unknown driver !

Good Evening, problem here is as stated an unknown driver. About 15 months ago I purchased my current computer ,wich uses a Foxconn Mother Board 945G7MD Intel Pentium Dual CPU 2Ghz Ram.. There is no Serial PCI just nowadays the normal USB (thats another story ) I needed a PCI Card to install , for 'Ham' communication purposes and subsequently purchased a 'PCI Series Adapter' (from Hong Kong ! ) Unfortunately ,no driver info ; been trying to get this info, but to date -- no luck (lesson here ??) .. Hence this 'cry for help'. Yes , have tried various .. driver ... channels, but again, nil..
Any help or advice much appreciated,, oh ! by the way forgot to mention the Serial 'card' is fitted into the PCI slot , just waiting for a driver ! Thanks for your time . fingers crossed ............

 

Hi HALO ,
and thanks for your reply, my apologies for the O/S omission.Currently using Windows Media Edition.. Please bear with me , I am far ,far from computer literate.. The small box that the Serial card came in, does not seem to have any obvious reference re conformity, just a lot of details ' PCI to serial port,32- bit PCI local bus specification revision 2.0. 2 downstream USB ports' etc etc.
As you requested ,went into device manager, found hardware ID's, found it difficult to copy and paste, so did it the hard way !

Pci\VEN_1106&DEV_3068&subsys_4211543&REV_80
Pci\VEN_1106&DEV_30684&subsys_4c211543
Pci\VEN_1106&DEV_3068CC_078000
Pci\VEN_1106&DEV_3068CC_0780...

Hope I got it right, please forgive me if I have not .. Thanks again for your interest; best wishes

 

Hi HALO once again
Please accept my apologies , the details in my last post were in fact totally wrong. My own stupidity now shows that I was using my old computer , to read hardware details......The updated figures are as follows ..
Windows XP Media Edition: Motherboard, Foxconn srl 945G7MD.. From device driver ....

PCI\VEN_4348&DEV_32538&SUBSYS_32534348&REV_10
PCI\VEN_4348&DEV_3253&SUBSYS_32534348
PCI\VEN_4348%DEV_3253&CC_070002
PCI\VEN_4348&DEV_3253&CC_0700

Trust this makes sense . and appreciate your help .. best wishes

 

Hi HALO, many thanks for the reply :: Boy oh Boy, what a palaver, just been through a chaotic half hour trying out the the two references you supplied. The first one , well Google stepped in, when I tried a download, and said ,'Sorry required page contains a file type(application/octet-stream) we are unable to translate' .. HTTP://wch.cn/download/down.asp?id=115 ..
The second ref said much the same (French to English) DRIVER CURE
'Sorry etc etc '
As stated ,I am not very computer literate, so its quite possible I am approaching this all wrong,, .. If I am trying your patience, too much, then by all means tell me so, I most certainly won't be offended !!
Again, many thanks evanrob

 

Hi HALO,
Thanks again for the info.. Glad to know that I was at least, on the 'right track' The first 'suggestion' you offered, well my security prog warned me off it, classed as 'Dangerous'.. The second; to do with Driver Cure .. I did a scan and of course ,found many old or obsolete drivers,(as expected) then offered me the chance to 'Fix' for a given price !! Fair enough; Food for thought ,, so it is really down to me ....! May I offer my sincere thanks for all the helpful suggestions on your part, very much appreciated, trust I have'nt been too much of a nuisance.. My best wishes to you, and yours, 'Evanrob'

 

You have probably already done this but if not, and you havent got the issue resolved yet . . .

Have you tried to install the hardware manually? . . . I mean by going to control panel, add hardware, and then searching for the device you have installed.

I'm using XP pro SP3. I did a manual search through the options, and finally found an option for a "multi port serial adapters". There was only one thing listed, and that was a "Port server" by Digi. There may be better catagories that I missed, but that was the closest I could come.

It's a long shot, but you could try and install the driver provided . . . I know a few times this approach has saved me when I couldn't find an exact driver - I found a driver that worked well enough to allow the device to function somewhat. On more then one instance I then searched Microsoft for drivers and one more compatable was found, now that the system "knew" what the card was supposed to do.

Here is a reference sheet I ran across that might have usefull data:

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO-6.html

All of this is probably not near to being what you need - I'm not very familier with PCI serial cards (though I did find an ISA one down in the basement "graveyard"). But perhaps something here might help.

Good luck!

 

Hello SPAD, thanks for the info you kindly supplied, I did in fact run through the info you mention, but unfortunately, I have nothing 'onthe menu', re serial ports..however I must say I found the notes on the 'HOW TO' site quite interesting , insomuch that I now realise , I am probably 'flogging a dead horse' !! Thank you again , for your input , much appreciated.. Best wishes

 

Halo, I just have to keep on saying 'thank you', and again, much appreciation..
I must confess I am feeling rather baffled, (as you must be ) chasing different avenues , this latest one ,Halo, was certainly most enlightening regarding the multiple security scans on the various downloads,, What I did not quite understand was the reference to HERE and telling me to type the 'two words' ???? Am I again , missing something !! Regards, evanrob

 

HI Halo,

Sorry for the delay in replying.. Thanks for the 'download' explanation, Well, I went into the URL , entered the specified two word 'code' confirmation , downloaded the file , clicked Run and everthing went haywire, with 'unamed tabs flying across the heading' ,,,,,..eventually I stopped things ,, and went back to square one,, finished up with a page
'Drv-1p - Drv-151 - Drv-25 ' etc etc .. Tried each in turn , choice of Linux or Windows , naturally tried Windows , but just could not make sense of any of it .. so sorry , after all your trouble... Do you think it would be better if I 'scrubbed ' the whole idea of my Serial card, and plump for a USB to Serial ??? (a decent one ! ) Must confess, I bought such a usb to serial complete with mini disc + Trojan ! it's true , so that idea was 'binned ' , again no success.. Surely you must wish you had'nt bothered.....!! My sincere thanks, anyway..... evanrob

 

Halo , Halo,
You are a genius, mate, Downloaded at my second attempt, checked Device Manager, and there it is ,,, ( pardon me while I do 'cartwheels ) Really, I hardly know what to say.. you may as well know , friend, my age is 89 yrs, so you will appreciate it when I repeat, 'I am not computer literate', and I am well aware what a 'drain' I am on people far far more 'on the ball' than myself.. That is why again,I offer my sincere thanks for all your help,... just wish there was some material way I could show my appreciation....... Finally, you can take a breather, until the next 'old codger' comes along.??. My sincere thanks once more ,Halo, Best Wishes , and, God Bless.....evanrob

 

Hi David, after such a rewarding exercise , Major Geeks Forum,and your good self, has to be my number one stop for help,! which hopefully I won't need in the future ; at least, computer -wise ??Thanks again, Good Health and Best Wishes, Vin Roberts