Re: Systen find Phantom Hardware
From: Nathan McNulty (nospam_at_msn.com)
Date: 07/26/04
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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 01:43:21 -0700
My DSL Modem offers both USB and Ethernet. USB has acted weird and
shuts off occasionally, but I've never had problems with a network
cable. I feel that the network cable is just a better method since
Windows doesn't have to "install" the device and can't directly control
it if it is plugged in through a network cable.
Here is where you would look in the BIOS to figure out what is going on
for USB. Open Regedit and navigate to:
HKLM-System-CurrentControlSet-Enum-USB
HKLM-System-CurrentControlSet-Enum-PCI
Check under each of the VID_Xxx (USB) and VEN_Xxx (PCI) and find which
ones are causing you the problems. Now delete the folder that starts
with Vid_Xxx (or VEN_Xxxx) that contains your Modem or anything that is
causing the problem under it. Reboot and see if that installs it and
fixes the problem.
---- Nathan McNulty anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote: > Thanks for the response. I would like to keep my modem > connection as a backup and it's free. It isn't this modem > that is causing the problem; it's the prior modem, which > has been removed. I wasn't getting the message until I > disconnected the Ethernet cable. Incidentally, the second > piece of hardware it finds is not PCTEL communications > controller as I stated in my post, but rather PCI Simple > Communications Controller. I'm curious as to why you feel > the Ethernet connection is better than the USB connection > to my cable modem. Also the USB driver is the one that > came with the modem just about a month ago. > > I don't mind dabbling with the Registry, if you can point > me in the right direction. However, I'm still confused as > to what it is finding to cause the messages and why it's > finding them now. I'm interested in this on a more > theoretical level than practical. Thanks again. > Loris > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>Sounds like it is finding your Router. First off, I > > recommend using an > >>ethernet cable for your connection. Second, if there is > > no need for your > >>dialup modem anymore, remove it or have it removed. > > Thirdly, you may > >>need to edit the registry to get this message removed if > > you don't want > >>to use an ethernet cable. I can suggest how to do this, > > but most people > >>shouldn't dabble in their registry. Finally, you can try > > updating your > >>chipset drivesr (Motherboard drivers that control your > > USB Controller). > >>---- >>Nathan McNulty >> >> >>Loris wrote: >> >>>I'm running Windows XP Home edition and at one time I > > had > >>>a PCTel 56K modem which I replaced with a U.S Robotics. >>>Everything worked perfectly. Recently I got cable >>>broadband using an ethernet cable which ran slow and > > tech > >>>support suggested I try replacing the cable. I used a > > USB > >>>cable instead of the ethernet and it works fine; > > however, > >>>now whenever I boot up I get the "Found new hardware >>>wizard" claiming that it found the device HSP56 MR > > (VIA) > >>>and PCTEL communications controller. What is it > > finding > >>>and what can I do about it? >>> >>>Loris >>> >> >>. >>
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