SM Bus Controller

popwizzle,

Thanks for using the Dell Community Forum. 

What changes were made to the system such as new hardware or software.

Install the chipset drivers yet?

Yes

We ghosted the the pc so it would be standard to the City. We then reinstalled the CDRW and DVD software. The ghost mainly consisted of Novell Network standards.

Thank You

What does the SM Bus Controller do?

I am having the identical problem.

Dimesion 4500

Warren

I'm having a similar problem.  The driver to my SM Bus Controller isn't installed.  When I try to install from the Dell Resources CD, the hardware manager cannot find a driver that works.  Have tried installing a few times, but it just won't take.

Is there a place online where I can download and install the driver for this?  What does it do exactly?

Thanks.

OK guys, just reload the chipset and it took care of my issue. Dell has a step by step instructions of how to reinstall the chipset on there support site. Thanks for all the responses. Good luck

I just reformatted and installed Windows XP.  I have not changed one thing on the hardware configuration of my computer, which I just bought from Dell about 3 months ago (4550).

My onboard ethernet connection AND my SM Bus Controller do not have drivers installed after full installation of XP, and I cannot find the any drivers for them on my resource CD (nor any CD that came with my computer).  Can someone please tell me how and even more specifcally why they dont' load up on reinstall of XP.

(a link to the support site would be ultra nice btw :)

THanks.

Message Edited by carbonbasedbiped on 09-13-2003 07:26 PM

Message Edited by carbonbasedbiped on 09-13-2003 11:47 PM

Hi,

I just reformatted a 4550 for a client. When I reinstalled WinXP, three devices did not have the drivers installed with them. They were the ethernet card, the modem, and the SM Bus Controller which is the topic of this post.

For the ethernet card, I just used the Drivers CD that was included with Dell's distribution CD's that was shipped with the PC. If you dont have the CD, then it can be updated from the Dell support site.

The Modem was taken care of with the Modems Driver CD that came with the PC.

And the SM Bus Controller was fixed using the advice from a previous post on this thread. Reinstalling the chipset fixed this issue right up.

Email me at knockedlife@comcast.net if you have any questions.

http://www.intel.com/design/software/drivers/platform/inf.htm

Operating System Windows* 2000, Windows* 98 SE, Windows* Me, Windows* XP Home Edition, Windows* XP Professional

 

This fixes the problem for most.

 

can you tell me where and how to do the chipset?

thx

i keep getting the "it's on another post" and no moderator is stepping up to the plate.

I appreciate it. It worked.  So, do you know of a way to fix the ethernet controller as well?

 

TIA

Release Title: Network: 3Com 3C905C-TXM 10/100 Ethernet Adapter, 3C900B TPC, Driver, Multi OS, Multi Language, Multi System, v. 5.21c, A03

FileName: R32523.EXE [1 MB]
Release Date: 1/8/2002
Format: Hard-Drive
Description: 3Com 3C905C-TXM 10/100 Ethernet


Release Title: Network: Intel 10/100+ Management Adapter, Driver, Windows 98, English, French, Spanish, Multi System, v. 4.1.64.0, A00
FileName: ProDrA00.EXE [682 KB]
Release Date: 9/27/2001
Format: Hard-Drive

Description: Intial Driver release for Intel 10/100+ Management Adapater on Dimension systems. Version 4.1.64.0

ftp://ftp.dell.com/network/R32523.EXE
ftp://ftp.dell.com/network/ProDrA00.EXE

 

that is very close...  I have a 4550.  Gonna look for it right now