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Herbert Graf <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 26 Oct 2002 20:06:40 -0400
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> I've noticed on some PC's that I visit and also when I do some
> fresh installations that when I go into Device Mgr. I see the
> yellow '?' and says 'Unsupported Device'.
>
> When I click properties, it will sometimes say 'Device has been
> disabled in the BIOS' or doesn't give any info at all.

        What OS and what kind of system is it? (motherboard, processor, etc.).
Chances are if it's win95 the "unsupported device" is a USB controller, with
newer OS's it's probably the IDE controller (and windows loaded a "default"
driver). TTYL

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