Windows XP: "Found New Hardware" after REMOVING a device.

[theMan]

I am going to sell my M-Audio PCI audio interface, so a few days ago, I went to the device manager, clicked "uninstall" on the device, and then shutdown and removed it. Now, every time I boot up, the Hardware Wizard says it wants to install a "Multimedia Audio Controller". Sometimes, this window pops up unexpectedly when I am in the middle of something and is really annoying. I have tried uninstalling the drivers in Add/Remove Programs, and I have tried uninstalling an disabling it in Device Manager. No matter what, "Multimedia Audio Controller keeps popping up Device Manager.

How do I get rid of this?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: theman
I am going to sell my M-Audio PCI audio interface, so a few days ago, I went to the device manager, clicked "uninstall" on the device, and then shutdown and removed it. Now, every time I boot up, the Hardware Wizard says it wants to install a "Multimedia Audio Controller". Sometimes, this window pops up unexpectedly when I am in the middle of something and is really annoying. I have tried uninstalling the drivers in Add/Remove Programs, and I have tried uninstalling an disabling it in Device Manager. No matter what, "Multimedia Audio Controller keeps popping up Device Manager.

How do I get rid of this?

This is weird. You physically pulled the card? Any chance your motherboard has on-board sound that was masked by the add-in board? Windows thinks it found something, if you let it install drivers does it?

 

[Cutthroat]

Do you have onboard audio enabled or set to auto? It may be trying to install drivers for that.

 

[Markbnj]

I think bsobel nailed this one.

 

[bendixG15]

If it is on board sound, then you may have to go into the BIOS to disable it.

 

[nerp]

I had an m-audio and I removed it when it finally died after 5+ years of serious use. Uninstalling the driver was all I needed to do.

 

[theMan]

Yes, I have onboard sound. But the weird thing is, in the device manager, my M-Audio card was called "Multimedia Audio Device". And, before I installed the card, my onboard sound was referred to as "Realtek audio something". Now, it is detecting "Multimedia Audio Device". So, I assume it is something to do with the card I took out. CONFUSED!!!

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: theman
Yes, I have onboard sound. But the weird thing is, in the device manager, my M-Audio card was called "Multimedia Audio Device". And, before I installed the card, my onboard sound was referred to as "Realtek audio something". Now, it is detecting "Multimedia Audio Device". So, I assume it is something to do with the card I took out. CONFUSED!!!

Multimedia Audio card is a placeholder which should get updated with the device after it's identified. Like I asked, did you let it install the drivers or did you abort it (or where drivers not found?)

 

[Smilin]

Just passing through and thought I would throw this out there...



windows\setupapi.log will show all the hardware related events that have happened. It is a log that stretches all the way back to first install and tells when a device was detected/removed what drivers were found and loaded and all that.

It's some level 400 stuff but you should be able to get some useful info out of it.



Good luck!