mystery "PCI Device" on T23

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joshrob · #1 Post by **joshrob** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:38 am

hi

i have a T23 (2648-2GG) with win 2000 installed. since the beginning in device manager i can see a mystery "PCI Device". It's not a LAN card, neither a modem nor a IR port.

any clues what can it be?

regards,

uberT · #2 Post by **uberT** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:11 am

wireless internet card?

joshrob · #3 Post by **joshrob** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:26 am

uberT wrote:wireless internet card?

hi,

as far as i know T23 has no built-in WLAN card...

regards,

#4 Post by **JaneL** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:31 am

joshrob wrote:as far as i know T23 has no built-in WLAN card...

Some models did.

joshrob · #5 Post by **joshrob** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:35 am

nonny wrote:
joshrob wrote:as far as i know T23 has no built-in WLAN card...
Some models did.

seriously?

i've bought a pcmcia wlan card for this thinkpad. if you're right, this would be a nice lol

#6 Post by **JaneL** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:39 am

The quickest way to tell is to feel along the side edge of the screen. If there's a cross-hatch panel there, it at least left the factory with a wireless card and antenna installed.

#7 Post by **jdhurst** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:45 am

My 2647-8NU T23 (long gone) has built-in wireless. It is a pretty old NIC by today's wireless standards. ... JD Hurst

joshrob · #8 Post by **joshrob** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:01 am

nonny wrote:The quickest way to tell is to feel along the side edge of the screen. If there's a cross-hatch panel there, it at least left the factory with a wireless card and antenna installed.

nope, no panel at any side of a screen. there is one, but on the top of it and as i remember is an ibm-designed webcam slot or sth.

Musti · #9 Post by **Musti** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:02 pm

joshrob wrote:hi

i have a T23 (2648-2GG) with win 2000 installed. since the beginning in device manager i can see a mystery "PCI Device". It's not a LAN card, neither a modem nor a IR port.

any clues what can it be?

regards,

I don't remember if Win2k had this functionality, but when you double click on the mystery device in Device Manager, do you get a Details tab? It should be before Resources tab.

If so, check out the PCI ID. It should be something like

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4223&SUBSYS_WHATEVERBLAHBLAH

The first will give the vendor, in my case Intel, and the second one is the device. This is how Plug & Play system knows which driver to load among many others when you insert/install a device.

Then do a Google search on just the VEN_1234&DEV_1234, it will tell what the device is (mostly).

joshrob · #10 Post by **joshrob** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:16 pm

Musti wrote:
I don't remember if Win2k had this functionality, but when you double click on the mystery device in Device Manager, do you get a Details tab? It should be before Resources tab.

If so, check out the PCI ID. It should be something like

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4223&SUBSYS_WHATEVERBLAHBLAH

The first will give the vendor, in my case Intel, and the second one is the device. This is how Plug & Play system knows which driver to load among many others when you insert/install a device.

Then do a Google search on just the VEN_1234&DEV_1234, it will tell what the device is (mostly).

unfortunately not.
the only tabs i have in w2k are: "general", "driver", "resources"

and all the information provided within there three is:
- PCI BUS 0, device 31, function 3
- I/O range 1880-189F
- IRQ 11

losmeme · #11 Post by **losmeme** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:45 pm

Isn't that the IDE interface?

Musti · #12 Post by **Musti** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:19 pm

losmeme wrote:Isn't that the IDE interface?

Yeah. Strange.

Josh, download and install this chipset driver from Intel, reboot and tell us if you still see that mystery device. It should go.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/y8424h

joshrob · #13 Post by **joshrob** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:39 pm

Musti wrote:
losmeme wrote:Isn't that the IDE interface?
Yeah. Strange.

Josh, download and install this chipset driver from Intel, reboot and tell us if you still see that mystery device. It should go.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/y8424h

mystery... still unsolved

Musti · #14 Post by **Musti** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:57 pm

joshrob wrote:
Musti wrote: Yeah. Strange.

Josh, download and install this chipset driver from Intel, reboot and tell us if you still see that mystery device. It should go.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/y8424h
mystery... still unsolved

What???

You installed the driver, rebooted, and it is still the mystery device?

I did a small search, initial hunch remains corrected: it is the IDE bus driver. Or more technically, it is the

Bus 0, device 31, function 3:
SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 3).

or

Bus 0, device 31, function 3:
SMBus: PCI device 8086:2483 (Intel Corp.) (rev 1).
IRQ 11.
I/O at 0x1880 [0x189f].

as

http://darkridge.com/~jpr5/r505jl/pci and many other sites claim.

joshrob · #15 Post by **joshrob** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:18 pm

Musti wrote: What???
You installed the driver, rebooted, and it is still the mystery device?

yes?

http://www.hidebehind.com/7101C73F/i[/url]

pianowizard · #16 Post by **pianowizard** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:37 pm

I had a similar problem with Win2K on My first X22, and solved it by installing these supplementary files.

joshrob · #17 Post by **joshrob** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:19 pm

pianowizard wrote:I had a similar problem with Win2K on My first X22, and solved it by installing these supplementary files.

the funny thing is, why does these file do not install via software iinstaller?

regards,

Musti · #18 Post by **Musti** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:16 pm

mystery solved

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