Generic USB Driver problems

[davidberq]

I am using an emachine w3507 computer as a server 2003. After I installed
the and got it running I have 3 problems in Device Manager.

Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus
PCI Simple Communications Controller
SM Bus Controller

all have exclamation points.

Also in Device Management I get these Removable drives showing up

Generic USB SD Reader USB Device
Generic USB CF Reader USB Device
Generic USB SM Reader USB Device
Generic USB MS Reader USB Device

I do not have any driver disk that came with the computer. Where can I get
a free download of the drivers that I need to resolve this issue.

Thanks in advance for the help.

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"davidberq" <davidberq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am using an emachine w3507 computer as a server 2003. After I installed
> the and got it running I have 3 problems in Device Manager.
>
> Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus
> PCI Simple Communications Controller
> SM Bus Controller
>
> all have exclamation points.
>
> Also in Device Management I get these Removable drives showing up
>
> Generic USB SD Reader USB Device
> Generic USB CF Reader USB Device
> Generic USB SM Reader USB Device
> Generic USB MS Reader USB Device
>
> I do not have any driver disk that came with the computer. Where can I
> get
> a free download of the drivers that I need to resolve this issue.
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.

You wrote "After I installed the and got it running". It's a little unclear
what you installed but in general you get your hardware drivers from these
two sources:
- The home site of the motherboard/hardware device manufacturer.
- Some independent driver site such as www.driverguide.com.
Sometimes a hardware inventory program such as Aida32
(http://www.aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#aida32) will tell you in
sufficient detail the model number of each hardware device.

[Bill Grant]

"davidberq" <davidberq@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BC6C5F8D-EEE1-4B54-BC7F-0AE829A9BB0B@microsoft.com...
> I am using an emachine w3507 computer as a server 2003. After I installed
> the and got it running I have 3 problems in Device Manager.
>
> Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus
> PCI Simple Communications Controller
> SM Bus Controller
>
> all have exclamation points.
>
> Also in Device Management I get these Removable drives showing up
>
> Generic USB SD Reader USB Device
> Generic USB CF Reader USB Device
> Generic USB SM Reader USB Device
> Generic USB MS Reader USB Device
>
> I do not have any driver disk that came with the computer. Where can I
> get
> a free download of the drivers that I need to resolve this issue.
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
>

Lots of devices which are designed to run on the client OS do not have
drivers included in the server OS. Why are you installing a server OS on a
machine designed to run Windows XP Media Edition?

It doesn't always work but it is worth trying the XP drivers for the
devices you mention (since XP and Server 2003 use the same code base).