dvd driver has stopped working, error 39 i tried to update but it says i have the best driver. i went to the acer download you mentioned but in dropdown boxes my laptop not there any suggestions where else to get driver
thanks ann

limneos · Jan 7, 2009

what exactly do you mean by "DVD driver"? do you mean some software for you DVD device, or your DVD device itself? does it appear in "My Computer" ?

stuann · Jan 7, 2009

hi i really am a novice. this is what windows said
Windows was able to successfully install device driver software, but the driver software encountered a problem when it tried to run. The problem code is 39.
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: PnPDeviceProblemCode
Architecture: x86
Hardware Id: IDE\CdRomHL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GSA-T40N________________JP01____
Setup class GUID: {4d36e965-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
PnP problem code: 00000027
Driver name: cdrom.sys
Driver version: 6.0.6001.18000
Driver date: 01-21-2008
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057
i have had computer for 2 months now,think i need to get someone in who knows what they are doing until i get this sussed out.

stuann · Jan 7, 2009

no it is not showing in my computer either

sonic7777 · Jan 17, 2009

stuann said:
hi i really am a novice. this is what windows said
Windows was able to successfully install device driver software, but the driver software encountered a problem when it tried to run. The problem code is 39.
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: PnPDeviceProblemCode
Architecture: x86
Hardware Id: IDE\CdRomHL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GSA-T40N________________JP01____
Setup class GUID: {4d36e965-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
PnP problem code: 00000027
Driver name: cdrom.sys
Driver version: 6.0.6001.18000
Driver date: 01-21-2008
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057
i have had computer for 2 months now,think i need to get someone in who knows what they are doing until i get this sussed out.

Windows usually just has a driver that works fine for cdroms. I would recommend running a virus scan if you havent already. I have a newer acer notebook myself what model is it??? I have been on the acer site a few times and can look as well.

Possibly try a repair. When booting hit f8 a few times then

choose command prompt
Then type in the blinking cursor-

chkdsk /r

It may repair the driver. Otherwise try this

Go to device manager

then click on the dvd rom

then driver tab of the dvd rom.

Then choose roll back driver.

That may help.

stuann · Jan 18, 2009

hi
thank you for your help.
it is an acer 5920 i have
i have tried all the things you mentioned and still no luck a friend suggested i return it to comet who may repair the problem for me.

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