Baffling Unknown Device....

[Nakatomi2010]

So, I've got an Asus A8N-E and an Asus A8V-E and I'm making an unattended install CD for either of them, I get all the drivers loaded just fine, but when I get Windows fully installed it says Unknown Deivce in the device manager, so I take the Asus Motherboard CD, stick it in the machine and it goes away, I don't even tell it to install the driver, simply the act of having the machine run the auto run makes the unknown device go away...

What's up? Where's the driver hiding at?

[InTheWayBoy]

Hard to say...you could try emailing ASUS, but you probably won't get much of an answer. When you inserted the CD WinXP will automatically search the whole CD for proper drivers...if it finds one it just loads it on. If it finds two or more, then it asks what you want to do.

As for what the device is...could be anything. A lot of newer boards are starting to add extra features, which of course require extra drivers. And since they may not fall into a specific category, you'll get the generic "Unknown Device".

If you want to find out, try this:

1. Format and Reinstall using same UA disc.

2. When it asks you about the unknown device, just hit cancel.

3. Download the program "Unknown Devices", and see what it reports.

4. Use that info to determine what driver it's using off the CD.

5. Integrate that driver into your UA CD, and you'll never have this specific problem again! Woohoo!

Good luck, and don't forget to update the listing for "Unknown Devices"!