Reinstalling Windows on old computers - small tip

[David]

I'm battling with a clean install of W10 on an old Dell XPS13.
So old I'm not sure what OS it started with.
Anyway.

If you find loads of unknown devices in Device Manager, and Dell insists
that all your drivers are up to date, but you suspect Intel and Realtek
drivers (for example) are missing.

Look at Windows Update because included in Additional Options is a list of
Drivers.

So far I have fixed all but one of the Unknown Devices and I have an audio
controller at last.

I thought I was going to have to plough trough an archive list of drivers
trying to find the right one, but this seems (for once) to be very useful.

I have no idea why Dell/Intel/Windows can't just check the Unknown Devices
and try to fix them.
There was an obvious awareness of a Realtek device, for example.

Just thought I'd share in case anyone else hits a similar problem.

Cheers



Dave R

[Jeff Gaines]

Post by David
I have no idea why Dell/Intel/Windows can't just check the Unknown Devices
and try to fix them.

Amen to that, in my case the Intel Management Engine and ACPI drivers
being the main culprits - ironically I just checked the name in Device
Mangler and I have a yellow blob on an ACPI driver on my new build.

[Marco Moock]

Post by David
If you find loads of unknown devices in Device Manager, and Dell
insists that all your drivers are up to date, but you suspect Intel
and Realtek drivers (for example) are missing.

Get the device ID of it and search Google for it.

[Jeff Gaines]

Post by Marco Moock

Post by David
If you find loads of unknown devices in Device Manager, and Dell
insists that all your drivers are up to date, but you suspect Intel
and Realtek drivers (for example) are missing.

Get the device ID of it and search Google for it.

Yes but why? Why doesn't whatever process they use find them, in my case
it's usually Intel drivers so it really ought to be able to find them/