If you assembled your computer on your own, buying components for it separately, then in this case all the drivers for the computer can no longer be found on one single manufacturer's website, as it would be easy to do when buying a ready-made computer (this is described in the article “How to find driver if you bought a laptop or a ready-made stationary computer! "). After all, you were buying a non-finished computer that would belong to some manufacturer, would have its own model and drivers for which you could download everything at once from one site. Once the computer is assembled from spare parts you have chosen yourself, it means that it will no longer correspond to some model and belong to some manufacturer, because this is already your creation :) Therefore, you will have to look for drivers separately for all devices from which the computer was assembled. This also includes the case when after buying a ready-made (already assembled) computer, after some time you decided to replace some hardware.
Now I will show you how to find all the necessary drivers for a self-configured computer manually, via the Internet.
What drivers are described in the article:
So, you yourself have selected all the components, assembled the computer, installed Windows and you see that the drivers are not installed for all devices, and maybe not even installed for almost any. You can find out if all the drivers are installed from the standard "Device Manager" utility. I described how to do this in a separate article.
And to install the drivers in this case, there are several options.
Note!
If you have not automatically installed even the drivers for the network cards, which does not give you the opportunity to go online from this computer, then all the steps considered below will have to be performed from some other computer with Internet access. And after you download everything the drivers, you will need to transfer them to required computer, for example, via a USB flash drive or disk.
Option number 1. Search for drivers manually by device code through devid.drp.su
I consider this option the most optimal. The method is to determine the device code and search for drivers on the Internet using this code on various sites.
Suppose that in the device manager we see something like this:
Those. drivers for multiple devices are not installed on the computer. However, it is problematic to determine through the device manager for which devices there are no drivers, because everything is somehow blurry in the names. One can only roughly understand. For example, "Ethernet controller" is most likely network Card to connect wired internet... The "network controller" is probably Wi-Fi adapter, i.e. network card for accessing the internet via Wi-Fi.
But each device has its own unique number, which the device manager can just show us. And having learned the number, we can find the driver for the device via the Internet.
Let's look at a couple of examples of how to find drivers manually by device code:
First, I will find a driver for an incomprehensible device " PCI controller Simple Communications ".
Determine the device code for which we want to find the driver.
To determine the device code, click on it in the device manager right click mouse and from the appeared menu select "Properties":
In the window that opens, select the "Details" tab, and then below, under the "Properties" label, select "Equipment ID":
First of all, we try to search by code from the lowest (4th) line. Right-click on the 4th line with the code below and select "Copy".
Trying to find the driver by the code on the devid.drp.su website.
After copied the code, open the site:
Devid.drp.su
Let's try to find a driver on it. This site belongs to driverPack program Solution, which collects almost all possible drivers. Here you can most likely find a driver for any device.
Having opened the site, the first thing you need to do is to paste the device code copied in the previous step into the topmost long line and delete everything in this code that goes from the "&" symbol to the end.
For example, you copied the code:
PCI \\ VEN_8086 & DEV_0166 & CC_0300
So after removing the characters from "&" you should have a code:
PCI \\ VEN_8086 & DEV_0166
If you do not know what system you have, then open windows search and enter there "System Information", then select the appeared program from the list:
In the program that opens, in the window on the left, select "System Information" and on the right in the "OS Name" line, your Windows version will be displayed (in my example, in the image below, "Windows 10"), and in the "Type" line - bit depth: x64 or x86:
Based on this data, we indicate the type and bitness of the system on the devid.drp.su website.
After the device code is indicated and the Windows version is selected, click the "Search Drivers" button.
As a result, the page will display a list of drivers matching the hardware code you specified and for your version of Windows. Using the "Download" button, download one of the drivers to your computer.
Note!
If several identical drivers are displayed (as in the image above), then download the driver that has the most recent release date in the Driver Version column.
By clicking on the "Download" button, the driver will be downloaded to your computer and all that remains is to install it. There is nothing difficult at all in installing drivers, and I touched on this point in a separate article,.
Note!
It happens that different drivers will be displayed in the list of drivers, for example:
This means that the hardware code can be similar for several devices. In this case, you can simply download and try to install all the proposed options until it is installed required driver.
As you can see, the driver was not difficult to find. Now I will consider another example to make it clearer :) For example, I will find a driver for a device, which is designated as an "Ethernet controller" in the device manager.
I click on the device with the right mouse button, open the properties:
In the window, select the "Information" tab, select the item "Equipment ID" from the list and copy the code from the 4th line:
I open the devid.drp.su site, indicate the copied number there, delete everything in it, starting from the "&" symbol. Then I choose windows version and search for:
For my device and the Windows version I selected, only one driver version was displayed that I can download and install:
That's all!
However, it still sometimes happens that the devid.drp.su site does not find drivers for the hardware code you specified. In this case, there is an alternative option, which we will consider below.
Alternative search for drivers by device code
If the drivers on the well-known website devid.drp.su were not found for the device you need, then you can use this simple method:
Determine the device code... In the same way, copy the equipment code (4th) line:
We are looking for a driver on various sites.
Now we go to the site Google.com and directly to search string paste the copied code, then remove the "&" symbol from the code and everything that follows after it, for example:
PCI \\ VEN_8086 & DEV_1C3A & SS_0780 \u003d PCI \\ VEN_8086 & DEV_1C3A
We press the search button and we will see a list of sites that match our request:
Now you need to open sites in turn, starting from the very first (top) and see if you can download drivers on the site.
It should be noted right away that you will not find the driver you need on all sites, because some of them will not have a driver for your version of Windows, and on some of them there is just any crap instead of drivers.
In the example image above, I circled those sites on which drivers can indeed most often be found and downloaded without any problems. These sites are:
If you dig deeper in your search, you can find other sites where you can download the driver you need. But do not look for drivers on the forums, since this is the longest way. You will have to read all the messages in a row to understand where the link to the driver you need is given.
Now let's look at a couple of examples of downloading drivers from different sites.
An example of downloading a driver from driver.ru:
When you get to the site from the search results, the page will already display drivers, most of which are compatible with your device.
Here you can simply download in turn all the drivers that the site has displayed and try to install until the required driver is installed. All incompatible drivers either will not be installed, or simply will not work, so you can not be afraid to install something wrong.
Remember to pay attention to the Windows version the driver is for.
Keep in mind!
Drivers for Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 are very often compatible and if, for example, you could not find drivers specifically for Windows 8.1, then try installing drivers for Windows 8. Or if you could not find drivers for Windows 10, try installing from Windows 8.1 or Windows 8. It also happens that drivers for Windows 7 will be compatible with Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10. That is, you can try to install drivers from different systems.
Let's look at an example of the download process from this site. Having found the driver you need, click on the download button below:
In the next window, you need to confirm that you are not a robot by ticking the specified location (see image below). Then click the "Download" button below:
And finally, on the next page we will see a download link at the very top in the form of a file name with the extension:
Click on it and download the file.
An example of downloading a driver from members.driverguide.com:
Going to the site from the search engine, the page will display a list of likely compatible drivers with your device:
Clicking on the download button will open new pagewhere a large amount of advertising catches the eye.
Attention!
Do not click anywhere if there is a lot of ads on the site, be careful, otherwise you can pick up viruses and other infections on your computer!
In the next window, a window will appear in the center to confirm that you are a real person, and not a program :) You need to wait for the contents of the window to load and click the "Show" button:
A new window will open, where again we are waiting for the content to load for a few seconds. A code will appear in the window next to the inscription: "Enter". This code needs to be rewritten exactly as it is in the line below ("Your Answer") and press "Return to Page":
You will be taken back to the home page where the "Continue" button will now appear. Clicking it will start downloading the driver to your computer:
Like this alternative way you can try to manually find the driver by device code. Of course, for this option, I showed by examples downloading the driver from only 2 sites, and there are a huge number of them. But the principle of downloading is the same on all sites. The only difference is mostly the interface and sometimes the download order.
But I am more inclined that you can easily find drivers using the main method suggested in option # 1.
Option number 2. Search for drivers on the official websites of device manufacturers
If you did not manage to find drivers for your devices according to the 1st option, then you can do it in this way.
You will need to look at the manufacturer and model of each device in the computer through their documentation or special programs (for example, Aida64 or Sysinfo Detector), and then separately search for drivers for each device through the manufacturer's official website or (if there is no driver on the official website) on the Internet by device model.
Let's take this example. In the device manager, I can see that the driver is not installed in the system for the video card and for some other incomprehensible device:
How did you determine what was on the video card? But because if in the list of devices in the section "Video adapters" there is a device "Standard VGA graphics adapter"Means there is no driver for the video card, otherwise the device would have the name of your video card, for example" NVIDIA GeForce GTX980 ".
Let's look at the sequence of your actions:
Find out the manufacturer and model of the device.
Note!
If you have an "Unknown device" in the device manager, then the driver for some device on the motherboard or a special program for the motherboard is probably not installed. Therefore, you must first install all the drivers for your motherboard and programs for it.
If you assembled a computer from separate components, then you might have left documents for each purchased device, which indicates what we need - the manufacturer and model. If there is no documentation left, then one of the programs that determine the hardware of your computer will help you find out the model. I recommend Aida64 or Sysinfo Detector. The first one is paid, but you can use it for free for 30 days. And the second has a completely free edition. If you think what to choose, then temporarily choose - Aida64, since the quality of this program will still be higher.
How to install and use the Aida64 program is described in the article:
How to install and use Sysinfo Detector is described in the article:
If you define devices through the Aida64 program then you can determine what kind of devices without drivers by selecting the section "Devices\u003e Windows devices”And then on the right to open the category“ Unknown ”(unknown). Information about the selected device will appear below:
So, in my example, the unknown device is called "Asus ATK-110 ACPI Utility".
Above I mentioned that an unknown device is most likely something on the motherboard, so we will immediately determine which motherboard in the device. To do this, open the "Motherboard" section and go to the same subsection. On the right in the window we will see the manufacturer and model motherboard: Asus P5KPL-AM EPU.
Now let's deal with the video card. The video card is usually correctly identified in Aida64 via Display\u003e PCI / AGP Video. As you can see, the program detected the video card: "nVIDIA GeForce GT 430":
If you are looking for devices through Sysinfo Detector, then you can see devices with uninstalled drivers in 2 ways. The first is in the Deviations section:
As you can see, the same device was detected as through the Aida64 program: ACPI / ATK0110
And the second way is to select the "Unknown devices" subsection in the "PCI devices" section. Here the program saw 3 "problematic" devices at once and one of them, just the motherboard: Asus P5KPL-AM EPU.
It is better to look at the manufacturer and model of the video card in the section "PCI devices". Find the "Display controller" subsection in the list:
The example shows that the manufacturer nVIDIA cardsand the model is GeForce GT 430.
So, we found out the necessary data and now we will look for the driver.
We are looking for a driver on device manufacturer sites.
We found out that the driver was missing, most likely for some device on the motherboard, or maybe some program specifically for the motherboard. The motherboard manufacturer is Asus, and the model in my example is P5KPL-AM EPU. Since the manufacturer is Asus, we will look for it on the official Asus website.
How to search for the official website of the device manufacturer and download drivers from it is described in detail. In short, you need to open search engine Google, type in the manufacturer's name and open the first site in the search results. Then you should go to the "Service" or "Support" section and specify the device model, for example:
In addition to the drivers, pay attention to the "Utilities" section (you can see it in the list in the image above), because sometimes "Unidentified device" is some kind of not installed special program for the motherboard. Better to install the entire motherboard kit provided on the website to check if this was the problem.
This example demonstrates finding drivers for a motherboard. If you install all the drivers and utilities for it, then the "Unknown device" from the device manager should disappear.
Now let's find the driver for the video card. Judging by the data taken from the programs Aida64 and Sysinfo Detector, the manufacturer of the video card is NVIDIA, and the model is GeForce GT 430. Since the manufacturer is NVIDIA, then we are looking for the official website of this company in the same way through Google:
On the site we immediately see the section "Drivers" and the item "Download drivers" in it. We open:
A window will open where you need to specify the data about the video card. The product type in my example is “GeForce”, if the model is GeForce GT 430, then the product series is “GeForce 400 Series”. It is not difficult to navigate here. Next, in the list of "Product family" we select a specific model - "GeForce GT 430". And it remains to select only the version of Windows installed on your computer and the driver language. Then click "Search":
A page will open to download the required driver. Press the button "Download now":
On the next page, we accept the terms of the agreement and click the "Accept and download" button:
In the same way, you can download a driver, in principle, for any device, knowing its manufacturer and model. You just need to find the manufacturer's official website and indicate the model there.
As a last resort, if, for example, you cannot find drivers on the official site, you can search for them on other sites by specifying in google search an example of such a request: "driver for Asus P5KPL-AM EPU". Instead of Asus P5KPL-AM EPU, you, accordingly, need to specify the manufacturer and model of your particular device, for which you are looking for drivers.
Well, in conclusion, I note that if you use Windows 8 and older, then most likely you will not have problems with the drivers. These systems install in most cases all drivers automatically immediately after windows installations... I tried to reinstall Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 on several laptops and all drivers were automatically installed on each one, as a result of which there was no need to look for them myself.
This concludes the article. Now you can find the driver you want by device code or by its manufacturer and model. Let me remind you that you may need such driver search options if you independently selected components for your computer or changed some parts in the finished computer you bought.
It is also possible to automatically install drivers on a computer using special programs. This possibility is described in a separate article:
Good luck to you! See you in other articles :)
A device driver is special software that allows the operating system to access and interact with specific hardware on a PC. Installing drivers is an essential part of the hardware configuration process in the event of an installation or replacement operating system... In addition, to optimize PC performance, it is necessary to timely update outdated drivers... Let's take a closer look at how to find out what drivers are needed in certain situations.
When installing a "clean" operating system, the user must independently install drivers for all additional equipment (sound and video adapters, network cards, USB controllers, etc.). But even after installing the "assembly" of the OS, where the drivers are installed automatically, it is worth checking their relevance and, if necessary, updating to newer ones. We will search for all information about the devices of this PC and their drivers in the Device Manager (properties “My Computer” - “Device Manager”). In the Dispatcher window, first of all, click on the “Update hardware configuration” icon. Hardware without installed or with incorrectly working drivers will appear in the list as “unknown” or “other” device. If you have a CD with drivers for your PC, you can start installing them manually using the appropriate function in the hardware properties.
Thus, knowing the manufacturer and the full name of the device, version and bitness of the OS, you can find and install the most current drivers for your PC. And if the device model is not displayed in the Manager, use the instructions in the video attached below. We also recommend that you create a.
For users who have at least once reinstalled the operating room themselves windows system, the question arose, which drivers need to be installed after that for normal work all devices connected to the computer. This article will show you how to check drivers on Windows 10. The instructions below will work for other versions of the system as well.
How to check the driver version
If you try to figure it out, it will become clear that the computer must have drivers for all devices, both external (mouse, keyboard, joystick) and built-in (video card, network adapter, processor). Developers from Microsoft are doing their best to make life easier for users, with each update significantly expanding the internal database of drivers, but sometimes you still have to look for software and manually install it. Now four ways will be presented on how to check drivers on Windows 7, 8 and 10.
Method 1: official websites of manufacturers
The most reliable way to get latest versions the software for the devices will be downloaded directly from the manufacturer's official website. But it should be understood that these manipulations are paramount and will not provide all devices with drivers. But this is the essence, first you need to update the main components: motherboard, processor and video card. But first you need to find out the name and model.
Find out the motherboard model
To find out the manufacturer and model of the motherboard, you need to follow these steps:
- Open the Run window. To do this, press the Win + R buttons on the keyboard.
- In the window that appears, enter and execute it by clicking "OK".
- The window " Command line". In it, write two commands in turn: wmic baseboard get Manufacturer and wmic baseboard get product.
- In the output for the first command, the manufacturer of the board will be indicated, for the second, its model.
Remember the name, you will need it to find the appropriate driver.
Find out the model of the video card and processor
You can find out the manufacturer and model of the video chip and processor in almost the same way:
- Open the Run window.
- Enter the dxdiag command in it.
- Click OK.
- In the window that appears, go to the "Display" tab.
- In the "Device" category, next to the lines "Name", "Manufacturer" and "Type of microcircuits", the corresponding information concerning the computer processor will be indicated.
- Go to the "Converter" tab.
- By analogy with the processor, the entire necessary information about the video card.
Record all the information you get to search for the appropriate drivers for your computer components.
We are looking for drivers
Knowing the names of all the devices for which drivers need to be installed, you can easily find the software for them directly.
- Go to any search engine.
- Write down the name and model of the component that needs updating.
- Go to the manufacturer's official website.
- In the site interface, find the search bar and run a query with the name of the device.
- Find the appropriate driver in the output.
- Download it to your computer.
- Install.
Just like that, you can update the main components of your computer. Now you know the first way to check your computer drivers, but it is far from the last.
Method 2: programs to update drivers
The previous method, how to check drivers, may seem rather complicated to you, and in part it is. For an ordinary user, it will be much easier to use special programs that in automatic mode scan your computer for outdated software versions and offer appropriate updates for them. One of these programs is Driver booster.
- Run the program.
- Click the Scan button.
- Wait for this process to complete.
- As a result, the devices that need updating will be displayed.
- If you want to install new versions of individual software, then click "Install" opposite the corresponding component.
- If you decide to update all components at once, click the corresponding button on top panel programs.
Immediately after that, the download process will start, and then the installation of drivers for computer devices. The computer may restart several times while doing this.
Method 3: online services
Someone fundamentally does not want to install additional software on a computer, in this case there is a great way to check drivers on Windows 10 and in general all other OS versions, which implies the use of online services.
- Open "Device Manager" and look in it for the identifier of the device for which you want to download the driver.
- Go to the online service to find drivers by their ID.
- On home page enter the identifier in the search box and click the "Find" button.
- The output will display a list of all drivers suitable for your hardware.
- Select the one you like and click the "Download" button.
- Install.
As you can see, this is perhaps the most quick wayhow to check drivers on a computer, but it can not help everyone.
Method 4: update with standard operating system tools
Is an update required, how can I check the drivers? You can also update them without using additional software through the Device Manager utility.
- In the search for the system, enter "Device Manager" and run the corresponding program from the results.
- In the list of all devices, select the one you want to update.
- Right-click on it.
- Select Update Drivers from the menu.
- In the new window, click the "Update automatically" button.
After that, the computer will independently try to find and install new driver versions for the component. This method is not always effective, since the search for software goes through the internal Microsoft database.
- This is software that is necessary for the normal operation of computer hardware. Some drivers are installed automatically, but in most cases, users have to take care of this themselves. If you have a CD with drivers, then installing them is not difficult. But, it often happens that the disk is lost. In this case, it is necessary Today we will talk about how to find out which driver is needed for.
In order to find out which driver is needed for a video card, you need to know which video card is installed on your computer. You can get information about the installed video card different ways... If the video card driver is already installed on the computer and you want to update it, then the name of the video card can be viewed in the "Device Manager". In order to launch the "Device Manager" just open the "Start" menu and use the search.
After starting GPU-Z, you will see a small window with detailed information about your video card. At the top of this window there is text string "Name", the name is indicated here installed video card... In this case, the screenshot shows nVIDIA graphics card GeForce GTX 950.
Below, in the text field "Subvender", the manufacturer of the video card is indicated. In this case, it's ASUS. If your system has several video cards installed, then you can view information about each of them. To do this, you need to use the drop-down list located at the bottom of the GPU-Z window.
So, we already know which video card model we have, but how do we know which driver is needed for a video card?
After we have determined the model and manufacturer of the video card, we can start looking for a driver for our video card. If you have a video card from ATI / AMD, then go to and fill out the form to find a driver.
After we have filled in all the fields of the search form, click on the "Display Results" button. Then the page will load where you will be offered to download the driver for the video card.
If you have a video card from nVidia, then you need to use the search form.
This search form works in a similar way: select the model of your video card and fill in the rest of the fields. After clicking on the "Search" button, you will be offered the required driver.
Every computer owner should periodically check the drivers installed on the computer. Thanks to this, you can increase the performance of your personal computer, as well as eliminate various problems that arise precisely because of the "tainted" driver.
How to check installed drivers
In order to check the installed drivers, it is best to use a program such as "DriverScanner". It is very easy to use and allows you to full check, downloading and installing new driver versions for various devices personal computer. This includes graphical and sound cards, keyboard, mouse, monitor, motherboard, DVD and CD drives, network adapters, modem, scanner, printer, camera and other plug-and-play devices. It should be noted that all drivers are constantly updated and modernized by manufacturers, this is necessary to eliminate errors, as well as improve device performance and add various new functionalities. In the case when the drivers are not updated, various system errors may occur, both incorrect operation and a complete system failure. You can check the drivers manually, but it will take a long time. Therefore, in order to learn about all the updates and not waste time, you need to use a program such as "DriverScanner".
DriverScanner program
So, how to check the drivers on the computer using the "DriverScanner" program. After the complete installation of the program, you need to open it, go to the "Browse" menu and click on the "Check" button. Immediately after that, you will see the "Device Driver" window. There will be a complete list of drivers that need updating. There are two ways to update outdated and non-working drivers.
- First way. Search the Internet for updates yourself, and then also install them yourself.
- Second way. The second way is to entrust all this work to the DriverScanner, which is much more convenient.
Thus, using this program to check drivers, you can constantly receive comprehensive information about the status of the drivers installed on personal Computer.
Checking drivers manually
If you need to check only one or two specific drivers, then this can be done manually. So, how to check drivers without using special programs. Consider this process on the example of sound check, since other drivers are checked in the same way. First you need to go to the "Device Manager".
- You need to open the "Start" menu, then right-click on the "My Computer" icon, then select in context menu the "Service" tab.
- When the "System Properties" window opens, you will need to select the "Hardware" tab and click on the "Device Manager" button.
- In the window that opens, you will need to click on the "+" sign next to the device you are interested in. In this case under consideration, it is the line "Sound, video and game devices".
- After that, a list will appear where you should select "Realtek High Definition Audio" in the device properties line.
- In the window that appears called "Device Properties", you must pay attention to the very bottom line called "Device Application". The item "This device is in use (switched on)" should be selected here. In addition, you should make sure that the Device Status line indicates that the device is operating normally.
- In the case when the line "Device status" says that not all the drivers necessary for this devicethen the correct drivers should be installed.
How to check if the drivers are installed
Very often, users have to deal with various kinds of minor problems, for example, inoperability of certain devices or lack of sound. The reason for this may be the absence required drivers... Therefore, it is necessary to periodically check the system for their presence. The most in a simple way to check for installed drivers is to use the device manager. This requires:
- Hover the mouse over the My Computer icon
- Right-click on it and select the Device Manager item in the context menu that opens.
- After that, a window will open in which you can see a list of all drivers installed on your computer.
- Where you need to reinstall the driver or just update it, there will be a yellow question mark.
Driver Updater
In addition, you can check the operating system for drivers programmatically. One of the most popular of these programs is Driver Updater. This program, which checks drivers, allows not only to scan the entire system for the presence of drivers, but also to download missing drivers from the Internet. It should be noted that the Driver Updater program supports about 230,000 devices and manufacturers, and it also has a Russian interface. It is very easy to use this program. After installing it on your computer, you need to launch it. Driver Updater will perform a detailed scan of the entire computer system. After that, a list of installed drivers will appear, which will indicate those drivers for which you need to run an update or do a complete reinstallation.
Well, now you are already an experienced user and will not be confused if, when reinstalling the operating system, your speakers will not work or the screen will "float" due to the lack of drivers for the video card. It's simple, use the necessary software and in a matter of minutes you will put your personal computer in complete order. Fortunately, manufacturers release free driversthat are available to us - ordinary users. You just need to go to the required site and download them. Happy installation!
