Lost IDT program

[storywrit]

Hello,
I mistakenly asked windows XP Pro 2003 to remove the program IDT from my computer. I hae no sound. I tried restore and it didnot work. I tried retrieving from a a windows backup of the drive and it didn't work. 'where can I find this program to download and restall it again?

 

[nhasian]

How To Use Google To Search

Please visit the manufacturer's website to download the drivers for your device. You can use google to find the manufacturer's website if you do not know it. In the support section download the drivers for your specific make and model of the device for your version of Windows.

Note: If the manufacturer only lists drivers for Windows XP and not for Windows Vista or Windows 7, that means the device is unsupported or incompatible with the unlisted operating systems.

If you do NOT know the make & model of your device you can Search by Vendor / Device code as shown in device manager.
In the device manager, for the device you need driver for, Right click properties for the device, go in details for the device driver.
You will see a code like per example VEN_8086&DEV_27D8&SUBSYS...

The VEN code means vendor and the DEV code means device: in this case the vendor is 8086 and the device is 27D8.

Once you have the two codes, go to www.pcidatabase.com.
Enter the two codes and you should get the name of your hardware. From there you can search for a driver download for your hardware.

 

[storywrit]

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[storywrit]

I puzzled ove what is meant by device but eventually realized it must be the sound card or graphics card. 'That didn't work either. Finally someone mention the mother board and it made sense that it must come from there. THE IDT program is in the INTEL motherboard I have. I went to INTEL website and dowloaded the file and all was restored. Thanks for the help. I hope I can return the gift sometime in the future here.

 

[blakwidowrsa]

@nhasian

Glad to see some ppl know about the 'hidden gem' called PCIDatabase.com , and I can deduce you looked for hardware in the past haven't you huh ??? 😉