When I installed Windows 7, there were tons of devices on my Asrock Z77 Extreme4 motherboard that were detected but not identified.
Windows 8 detected, identified and installed drivers for all of them except for 1. (In fairness, I have disabled some stuff in the motherboard, like infrared receiver, COM port and maybe others, so I don't know if those would have been identified.)
That said, should I install the drivers that came with the motherboard over the MS supplied drivers anyhow?
There was only one driver with an exclamation point in the Device Manager. It was called "PCI Communication Device" or something to that effect. Installing "Intel Management Engine Driver" from the motherboard DVD cured that.
But I still don't know what was that mystery device or what is the Intel Management Engine Driver.
Windows 8 detected, identified and installed drivers for all of them except for 1. (In fairness, I have disabled some stuff in the motherboard, like infrared receiver, COM port and maybe others, so I don't know if those would have been identified.)
That said, should I install the drivers that came with the motherboard over the MS supplied drivers anyhow?
There was only one driver with an exclamation point in the Device Manager. It was called "PCI Communication Device" or something to that effect. Installing "Intel Management Engine Driver" from the motherboard DVD cured that.
But I still don't know what was that mystery device or what is the Intel Management Engine Driver.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Built it myself
- CPU
- i7 2600K
- Motherboard
- Asrock Z77 Extreme4
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- XFX nVidia GT 420
- Hard Drives
- Crucial SSD
3TB HDD
2TB HDD
- PSU
- Seasonic 750W