Hi,

I had to reformat the hard drive of my Dell but now I need to install
the drivers for the various compoents. I'm running XP Pro. Can anyone
tell me where to go to find out what's in this thing? The Dell site has
toooo much info. Specifically, I need to know:

Video adapter,
SM Controller (what the heck is that?),
Ethernet controller and
USB controller.

I miss the old days when you could look at the card, when everything
wasn't mounted on the m-board, don't you?

Thanks,
bec

"Jarbacky" <becface@gmail.com> wrote in message
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your machine.

http://www.tucows.com/preview/198595

bw..OJ

I went to the Dell site and all of the drivers are there. It would help if
you have the 'Service Tag' number and the serial number. This generally
leads to a much more specific area (I think). You could get them if you
know which items are installed in your computer. I might add, this
information *should* have been gotten *before* you did the format...

You visit Dell site >Support>enter your Tag#

"Jarbacky" <becface@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I haven't looked a Dell desktop in awhile, but there should be a service tag
sticker on the side of the case. Failing that, it should have the service
tag listed in the BIOS. From there go to http://support.dell.com and pop it
in and you should be well on your way.

Jarbacky wrote:
disk does not get you to the condition that it came in when you bought
it. IF (that is a big if) you are still under warrantee then you can
call them and even the guys in India will have a script available to
reinstall your software. The big problem is getting all the right
drivers in place. I couldn't get it to work after the replaced my blown
HD with a refurbished one. So I got the Indians with their script to
reinstall all the drivers that were needed. Some of them appear to be
hidden on the drivers CD and are not easy to find. I am still waiting
for them to tell me how to get my network running again. Tomorrow will
be the day I devote to hassling them about getting my formerly working
netword able to find the XP home machine that is supposed to be on the
network with my XP Pro machine.
FK

Jarbacky posted for all of us...

for original system configuration. That should have most of the info you need.
Also d/l the active x to find the CURRENT config which will provide exact info.
--
Tekkie Don't bother to thank me, I do this as a public service.

On 4 Jan 2007 05:38:06 -0800 in 24hoursupport.helpdesk "Jarbacky"
<becface@gmail.com>, cocked his hammer and shot:
A small rodent and a wheel.

Well, I'm still trucking along with this.

I've found that my Service Tag is 6NS3P21 - I used it and went back to
Dell Support site and didn't get much further. I downloaded all the
Driver EXEs and most worked fine but I'm still having trouble in that
they are not working for

Ethernet Controller - Getting "Cannot start this Hardware ... (Code 10)
SM Controller (I don't even know what that is to look for a driver, can
anyone educate me?)
USB Controller - Getting "Cannot start this Hardware ... (Code 10)

Here's what I have tried:
I downloaded and ran Belarc and it is a useful tool I see myself using
in the future; however, it didn't give me much info I didn't already
have. Thanks anyway.

Revisited Dell w/ no luck.

Opened case, greased wheel and fed mouse. Only change was everything
ran more quietly.

Thanks for all the info. I'll keep checking in and if I figure anything
out I'll post it for everyone.

Back to the drawing board!
b

Jarbacky wrote:
It's the System Management Bus associated with Intel chipsets.
You need to download the latest Intel chipset INF file.
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/cs-013541.htm