New Hardware Found

BlueMak · Oct 8, 2006, 12:11 AM

So, for a couple of weeks now (I think) whenever I shut down the PC for the night, next morning windows always, always find some new hardware and I get the wizard. I click cancel and it appears as an unknown PCI device.
When I reboot the PC, no new hardware found message appears and the device manager doesn't have the unknown pci device or anything extra to point me to which device was not detected earlier.
It is not a problem, but I am very curious as to what is causing this. Any ideas?

Lelisevis · Oct 8, 2006, 12:18 AM

Have you made any changes to your graphics drivers i.e running it without control panel? I read a similar thread elsewhere where a guy was getting the same thing using driver and ati-tool.

BWX · Oct 8, 2006, 01:03 AM

I found the same thing after installing new Nvidia GFX drivers while having nHancer installed- (a .net app).. after I ran nHancer once that problem (identical to yours) went away. It looks like you have a different card, but maybe some 3rd party driver controller could cause this on your system too?

If not I would seriously look through ALL BIOS options.. disable all unused onboard devices, maybe you missed one or something. If not, reinstall your mobo chipset drivers.. If all that doesn't fix it I would be surprised. If it doesn't though.. open hardware manager and explore to that device... and then disable it.

BlueMak · Oct 8, 2006, 03:47 AM

I haven't made any changes to the BIOS or hardware drivers at all for at least a couple of months now. I have installed NGO ATI 166 ULTRA on the catalyst 06.6 and finaly have a stable system.

The only thing that I can thing of, but not sure if it started before or after this, is the installation of a newer K-Lite codec pack. And a few games, hmm. and Steam.

I have only two PCI devices on the pc, my soundblaster and tha ATI card. So, if there is an "unknown" PCI device, shouldn't it has something to do with one of the two? Well, the ATI is PCI-E but...
A .net application...this sounds familiar. But I am pretty sure .net has not been reinstalled since I laready have the latest version. Perhaps my pc is haunted.

BWX · Oct 8, 2006, 04:37 AM

LOL, haunted? I dunno.. Funny that I had the same problem just a couple days ago though.. So you changed nothing at all before this happened as far as drivers though? I mean like right before.....

BlueMak · Oct 8, 2006, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by BWX

LOL, haunted? I dunno.. Funny that I had the same problem just a couple days ago though.. So you changed nothing at all before this happened as far as drivers though? I mean like right before.....

Yes! Last time I installed/changed any drivers were the radeon's drivers a couple of months ago. Before this whole thing started.

Oct 8, 2006, 12:11 AM	#1
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	New Hardware Found So, for a couple of weeks now (I think) whenever I shut down the PC for the night, next morning windows always, always find some new hardware and I get the wizard. I click cancel and it appears as an unknown PCI device. When I reboot the PC, no new hardware found message appears and the device manager doesn't have the unknown pci device or anything extra to point me to which device was not detected earlier. It is not a problem, but I am very curious as to what is causing this. Any ideas? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Oct 8, 2006, 03:47 AM	Thread Starter #4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I haven't made any changes to the BIOS or hardware drivers at all for at least a couple of months now. I have installed NGO ATI 166 ULTRA on the catalyst 06.6 and finaly have a stable system. The only thing that I can thing of, but not sure if it started before or after this, is the installation of a newer K-Lite codec pack. And a few games, hmm. and Steam. I have only two PCI devices on the pc, my soundblaster and tha ATI card. So, if there is an "unknown" PCI device, shouldn't it has something to do with one of the two? Well, the ATI is PCI-E but... A .net application...this sounds familiar. But I am pretty sure .net has not been reinstalled since I laready have the latest version. Perhaps my pc is haunted. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Oct 8, 2006, 12:18 AM	#2
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	Have you made any changes to your graphics drivers i.e running it without control panel? I read a similar thread elsewhere where a guy was getting the same thing using driver and ati-tool.

Oct 8, 2006, 01:03 AM	#3
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I found the same thing after installing new Nvidia GFX drivers while having nHancer installed- (a .net app).. after I ran nHancer once that problem (identical to yours) went away. It looks like you have a different card, but maybe some 3rd party driver controller could cause this on your system too? If not I would seriously look through ALL BIOS options.. disable all unused onboard devices, maybe you missed one or something. If not, reinstall your mobo chipset drivers.. If all that doesn't fix it I would be surprised. If it doesn't though.. open hardware manager and explore to that device... and then disable it.

Oct 8, 2006, 04:37 AM	#5
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	LOL, haunted? I dunno.. Funny that I had the same problem just a couple days ago though.. So you changed nothing at all before this happened as far as drivers though? I mean like right before.....