Posted November 22, 200816 yr I got spyware on my laptop, so I reinstalled windows on it, so basicaly when I go to device manager I see a whole bunch of yellow question marks for everything from my vid card to my sound card to my network card. The problem I am having is I can't open my laptop up, I tried taking out screws but to no avail. Anyways my question is, is there any program out there where it will detect what I have on my laptop and give me model #'s because my desktop comp can go on the net and get the drivers for my laptop. Hopefully I explained myself well. Thanks in advance for any help.
November 22, 200816 yr just re-install the drivers for the things that it can't detect. you can find them on their sites normally.
November 22, 200816 yr Go to the manufacturer's website. Download the network driver (there may be more than one, so install one at a time until it works). Then, go to windowsupdate.com and download all updates, including the hardware it detects. If it doesn't detect all of your hardware, go back to the manufacturer's website and download the rest. Normally, this is what I do. Windowsupdate.com will be able to detect and install most drivers for your hardware, but you gotta install the network driver first.
November 22, 200816 yr If you didn't get any CD's with the laptop its because one of the partitions on the laptop has all the software you'll need to re-install. If you removed it and didn't back up that partition, you'll have to buy re-installation disks. Also just get the net work, and the rest of the drivers can be downloaded automatically by going "Update driver" on all of the ones that aren't properly installed.
November 23, 200816 yr Author The problem I am facing is that I don't know which network card I have. So I can't get drivers for it, and since it's a laptop they make it practically impossible to open it up and take a look at the net card to see what make/model it is. Is there a way to figure out the make/model of my network card?
November 23, 200816 yr The problem I am facing is that I don't know which network card I have. So I can't get drivers for it, and since it's a laptop they make it practically impossible to open it up and take a look at the net card to see what make/model it is. Is there a way to figure out the make/model of my network card? Go to manufacturer website, visit page for your notebook model and download all available network adapter drivers. Problem solved </thread>
November 23, 200816 yr Author Myriad;595965']Go to manufacturer website, visit page for your notebook model and download all available network adapter drivers. Problem solved </thread> My laptop is a black widow pc, and I bought it custom. So I can't go to the manufacturers website. This is why I need to know if there is a way to find out what my card is, maybe through a program or something.
November 23, 200816 yr My laptop is a black widow pc, and I bought it custom. So I can't go to the manufacturers website. This is why I need to know if there is a way to find out what my card is, maybe through a program or something. Where are the CD's you got with it? If no cd's where is the reinstall software pre-installed on a separate partition? You formatted that? Sucks to be you.
November 23, 200816 yr Author Myriad;596063']Where are the CD's you got with it? If no cd's where is the reinstall software pre-installed on a separate partition? You formatted that? Sucks to be you. Yup.
November 24, 200816 yr You could try DriverScanner. It usually finds all the updated drivers no problem. You can get it over at warezbb.org
