Hi Ferit & All,

Apologies... ha, ha, yes! Yes it is a Packard Bell EasyNote M5 (M5263)... sorry about that one I was a little tired when I posted to the forum... after getting home and trying to rack my brains in regards to the problem with the laptop after working a night-sift.

Still haven't sorted the problem, so I'd appreciate advice... thanks to all in advance.

The main problem that I have is that it lists in the device manager in Other devices my Multimedia Audio Controller, PCI Modem, and an Unknown device as unknown.

And it won't update the drivers for them via my XP Pro disk or via an auto-update via the internet.

So I need a little help and advice... thanks to all!!!

Regards,

Herne's Magister.