so many unknown devices,what to do?

pcpartpicker · Aug 15, 2022

I installed W11 on good old Zenbook UX31A and in device manager I see this (pic).
Among them probably is card reader which does not work.
How to install the drivers for unkown devices?
I hoped that W11 will deal with it.
May I install drivers for W10,at least for card reader?

CountMike · Aug 15, 2022

pcpartpicker said:
I installed W11 on good old Zenbook UX31A and in device manager I see this (pic).
Among them probably is card reader which does not work.
How to install the drivers for unkown devices?
I hoped that W11 will deal with it.
May I install drivers for W10,at least for card reader?

See if you can find drivers from manufacturer, W10 and even W7 drivers may work.
You can also check if those devices have Device ID and google them.

pcpartpicker · Aug 15, 2022

CountMike said:
See if you can find drivers from manufacturer, W10 and even W7 drivers may work.
You can also check if those devices have Device ID and google them.

Hmm no drivers for this device at all...damn I thought I downloaded them but obviously not...
What now?

pcpartpicker · Aug 15, 2022

snappy found a lot of uninstalled devices..should I install them?

CountMike · Aug 15, 2022

pcpartpicker said:
Hmm no drivers for this device at all...damn I thought I downloaded them but obviously not...
What now?

Looks like that's all one device/part connected thru USB2 port. Might be a part of chipset driver. Could be a card reader or something like that.

pcpartpicker said:
snappy found a lot of uninstalled devices..should I install them?

Yeah, see if that works. looks like it's addressing right thing.

pcpartpicker · Aug 15, 2022

For some reason I can not choose,when I click install all,nothing happens.

CountMike · Aug 15, 2022

Download Driver Updaters Tools for Windows - MajorGeeks

these programs will update all of your drivers

www.majorgeeks.com

pcpartpicker · Aug 15, 2022

Yep..installed driver booster 9 who installed all neccessary drivers.Thank you so much.

CountMike · Aug 15, 2022

pcpartpicker said:
Yep..installed driver booster 9 who installed all neccessary drivers.Thank you so much.

Glad it worked out. I'm usually against programs like that but desperate times need desperate solutions.

pcpartpicker · Aug 15, 2022

CountMike said:
Glad it worked out. I'm usually against programs like that but desperate times need desperate solutions.

I simply could not find exact model of card reader,installed 2 drivers none of them made card reader work, so I went with Driver Booster.
Why are you against?

CountMike · Aug 15, 2022

pcpartpicker said:
I simply could not find exact model of card reader,installed 2 drivers none of them made card reader work, so I went with Driver Booster.
Why are you against?

Quite often they they recommend and install wrong or obsolete drivers so for known devices it's best to go to manufacturer if possible.

Try3 · Aug 15, 2022

pcpartpicker said:
I simply could not find exact model of card reader ...

I suggest you search online for the HardwareID of that device to get an exact designation for it. You'd use the same method to search for drivers for it.
my ditty - search for drivers by HardwareID - TenForums

Best of luck,
Denis

glasskuter · Aug 15, 2022

The good thing about Windows 11 is Windows update will find drivers for many unidentified devices. You sometimes have to run WU more than once to find them all in cases of where one driver depends on another being installed first.