Find Drivers Through Hardware Id Database
Hardware Id Driver Download
The use of a 3rd party online hardware ID database. The Hardware IDs value. Go directly to a driver database. Device Manager - Finding Unknown Devices. Aug 22, 2011 How to get individual driver files from Windows. Utilize the PNP IDs of devices to find the drivers for those. Way to find the hardware Id. Find Drivers Through Hardware Id Database Tip: Sometimes the compressed files are in a self- extracting format with an EXE file extension, making the install process very easy. This is a discussion on How to find drivers.
Use (online website). go to the device manager. open the properties of the unknown device. click on details → Hardware IDs.
extract the vendor ID and the device ID like shown in the screenshot. search on the for the vender and database ID. The database is regularly updated by users. Scroll down as an example. The results will show a driver name which can be googled Use (portable offline tool) The portable tool even shows old drivers which are normally only visible if you type in an elevated CMD prompt before opening the device manager. Use (offline tool with online database) Install it or extract it with if you need a portable version.
It will scan your drivers and compare them with its online database.