Unknown Device in Device Manager

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Unknown Device in Device Manager - how to identify?

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Colin Barnhorst

2005-07-21 03:44:09 UTC

In my x64 Device Manager under Other Devices I have an Unknown device (with
the usual yellow question mark).

On the Properities page, General Tab, under Location: on PCI bus. Under
status "The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)."

On the Driver Tab, everything is Unknown or Not Available, etc.

On the Details Tab the
Device Instance Id is "ACPI\ATK0110\1010110
Hardware Id is "ATK0110
Several properties are blank
Enumerator is ACPI
Capabilities are "CM_DEVCAP_UNIQUEID" and "CM_DEVCAP_SILENTINSTALL"
Devnode Flags are "DN_HAS_PROBLEM" "DN_DISABLEABLE" "DN_NT_ENUMERATOR"
and "DN_NT_DRIVER"
etc, etc.

I am looking for tips on figuring out how to identify this unknown device so
I can deal with it appropriately. There are no cards in the PCI slots (but
I am aware that the PCI bus supprots many devices).

WinXP Pro x64, AMD Athlon 64 x2, 2GB ram, ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe board, SATA
Hitachi drives (not Raid), GeForce 6800 GT video on PCI Express.

I suspect something like a fan sensor unplugged, but what do I know?

Be happy to have suggestions from all you fine folks.

Goody2shoe

2005-07-21 04:04:51 UTC

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Check the driver available here. This splat occurs on Asus A8N only because
the driver INF is not quite right for the release version of XP x64. It
worked in earlier betas but not for the released version.
http://www.planetamd64.com/lofiversion/index.php/t6455.html

"Colin Barnhorst" <***@msn.com> wrote in message news:%23Tyy%***@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
In my x64 Device Manager under Other Devices I have an Unknown device (with
the usual yellow question mark).

On the Properities page, General Tab, under Location: on PCI bus. Under
status "The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)."

On the Driver Tab, everything is Unknown or Not Available, etc.

On the Details Tab the
Device Instance Id is "ACPI\ATK0110\1010110
Hardware Id is "ATK0110
Several properties are blank
Enumerator is ACPI
Capabilities are "CM_DEVCAP_UNIQUEID" and "CM_DEVCAP_SILENTINSTALL"
Devnode Flags are "DN_HAS_PROBLEM" "DN_DISABLEABLE" "DN_NT_ENUMERATOR"
and "DN_NT_DRIVER"
etc, etc.

I am looking for tips on figuring out how to identify this unknown device so
I can deal with it appropriately. There are no cards in the PCI slots (but
I am aware that the PCI bus supprots many devices).

WinXP Pro x64, AMD Athlon 64 x2, 2GB ram, ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe board, SATA
Hitachi drives (not Raid), GeForce 6800 GT video on PCI Express.

I suspect something like a fan sensor unplugged, but what do I know?

Be happy to have suggestions from all you fine folks.

Colin Barnhorst

2005-07-21 04:25:37 UTC

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Great. I see the three files in the folder, but how do I utilize them? Copy
to a particular folder to overwrite the versions I have now and reboot?

Post by Goody2shoe
Check the driver available here. This splat occurs on Asus A8N only because
the driver INF is not quite right for the release version of XP x64. It
worked in earlier betas but not for the released version.
http://www.planetamd64.com/lofiversion/index.php/t6455.html
In my x64 Device Manager under Other Devices I have an Unknown device (with
the usual yellow question mark).
On the Properities page, General Tab, under Location: on PCI bus. Under
status "The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)."
On the Driver Tab, everything is Unknown or Not Available, etc.
On the Details Tab the
Device Instance Id is "ACPI\ATK0110\1010110
Hardware Id is "ATK0110
Several properties are blank
Enumerator is ACPI
Capabilities are "CM_DEVCAP_UNIQUEID" and "CM_DEVCAP_SILENTINSTALL"
Devnode Flags are "DN_HAS_PROBLEM" "DN_DISABLEABLE" "DN_NT_ENUMERATOR"
and "DN_NT_DRIVER"
etc, etc.
I am looking for tips on figuring out how to identify this unknown device so
I can deal with it appropriately. There are no cards in the PCI slots (but
I am aware that the PCI bus supprots many devices).
WinXP Pro x64, AMD Athlon 64 x2, 2GB ram, ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe board, SATA
Hitachi drives (not Raid), GeForce 6800 GT video on PCI Express.
I suspect something like a fan sensor unplugged, but what do I know?
Be happy to have suggestions from all you fine folks.

Goody2shoe

2005-07-21 11:57:55 UTC

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I googled "A8N unknown device ATK0110" and got this hit. This is a better
explanation of the fix.
I think this is called "Decorating" a driver to define whether it is for
AMD64 or Intel64. This wasn't required for drivers in early beta of XP64.
==================================
http://www.planetamd64.com/lofiversion/index.php/t3598.html

It's a ATK0110 APCI Util used for changing the fsb and multiplier under
windows for AI Booster.

Here is how you fix it. this fix works on all Asus A8N-SLI Motherboards,
Basic and Deluxe Versions regardless of bios versions and is for Windows x64
build 1289 onwards. I am running build 1433 RC2 and this still work aok.

Insert your motherboard driver cd or download the latest AI Booster from
Asus.
Browse the cd and goto \software\aibooster\acpi64 and copy the win2000
folder to your desktop.
Open the win2000 folder on your desktop and open the file ATK2000.ini with
Notepad.

Look for this

[Manufacturer]
%ATK%=ATK

[ATK]
%DeviceDesc1%=DriverInstall,ACPI\ATK0110

and change it to this (bold text is only to show you what you have to
change)

[Manufacturer]
%ATK%=ATK,NTamd64

[ATK.NTamd64]
%DeviceDesc1%=DriverInstall,ACPI\ATK0110

Save the file and then go to the unknown device in device manager and manual
update the driver pointing it to the win2000 directory on your desktop.

There is no need to install the AIBooster software if you aren't going to
use it.

If you attempted to run AIBooster previously it would have errored during
the install of the APCI driver but it will install now aok and run fine.

Drivers now have to be assigned in this way as from build 1289. This mod
will probably work with other drivers that you found that worked on previous
build versions but don't work on the new build version.

That's it done.
Good luck.
StOrMtRoOpEr [HOW] Clan
==================================

"Colin Barnhorst" <***@msn.com> wrote in message news:%***@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Great. I see the three files in the folder, but how do I utilize them? Copy
to a particular folder to overwrite the versions I have now and reboot?

Colin Barnhorst

2005-07-21 19:06:07 UTC

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Thanks for the great reply. I started with x64 with the rtm build but I do
understand the decoration issue. You were very clear and I am on my way.

Post by Goody2shoe
I googled "A8N unknown device ATK0110" and got this hit. This is a better
explanation of the fix.
I think this is called "Decorating" a driver to define whether it is for
AMD64 or Intel64. This wasn't required for drivers in early beta of XP64.
==================================
http://www.planetamd64.com/lofiversion/index.php/t3598.html
It's a ATK0110 APCI Util used for changing the fsb and multiplier under
windows for AI Booster.
Here is how you fix it. this fix works on all Asus A8N-SLI Motherboards,
Basic and Deluxe Versions regardless of bios versions and is for Windows x64
build 1289 onwards. I am running build 1433 RC2 and this still work aok.
Insert your motherboard driver cd or download the latest AI Booster from
Asus.
Browse the cd and goto \software\aibooster\acpi64 and copy the win2000
folder to your desktop.
Open the win2000 folder on your desktop and open the file ATK2000.ini with
Notepad.
Look for this
[Manufacturer]
%ATK%=ATK
[ATK]
%DeviceDesc1%=DriverInstall,ACPI\ATK0110
and change it to this (bold text is only to show you what you have to
change)
[Manufacturer]
%ATK%=ATK,NTamd64
[ATK.NTamd64]
%DeviceDesc1%=DriverInstall,ACPI\ATK0110
Save the file and then go to the unknown device in device manager and manual
update the driver pointing it to the win2000 directory on your desktop.
There is no need to install the AIBooster software if you aren't going to
use it.
If you attempted to run AIBooster previously it would have errored during
the install of the APCI driver but it will install now aok and run fine.
Drivers now have to be assigned in this way as from build 1289. This mod
will probably work with other drivers that you found that worked on previous
build versions but don't work on the new build version.
That's it done.
Good luck.
StOrMtRoOpEr [HOW] Clan
==================================
Great. I see the three files in the folder, but how do I utilize them? Copy
to a particular folder to overwrite the versions I have now and reboot?

Colin Barnhorst

2005-07-21 19:59:58 UTC

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Thank you Goody2Shoe for your patience. All is well. The driver installed
and the Unknown Device has vanished. Job well done.

Colin Barnhorst

2005-07-21 20:03:15 UTC

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For others reading this thread, the device turned out to be "ATK0110 ACPI
UTILITY" and installs under System Devices in the Device Manager.