Find The Manufacturer Of Unknown Device And Get The Corresponding Drivers

Sometimes we have to install the drivers of the device but due to manufacturer is not known to us, so we end up with the wrong drivers. So to check out the manufactures of any unknown device and get the right drivers go through the post given below.


  • First of all you have to open the device manager. you can do this by right click on my computer->manage->device manager on left hand panel. or open run command ant type "devmgmt.msc" without quotes.
  • Now select the device whose manufacturer you want to know or whose device driver you want to know.
  • Know right click on it and select properties.
  • Know a window will be poped out. in it select the details tab.
  • In that choose from "Property" ->hardware ids.
  • Now in the detail which is opened in the value box. Note down the string which is of format VEN_xxxx&DEV_yyyy. Where xxxx is the Vendor id which is used to find the manufacturer and yyyy is the device id which is used to find the particular device made by that manufacturer.
  • Now open web browser and go to the link  www.pcidatabase.com.
  • Now if you want to find the Manufacturer of Device. Type Vendor ID “xxxx” in Vendor Search and click search. Manufacturer name will be displayed.
  • Similarly you can type the Device Id “yyyy” in Device Search on the www.pcidatabse.com . It will display the exact Device and Manufacturer.
  • Now with this information download the correct driver.
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