SM Bus Controller driver

[PrairieDawg]

umm ....not enough information. What motherboard make/model ? Sounds like you are missing the drivers for your system. Go to hp website and input model number from your pc in the "downloads" area.

[kjames8034]

Have a hp pavillion a330n w/AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 2.16 GHz system. I've been on the hp site and nothing works. What can i do?

[PrairieDawg]

Assuming you are using XP then this page should have all you need: Software & Driver downloads*HP Pavilion a330n Desktop PC .

Under the "original drivers" heading grab the chipset drivers and the network adapter drivers. You may also want/need some of the other drivers such as the updated audio driver near the top of the list as well as nVidia graphics driver.

Looks like if you are going to try to install Vista then the driver search could be slightly more difficult as we would have to find out a bit more info.

[FMFx2]

before I started a new thread about close to the same issue I'll post here.

System:

WinXP Home SP3
Asus M2A-VM mobo w/ AMD 590G/ATI SB600 chipset
AMD64 X2 4600+

My system is showing my SM Bus Controller driver to not be installed. I recently encountered a problem with USB mass storage devices after I removed an unresponsive U3 drive. Now whenever I plug in and attempt to access any USB mass storage devices like a camera, thumb drive or iPod the system locks up and forces a reboot. I'm not entirely sure what the SM Bus is for other than low-bandwidth communication and I assumed that meant USB devices and the like. I tried to reinstall my chipset drivers from the mobo support CD but it hangs/locks on the install splash screen. I'm fuggin' stumped :(

[Lsdmeasap]

That is your issue, it is in the chipset drivers. You should download a new one from Asus's site and try again.

If it keeps giving you issues, try in safe mode

[FMFx2]

measap, I tried it in safe mode and it gave me a "please install a universal VGA driver first" error during the install. BUT, it didn't hang at the splash screen like it had before. I assume it's exactly what it sounds like but where would I get one for my M2A-VM mobo. I'm running all the graphics through an 8500GT, btw.

Would reformatting this drive and starting with a fresh windows install cure this problem? I'm not beyond it right now but I'd certainly like to fix it before it came to that.

[Lsdmeasap]

Hmm, do you have your Nvidia Driver installed? If so, do you have a onboard graphics chip? If you do be sure this is disabled in the BIOS and in Device manager.

Ya, if nothing else a clean install would help for sure. Install the chipset package right after windows install before any other drivers

[J_K_O]

This is a multiple problem. But one that includes the sm bus controller.

My laptop - Toshiba Equium p300-16t - came preinstalled with Windows Vista Home Premium. Due to boot problems I reformatted, repartitioned:O and reinstalled the OS but with Windows XP proffesional.

Now I have no sound, except for a beep which appears for errors. There is no sound device as well being found and there DEFINATELY is a sound device. The laptop has hardly been moved so harware should be fine

I am not sure whether this is linked to the SM Bus controller but Im starting to think they are. The mass storage controller is also not working.

Belkin analysis

>Operating System
System Model Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3, v.3264 (build 2600)
TOSHIBA EQUIUM P300 PSPC2E-003003KS
System Serial Number: 58473178W
Enclosure Type: Notebook Processor ^a
Main Circuit Board ^b 1.73 gigahertz Intel Pentium Dual
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Board: TOSHIBA EQUIUM P300
Serial Number: 58473178W
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: TOSHIBA V3.60 07/16/2008 Drives
Memory Modules ^c,d 200.04 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
191.41 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T40N [CD-ROM drive]
HUAWEI Mass Storage USB Device [CD-ROM drive]

TOSHIBA MK2046GSX [Hard drive] (200.05 GB) -- drive 0
2040 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'M1' has 1024 MB (serial number 1234-B0)
Slot 'M2' has 1024 MB (serial number 1234-B1)
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0)	50.02 GB	42.24 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0)	50.02 GB	49.23 GB free
e: (NTFS on drive 0)	50.02 GB	49.95 GB free
f: (FAT32 on drive 0)	49.98 GB	49.98 GB free

Network Drives
None detected Users (mouse over user name for details)
Printers

local user accounts	last logon
John	11/10/2008 23:11:37	(admin)
local system accounts
Administrator	never	(admin)
Guest	never
HelpAssistant	never
SUPPORT_388945a0	never

Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account
None detected Controllers
Display Intel(R) ICH8M 3 port Serial ATA Storage Controller - 2828
Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family [Display adapter] (2x)
LPL 17.2 [Monitor] (17.2"vis) Bus Adapters
Multimedia Mass Storage Controller
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2830
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2831
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2832
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2834
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2835
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 2836
Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 283A
None detected Communications
Other Devices HUAWEI Mobile Connect - 3G Modem

1394 Net Adapter
Marvell Yukon 88E8040T PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
	Dhcp Server:	none responded
	Physical Address:	00:1E:68:68:CE:E1
Realtek RTL8187B Wireless 802.11b/g 54Mbps USB 2.0 Network Adapter
primary	Auto IP Address:	10.0.0.6 / 24
	Gateway:	10.0.0.2
	Dhcp Server:	10.0.0.2
	Physical Address:	00:16:44:D3:1D:D6
Networking Dns Servers:		10.0.0.2 4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4

OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Microsoft AC Adapter
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
USB Video Device
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
USB Composite Device (2x)
USB Mass Storage Device
USB Root Hub (7x)

[Lsdmeasap]

Give me a link to the page of your system, Alot of laptops that are shipped with vista, may or may not have XP compatible hardware

But either way, you will need to go check directly at the Toshiba site to see about drivers as the ones you have on CD will not work for XP likely.

Did you install the Intel chipset drivers yet? If not, go here and get that installed first. Direct Toshiba link for your board from the list edited in below >>>
http://support1.toshiba-tro.de/tedd-...0528154552.zip


*EDIT*

Found your exact boards driver page, go here and fill out the details and choose XP and get your drivers. 36 are listed for XP, I suggest you install the chipset one above first. Then you can get your sound drivers, which are there >>>
Toshiba - Download Files

[J_K_O]

Good News I have fixed the sound by installing a Microsft hotfix and more importantly the first linked worked!!
Bad news: off topic my scsi and raid controllers still has an unknown mass storage controller

Thanx Lsdmeasap