Good day!
The problem of finding drivers with the release of Windows 8/10 has become much easier (since most of them are usually found and installed by the OS itself). However, in some cases, the system does not find the driver, and, of course, you will have to do it yourself ...
In today's article, I wanted to describe in more detail the option to search for a driver by its code (ID *, hardware identifier). This method is universal and can help out even in the most difficult cases.
What is ID (equipment code)
To simplify some points, this is a simple text string in which information about the manufacturer (VEN / VID), about the device model (DEV / PID), and other information is encrypted. An example of such a line is given below (note: for Bluetooth adapter) .
USB \ VID_0BDA & PID_B00B & REV_0110
Thanks to a similar code (ID), you can find and install a driver for almost any equipment. Moreover, this will allow you to avoid a bunch of problems (conflicts, incompatibilities, etc.) and install exactly the driver that your device needs.
Now about how to find this code and how to install the driver using it ...
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Driver search by hardware code
STEP 1: find out the ID-code of the equipment
To determine the ID (ID) of the equipment, you must open device Manager ... A universal way to do this: press the combination Win + R (the "Run" window should appear), enter the command devmgmt.msc and click OK.
Launching Device Manager - devmgmt.msc
An alternative option to launch the device manager: press the combination of buttons Win + X , and in the menu that appears, select the one you want (see the screen below, the method is relevant for Windows 8/10).
To call this menu - press the combination Win + X
To help!
A few more options on how to open the device manager - //ocomp.info/kak-otkryit-dispetcher-ustroystv.html
In the device manager, find the equipment you need, right-click on it and select the option in the context menu "Properties" .
Please note that devices for which there is no driver in the system are marked with a yellow exclamation mark as an unknown device, see the screenshot below (they can also be in the "Other devices" tab).
Unknown device
Device Manager - Properties
Then go to the tab "Intelligence" , in the graph "Property" choose "Equipment ID" ... You should be presented with a list of strings (their number may be different, but if you pay attention, the data in them is repeated).
Details - Equipment ID
To copy a line, just select it and right-click, select "Copy"(or just use the shortcut Ctrl + C) .
Note: I recommend that you first copy and search by a short string containing only VID and PID (VEN, DEV). See example below.
Copy equipment ID
Now we know the equipment ID ( USB \ VID_0BDA & PID_B00B ) ...
STEP 2: where to find the driver for the equipment, knowing its ID code
❶ //devid.info/ru
A site with a huge number of drivers (it contains tens of thousands of drivers for a wide variety of equipment). The only negative is the abundance of advertising. However, I can not recommend it!
Driver search on Devid.info
❷ //driverslab.ru/
A similar site. In my opinion, it is even more comfortable, tk. offers to immediately download the archive with the driver (without pre-viewing unnecessary ads).
❸ //www.google.ru/
The ID string can be simply pasted into any search engine and searched. When looking for drivers for equipment from little-known Chinese brands, often the driver can be downloaded only from very "specific" sites.
Addition!
After downloading the archive (executable file) with the drivers, I recommend checking it using the special. tools: //ocomp.info/onlayn-antivirusyi.html#___URL
STEP 3: how to install the driver if there is no setup.exe / install.exe executable file
❶ If the driver is packed in ZIP, RAR, etc.
First extract the contents of the archive (best archivers). As a rule, the archive contains a directory with a large number of "small" files and an executable file setup.exe , which you need to run to install the driver.
Extract files / Clickable
❷ If there is no setup.exe executable file
Then open the device manager (how to do it), then right-click on the equipment and select from the menu "Update driver" .
Device Manager - Update Driver
Then select the option "Search for drivers on this computer" .
Search for drivers on this computer
And specify the folder where the driver files were saved (extracted from the archive). After press "Further" .
Finding a driver on this computer
Next, Windows will check the folder and offer to select a driver to install. In general, all that remains is to wait for the installation to finish ...
Choosing a driver for this device
PS
If the above algorithm seemed complicated to you, try the automatic search and install drivers option. To do this, you must use a special. utilities. I talked about them in this article: //ocomp.info/update-drivers.html
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That's all for now. Happy work!
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