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I put my part of my one computer into a new case so I could make room for a new computer but I have a little problem now. All I did was to take all my parts out of my one case which I will be putting new parts in and put them into my new case and in my device manager now I have an exclamation mark in other devices and it says pci device. I did not put any new parts in I just had to take them out to move the mobod etc. The only thing I have in a pci slot is an audigy 2 zs gamer which has not caused me any problems before. It works great and everything seems to be fine. I have xp pro with an amd 4400+ along with and ati 2600xt.
Anyone seen this before?

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A quick, practical way to fix this without guessing: identify the unknown PCI device first, then install the correct driver or remove a stale entry. notes the system appears to be running normally, and was right to point toward driver/MB issues — but the next step is to get the hardware ID so you know exactly what Windows is missing.

Open Device Manager, right-click the problem entry under "Other devices" and choose Properties. On the Details tab pick "Hardware Ids" and copy the VEN and DEV values (for example VEN_1234&DEV_5678). Paste those into a PCI ID lookup such as or the PCI ID repository to find the vendor and device. That tells you whether the item is a chipset/bridge, USB controller, card reader, network device, etc.

Once identified:

  • Download the matching driver (motherboard/chipset site is best for SMBus/bridge/PCI controllers).
  • In Device Manager you can uninstall the unknown device, then choose Scan for hardware changes or reboot to force Windows to re-detect it.
  • If you see leftover or ghost devices, enable non-present devices (open a command prompt, run set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 then start Device Manager from that same prompt) and uninstall any old entries.

Also reseat cards and molex/PCI power leads you moved, and double-check integrated-device settings in the motherboard BIOS if present. If the hardware ID points to something unfamiliar, a short lookup from the links above will usually show the exact driver source to download.

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if you put the sound card into a different pci slot than it was in before the move you would get this ,but then again if you did do this your sound would not work .does you sound drive show in device manager ,if no then you need to reinstall the audigty drivers

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There are two things in the sound controllers for creative. One is the game port the other is the WDM.

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There are two things in the sound controllers for creative. One is the game port the other is the WDM.

ok ,i have audigy card and have 9 things in sound devices ,so doest the sound on the computer WORK,
other devices and it says pci device= usually is a motherboard device driver missing ,did you by any chance have on board device like sound or video disabled in the bios ,and maybe you reset the bios to defaults for one reason or another when you made the move .

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That's what I thought about the onboard device also. I checked but it is still disabled.

I have 8 things in the sound controllers section but only 2 that say creative. You have 9 that say creative???

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That's what I thought about the onboard device also. I checked but it is still disabled.

I have 8 things in the sound controllers section but only 2 that say creative. You have 9 that say creative???

no just the 2 ,so answer me this please i'v asked it 2 time all ready with no answer ,does the sound work on you computer .thanks

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I guess I should have been more clear in my opening. I said it all works great and everything seems to work fine. It runs like usual. That is why it is so weird.

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yes you are right you did say that ,sorry ,its been my experience that if you re-install the motherboard driver it will get rid of the missing other device ,why it happened i have no answer

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