unknown video card

[Guest Stone Cold]

I have lost my tv tuner card driver. I have installed it about 2 years ago

and dont remember which one it was??

Is there any way I can find out what TV tuner card I have?

 

Cheers

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: unknown video card

 

Use a hardware/software inventory tool, like Belarc Advisor.

Otherwise you'd have to physically open the case - remove the

card and examine the back side of it for a label or marking

matrix identifier on the card itself.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

 

 

"Stone Cold" <StoneCold@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I have lost my tv tuner card driver. I have installed it about 2 years ago

> and dont remember which one it was??

> Is there any way I can find out what TV tuner card I have?

>

> Cheers

[Guest SingaporeWebDesign]

Re: unknown video card

 

Hello,

 

See if this utility helps

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"Stone Cold" <StoneCold@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I have lost my tv tuner card driver. I have installed it about 2 years ago

> and dont remember which one it was??

> Is there any way I can find out what TV tuner card I have?

>

> Cheers

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: unknown video card

 

Everest is another good hardware identifier.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

 

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"Stone Cold" <StoneCold@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I have lost my tv tuner card driver. I have installed it about 2 years ago

> and dont remember which one it was??

> Is there any way I can find out what TV tuner card I have?

>

> Cheers

[Guest Phisherman]

Re: unknown video card

 

On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 02:54:01 -0700, Stone Cold

<StoneCold@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have lost my tv tuner card driver. I have installed it about 2 years ago

>and dont remember which one it was??

>Is there any way I can find out what TV tuner card I have?

>

>Cheers

 

Always a good idea to keep a list of hardware with serial & model

numbers. (I know someone who keeps his list on one folded page on the

bottom of his PC.) Some manufacturers won't provide tech support

without a serial number.

[Guest dobey]

Re: unknown video card

 

 

"Phisherman" <noone@nobody.com> wrote in message

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> On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 02:54:01 -0700, Stone Cold

> <StoneCold@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

>>I have lost my tv tuner card driver. I have installed it about 2 years ago

>>and dont remember which one it was??

>>Is there any way I can find out what TV tuner card I have?

>>

>>Cheers

>

> Always a good idea to keep a list of hardware with serial & model

> numbers. (I know someone who keeps his list on one folded page on the

> bottom of his PC.) Some manufacturers won't provide tech support

> without a serial number.

 

How many tv tuner cards did you have?

 

Most of the time trying to install the wrong driver will simply result in a

failure or device not found message. Sometimes device manager may give you a

clue as to the manufacturer.

 

Otherwise open the case and look for serial numbers or a manufacturers name

on the PCB. There will likely be names printed on the chips, (by the chipset

makers). Many cards use the same chipset, so you might find a working driver

for a similar card. You might need to pull the card out to see any

numbers/names properly.

 

A part from giving you the advice of storing your hardware documentation and

original disks/drivers together somewhere there's not much else we could do.

[Guest Roger Hunt]

Re: unknown video card

 

Stone Cold wrote

>I have lost my tv tuner card driver. I have installed it about 2 years ago

>and dont remember which one it was??

>Is there any way I can find out what TV tuner card I have?

>

You could try Craig's PCI program. Very informative.

http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/downloads.htm

 

As it says on this page, one of the possible uses for the program is

"Discovering what an "unknown device" is (both by manufacturer and

model), so you can obtain drivers and support. A regularly updated

database of over 19,000 entries lists virtually every known PCI device

and manufacturer on the planet, even those that no longer exist."

 

One should download PCI32.zip and a copy of PCIDEVS.TXT, which is

updated pretty regularly. It is also important to run PCI32.exe from a

Command prompt in XP. (It's all in the readme.)

 

Good luck ...

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