Sm Bus Controller Driver Windows 7 For Dell

Sm bus controller is part of your chipset drivers (mainly an.inf file). Put in your mainboard driver disc.right click on the 'sm bus controller'.and click on update driver.point it to your mainboard driver disc. This page contains the driver installation download for SM Bus Controller in supported models (OptiPlex 3010) that are running a supported operating system. SM Bus Controller Driver for Dell - OptiPlex 3010 working on Microsoft Windows 7 Professional. Device Name: SM Bus Controller.

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After you upgrade or roll back your operating system, a yellow exclamation point displays next to SM Bus Controller in Windows Device Manager. A Cannot Install this Hardware message might also display.
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This document pertains to a problem with the driver for the SM Bus Controller. If you are looking for driver downloads, see Obtaining Software and Drivers.
When you upgrade or change Windows to another version, the drivers for the chipset might not install correctly. This causes Windows Device Manager to display the problem with SM Bus Controller.
Figure : Exclamation point next to SM Bus Controller in Device Manager
Follow these steps to resolve the issue.
  1. Make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet.
    • Windows 7 and Windows Vista - Click Start , and then type Device Manager into the into the Start field. Click Device Manager from the search results.
    • Windows XP - Click Start, right-click My Computer, click Properties, select the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.
  2. Click the plus sign next to System Devices, and then find the SM Bus Controller entry.
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    If you do not see an SM Bus Controller entry, your computer does not have an SM Bus Controller or it is not recognizing the controller. Restart the computer and perform these steps again. If you still do not see an SM Bus Controller entry, your computer does not have an SM Bus Controller.
  3. Right-click SM Bus Controller, and then select Update Driver. Follow the instructions to update the driver software.
    • If these steps resolved the issue, you do not need to continue troubleshooting.
    • If the computer did not find or install the correct driver, continue with the next step.
    • Windows 7 and Windows Vista - Click Start , and then type dxdiag into the into the Start field. Click dxdiag or dxdiag.exe from the search results.
    • Windows XP: Click Start, click Run, type dxdiag in the Open text box, and then press Enter.
  4. Click the Display tab.
  5. Find your chipset information in the Device section.
    Figure : Chipset information in the DirectX Diagnostic Tool
  6. Open a Web browser window, and then navigate to a Web search page, such as Google or Yahoo.
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    Check the Related Links section of this document for links to some of the most common chipset manufacturers' Web sites.
  7. Type the full name of your chipset in the search text field, and then press Enter. Use the search results to go to the official Web page of the chipset manufacturer. Browse to the driver download page, and then follow the manufacturer's instructions to download and install the drivers for your chipset.

Sometimes, after you upgrade your Window 7 system to Windows 10 or update Windows 10 system version, your SM Bus Controller will show a yellow exclamation below other devices tree, it is not recognized by your system. And the code error is 28.

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What is SM Bus Controller?

In computer, the SM Bus is short for System Management Bus. In the motherboard, the SM Bus Controller is used to control devices which are on the motherboard and gather the information of these devices. It can provide bus control for system and power management and also monitor motherboard’s voltage and temperature. Normally it is integrated into Intel, AMD and NVIDIA chipset.

There are 3 methods you can do to solve the SM Bus out of work issue, and the main solution is updating drivers.

Method 1: Directly Install SM Bus Controller Drivers

Step 1: Enter device manager.

Step 2: Locate to SM Bus controller after you expand the other devices tree.

Step 3: Right-click it and choose Update Driver Software to update it.

Sometimes, windows can install and update the driver fast. And in device manager, the yellow exclamation will disappear, you can find the SM Bus Controller in system devices tree.

But some people will get this error when Windows install SMBus Controller.

If you had this error: Windows was unable to install your SM Bus Controller, it means windows could not find driver software for your device. You can use next methods to help you fix it.

Method 2: Automatically Download SM Bus Controller Driver

For the automatic way, you need to download Driver Doctor to help you. Driver Doctor is a professional PC driver tool. It can fix driver issue for Windows 1, 8, 7, Vista and XP system fast and easy.

After you download this tool, follow the installation prompts to install it and double click to run it.

Step 1: Click Scan Now button.

And you will see the hardware devices process like this.

After the scan was finished, you will see the scanning result.

Step 2: Click Get Drivers.

Step 3: Click Download All.

After you finished downloading all the drivers including the SMBus controller drivers, you can install them one by one.

Method 3: Manually Download and Update SM Bus Controller Drivers

This way will take your time and drain your energy. But it can also help you to solve the SM Bus Controller not working problem.

Whatever model of desktop or laptop you are using, you can try to download the SM Bus Controller drivers from the official site. Here are two popular tutorials about manufacturers manual way to download drivers : how to manually download dell drivers and how to manually download Acer drivers.

Besides of downloading from the official site, there is another manual way you can do. We have mentioned it is integrated into chipset before, so if we know the chipset type, we can download it directly.

Here you can use Windows application DirectX Diagnostic Tool to check the chipset type. DirectX Diagnostic Tool reports detailed information about DirectX components and drivers which is installed on your system.

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Sm Bus Controller Driver Windows 7 For Dell Laptop

Step 1: Open DirectX Diagnostic Tool.

Type dxdiag in Search Box, and click dxdiag to run this command.

Then click Yes to open DirectX Diagnostic Tool.

Sm Bus Controller Driver Windows 7 For Dell Computer

Step 2: View Chipset Type.

From here, we can see the chip type is Intel(R) HD Graphics Family. So you can enter the Intel chipset drivers download center to download this chipset driver. Also, you can download Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility to help you install the SMBus Controller driver. Of course, for the AMD chipset and NVIDIA chipset, you can also download from the official site.

Sm Bus Controller Driver Windows 7 Dell Optiplex 7010

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