How to identify an unknown device (e.g. Wireless LAN module)?

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  2. Now you will see a List of Devices with the PNP device ID and the suitable Error Code.
     
     
     
     
  3. To identify the device, we need the "Vendor ID (VEN_xxxx)" (1) and the "Device ID (DEV_xxxx)" (2) which are contained in the PNP Device ID
     
     
     
     
  4. In this example, the Vendor ID (VEN_xxxx) is "10EC" and the Device ID (DEV_xxxx) is "8172"
     
     
     
• How to identify an unknown device with the Vendor ID and/or the Device ID
  
  In this example, we use the website www.pcidatabase.com, to identify our unknown device.
  
  
  
  1. Open your webbrowser and go to www.pcidatabase.com