Question Please help identify hardware and manually find drivers for a mini-PC.

[balloonshark]

I recently purchased a barebones Ace Magic S3A mini-PC with the AMD 6800H processor. This brand is known for malware running on its PCs so I don't really trust downloading anything directly from their site. Their drivers can be found on google drive with a link on their site and on their forum. The drivers come in a folder and have a separate .bat file which I assume automatically installs the drivers.

1. I have a clean Windows 11 install made with rufus. The wifi is not working yet so I need to identify the hardware (RTL8852BE) to find and install the driver. The problem I always have is finding a specific driver for specific hardware. I can't find RTL8852BE driver on Realtek's site. Do they make an automatic installer for realtek devices? What program or app do you use to identify hardware so I can find the correct drivers?

2. For the mini-PCs chipset and graphics can I just use the "Auto-Detect and Install Driver Updates for AMD Radeon™ Series Graphics and Ryzen™ Chipsets" and it will find everything it needs? What would I need to select to find the chipset for this mini-PC since it doesn't have a normal motherboard? Would it be Chipsets - Laptop Chipsets - AMD Ryzen and Athlon Mobile Chipset?

https://www.amd.com/en/support/download/drivers.html

 

[Quintessa]

I can't find RTL8852BE driver on Realtek's site. Do they make an automatic installer for realtek devices? What program or app do you use to identify hardware so I can find the correct drivers?

Device Manager > right-click unknown device > Properties > Details tab > Hardware IDs.

That string (e.g. PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_B852) tells you exactly what it is. Copy the VEN/DEV code into Google and you’ll land on the chip model. For Realtek specifically, the RTL8852BE is a Wi-Fi 6 / BT 5.2 card. Realtek’s site is useless; you won’t find the drivers there. Get them from: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ (search for RTL8852BE)

"Auto-Detect and Install Driver Updates for AMD Radeon™ Series Graphics and Ryzen™ Chipsets"

Yes. It'll install the iGPU (680M, part of 6800H) and the chipset drivers. Even though the S3A doesn’t have a desktop board, it's just a laptop BGA platform; the chipset drivers are bundled under Chipsets > AMD Ryzen and Athlon Mobile.