SM Bus Controller

Morning Geeks....

I've a little problem. Brought my pc out of standby this morning, and up comes the 'found new hardware wizard', looking for drivers for the SM Bus Controller.

I'm at a loss...... I haven't installed ANYTHING on here for absolutely yonks....

Only thing I ran on it yesterday was AIDA32 - a colleague at work had recommended as i've been having problems with it running slow when I initially start up. (don't know what to do with the information it provides thou).....

I've searched your threads but didn't find anything in titles - bet it's there somewhere thou....

Any ideas anyone?

 

To fix this, simply re-install the chipset drivers for your mainboard.

 

thanks for responding bj, but i'm a complete novice on a pc, can you tell me what/how/where? I don't have any disks for the pc - it was preloaded, and somewhere along the way, i've lost the one disk I did have (which i'm sure only held things like encarta on). Am i right in thinking that AIDA32 will identify what motherboard i've got and can then search for drivers on the net?

Thanks for taking the time to help...

 

i've found silicon integrated system as a name for the chipset for motherboard. Is that what I needed to identify to get the right drivers?

I must sound like a right pleb....

(i am ;-))

 

First, I would attempt to "update drivers" by clicking properties in device manager. Its possible Windows may load it for you, if not try letting windows updates get it for you. It should prompt you when you choose update drive to access the internet.

Try this and let me know.

 

hmmm, I allowed the wizard to 'connect to windows update' to help me find the driver, but it's not helping, just telling me to load the CD that came with the hardware. Is there something i'm not doing right?

 

So let me get this straight, you chose to let windows updates connect to the net and find the drivers for you and it prompts for a CD, correct?

 

Yeah. just to make sure i'm doing this right, went to device manager, right clicked on update driver - up pops the wizard - i chose 'allow windows update .... (whatever it says) - but it only seems to be searching for a cd.

What i don't understand either is why this 'found new hardware' popped up. but could this be the reason why my pc has been really 'lousy' lately?

 

sorry, slightly wrong, it's just searching my pc...

 

but it can't find a driver. "the hardware was not installed because the wizard cannot find the necessary software"

If I need to download from the net, how do I know what/where to get it?

I really appreciate this....

 

1) Locate the SM Bus Controller in device manager. Right click on Properties, select the Driver Tab.

2) Now click on Update Driver, allow windows to connect to the internet and be sure the next is set on Install the software automatically.


Let me know!

 

fraid i've still got "this hardware cannot be installed, etc. etc."

 

What type machine is this?

 

it's a hp pavilion 472.uk, windows xp.

 

Ok, Run Aida32 and find the EXACT chipset of your board.

 

Hope this is what you asked...

Chipset Properties
Motherboard Chipset SiS 651
In-Order Queue Depth 12
CAS Latency 2.5T
RAS To CAS Delay 3T
RAS Precharge 3T

Integrated Graphics Controller
Graphics Controller Type SiS 315
Graphics Controller Status Disabled

Memory Slots
DRAM Slot #1 256 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)

AGP Properties
AGP Version 2.00
AGP Status Enabled
AGP Aperture Size 64 MB
Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x
Current AGP Speed 4x
Fast-Write Not Supported
Side Band Addressing Supported, Disabled

Chipset Manufacturer
Company Name Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation
Product Information http://www.sis.com/products/index.htm#chipsets
Driver Download http://download.sis.com/sisdlc/driver_select.jsp

 

ooo, if that's right, there's a link for me to download drivers.....

not doing anything till i'm told to thou

 

Try to search for this driver, I cant find it.

 

Eerrrr, you've lost me

 

http://driver.sis.com/utility/ide/ide204a.zip

Give this one a try.

 

Ok, downloaded the zip file. now what do I do with the zip?

told you I was a novice

 

Extract the contents and run setup.exe

 

Ok, i shall close everything else down (as it's asked), but i'll be back here in 2 shakes.....

ps - don't you ever sleep out there ?

 

Every now and then

 

thank you bj, that seems to have dealt with the driver issue (i think, i've had to switch to another pc, coz the other one takes about 15 mins to 'get started', so it obviously wasn't that what was causing the slow start up speed, but at least i should have the correct drivers as it asked.

I've not a clue why it takes so long to start up, it's ok once it's got there.... i just have to only restart when absolutely necessary. Am thinking of buying a new one soon anyway.

 

Have you been checked for spyware/virus infections as this would slow you down by far.

 

yeah, i've run adaware, antivir, spybot, not getting anything too distressing. the usual cookies etc. nothing else....

 

If you want me to confirm its not spyware you can do the below.

Download HijackThis 1.99.1

Do a scan, save a log and attach it to your post.

 

ok, i'll just switch pc's, it should be up and running by now

 

hope i've done it right, saved it as a .txt from notepad

 

First, Are you familiar with HelioBarXP?



Do another scan with HijackThis and Check the Boxes for the following:

Make sure All Browser Windows are Closed when you Click FIX.


O16 - DPF: ChatSpace Full Java Client 3.1.0.235 - http://chat-j3.freeserve.com/Java/cfs31235.cab
O16 - DPF: {01FE8D0A-51AD-459B-B62B-85E135128B32} (DD_v4.DDv4) - http://www.drivershq.com/DD_v4.CAB
O16 - DPF: {093F9CF8-0DE1-491C-95D5-5EC257BD4CA3} - http://akamai.downloadv3.com/binaries/IA/dtc32_EN_XP.cab
O16 - DPF: {51045741-8C4E-4EAC-8F03-08E43A6FBB29} - http://aft.ancestry.com/aftfiles/files/install/AncestryFamilyTree.cab
O16 - DPF: {88C51E90-8E9C-4C96-8A45-574D88B63FAF} - http://acceso.masminutos.com/aplicacion.cab
O16 - DPF: {91433D86-9F27-402C-B5E3-DEBDD122C339} - http://www.netvenda.com/sites/gamc11-gb/gbc11/games10.cab
O16 - DPF: {A0F0D762-D1DE-43AF-B70E-D87864743EB3} (NSLiteUpdateCtrl Class) - http://217.145.76.16/nslite/nslite.cab
O16 - DPF: {E0CE16CB-741C-4B24-8D04-A817856E07F4} - http://cabs.roings.com/cabs/roing.cab


Again, make sure All Browser Windows are Closed when you Click FIX.



Other than these few ActiveX controls, I dont really see much. Could be several reasons why its slow on startup. First thing that comes to mind now days is spyware. Glad it wasnt!

Well I guess thats it unless you want to continue to finding out why its slow on startup.

 

It's ok, thanks for all your help. As far as the slow start up goes, i think i've pretty much given up trying to find out. It works fine once it gets started, and as i've said, i've got the perfect excuse to buy a more up to date one now. I don't use this one much, mainly as a server for networking my laptop, and to stop the fighting when 2 teenagers want to access the net.

I'm going to do a clean install on here when i've got some spare time, so maybe that'll fix it all anyway.

I really do appreciate you lot at major geeks, you always help when i shout.

You do a great job!

 

sorry, i didn't answer something you said a couple of messages ago....

no i'm not familiar with Heliobarxp.... should i be?

 

Ah! I missed one

Please look in Add or Remove Programs for the following and Uninstall if found:

MessengerPlus! 3
Note: This could be a LOT of your problem!


Now scan with HijackThis and Check the Box for the following:

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://www.tgncjfajopvewuebrlslvqxi...lYi2j/XwIml5BovkTzYWNqE/8qOF0nJ6aiJO6WU1D.php


Be sure all browsers are closed before clicking fix!



FINAL STEP

Reset Web Settings & Default Security Settings:


To Reset Web Settings:
Right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon and select Properties. Then click the Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK.

If you do not have an Internet Explorer icon on your Desktop, click Start, Control Panel (for some systems it may be Start, Settings, Control Panel), Internet Options, Programs tab and then click "Reset Web Settings". Now go back to the General tab and set your home page address to something useful like www.majorgeeks.com. Click Apply. Click Delete Cookies, Click Delete Files and select Delete all Offline content too, Click OK. When it finishes Click OK


To Default Security Settings:
Right click on your desktop Internet Explorer icon and select Properties. Then click the Security Tab and click Default Level for Internet, Local Intranet, Trusted Sites, and Restricted Sites.

 

The reason I asked is because its set to startup on your system. If you do NOT know this I would uninstall it.


O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [HelioBarXP] C:\PROGRA~1\HELIOB~1\HELIOB~1.exe start

 

Ok, i've done everything you suggested. I've disabled heliobarxp from start up through winpatrol, that way, if i find i need it i can get it back easy (i think)....

you're a star!

Thanks.

 

Was you able uninstall the MessengerPlus! 3 per my request? This puts a lot of "junk" on your system.

 

In fact - you're a 'super' 'star'...

i've just re-started (to get rid of the rest of the stuff that messenger plus 3 left behind), and the pc's started a lot quicker too!!

Mwah

 

Good Deal!

So everything is getting back to normal?

 

certainly seems that way!

now i've got to get on with the boring stuff.. like hoover and stuff..... much prefer playing with the pc thou

 

Well I'm glad things are getting better for you.

You should see this article on How to Protect yourself from malware!

Just to be safe in the future

Happy Computing