- To find the Vendor and Device IDs in Windows, you must first open your Device Manager, there are several ways to do this:
- Open the Start Menu (Windows Menu, bottom right corner of screen), simply type 'Device Manager' and select it when it appears.
- Once you have opened the Device Manager, you need to select the device you need drivers for. It will usually have a yellow triangle with an exclamation point in it, or be called 'Unknown Device'.
- Right-click on the device in question and select 'Properties', a new window will appear.
- In that window, click on the 'Details' tab.
- Using the drop-down menu, select 'Hardware Ids'
- You will see something like 'PCIVEN_8086&DEV_15B7&SUBSYS_06E01028&REV_31'
- VEN_8086 means that the Vendors ID is 8086, you can search this in the Vendor box on the home page.
- DEV_1587 means that the Device ID is 1587, you can search for this using the Device box on the home page.
- SUBSYS_06E01028 means that the Susbsystem ID is 05E01028, you can search for this using the Device box on the home page as well.
Drivers Unknown Continua Vendor Search
With this utility, you might immediately convert your unidentified unknown devices into identified known devices and find proper driver on the Internet and contact the hardware device manufacturer or vendor. Known devices recognized by Microsoft Windows will also. Got the exact same unknown device on a zBook 17. When installing these (or newer) drivers, I immediately get the message box: 'All installations completed, please refer to the log file for details!' But a) the unknown device is still there and b) I can't seem to find any log file. The fans are spinning, so it's installed correctly. GTX 1050 won't even show on device manager. On device manager, there is a section named: Unknown Devices. Under that there is a thing called Unknown PCI device. It says that there are no drivers installed. I have installed a software, called PCI-Z. It can provide info about the unknown device.