What am I seeing?
Device Manager displays an exclamation point for the SMBus controller or lists it under Other Devices.
Intel Sm Bus Controller Driver
SM Bus Controller driver free download for windows – LENOVO – ThinkPad X (SG) So naturally, I tried to find any readme. Broadcom driver for same smbus hardware stated its a intel cant give u to much info on it. This page contains the driver installation download for SM Bus Controller in supported models (Lenovo Ideapad 330 (81D1)) that are running a supported operating system. Back to Scan Result. SM Bus Controller Driver for LENOVO - Lenovo Ideapad 330 (81D1) working on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro. Device Name: SM Bus Controller. Hardware ID: PCI.
How to fix it
Download and run the Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility so Windows* properly recognizes the SMBus controller.
| Note | SMBus is the System Management Bus used in personal computers and servers for low-speed, system management communications. A SMBus controller is integrated into most Intel® chipsets. |
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| Intel® Chipset Device Software Update Through Microsoft Windows* Update Overwrites Existing Device Drivers Causing Loss of Functionality |
Sm Bus Controller Driver
A friend of mine gave me a laptop he built (an old Lenovo X220), installed with Gnome. I need MS Office for work and figured the easiest way to get it would be to install Windows. I clean installed Windows 7 32, which went fine. However, I can't get my wireless to work.
When I go to Device Manager, my network adapter seems fine (it is an Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network). However, there are exclamation marks by the Network Controller and indeed by all other devices listed under 'Other devices'. I have tried installing and re-installing drivers from both the Lenovo and Intel websites and have used all of their diagnostic tools, but with no luck. I know the problem isn't hardware failure, because the wifi on the laptop was working fine when it was running Linux. So I'm beginning to feel stuck.
If anyone can provide any help I'd be extremely grateful!
Danny