How to find vendor and model of unknown drivers
Use PCI database (online website)
- go to the device manager
- open the properties of the unknown device
- click on
details → Hardware IDs
- extract the vendor ID and the device ID like shown in the screenshot
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search on the PCI database for the vender and database ID.
The database is regularly updated by users. Scroll down Intel's page as an example.
The results will show a driver name which can be googled
Use Unknown Devices (portable offline tool)
The portable tool even shows old drivers which are normally only visible if you type SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
in an elevated CMD prompt before opening the device manager.
Use DriverIdentifier (offline tool with online database)
Install it or extract it with UniExtract if you need a portable version. It will scan your drivers and compare them with its online database.