not able to get drivers for "PCI Simple Communication controller" for Laptop HP 15 r205TU -- SOLVED

[alivehunter]

I bought a Laptop HP 15 r205TU
model no: K8U05PA

I downloaded and installed all the drivers listed on the HP website for this model no.
although there was a lots of confusion about which driver being applicable for my lappy.. I downloaded all the listed ones.

most of the drivers got installed from these with some giving error saying not aplicable for this laptop.
Some home I was not able to find and install the WIFI drivers.

I searched a lot on internet.. can came to a conclusion that I was not alone with this confusion... so I kept my search on for the wifi drivers ...
(all thanks to HP to make things so complicated.... to search and install drivers for branded laptop.)

finally got a link to lenovo website for the wifi drivers of HP Laptop. (someone has posted this link)
to my luck .. this got installed and worked perfect.

but still there was one thing named "PCI Simple Communication controller" under Other Devices for which I was not able to figure out the drivers... refer image attached for my device ,manager

Pls help me locate this and its drivers.

 

[Constantine Yevseyev]

Hi! The driver you're looking for is actually a software package called "Intel Management Engine Interface Software". You can download the latest official release from Intel's website (https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24500/Intel-ME-10-Management-Engine-Driver-for-Intel-NUC), or you can try this beta (http://station-drivers.com/index.ph...ine-Interface-(MEI)-Version-11.0.0.1133-Beta/). Note that the second link leads to the package "extracted" from one of the OEM distribution channels (although it doesn't bear any changes from the original 11.0 branch releases).

Edit. Hold on, I see you've got one of those new Skylake chips in your laptop. Then go for the beta first, I don't think that any MEI package older than 11.0 contains the right driver in it.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Double click on it, click on the Details tab, select Hardware Ids from the combo box, click on one of the lines in the Value box, CTRL+A to select all, and paste it in your reply.

 

[alivehunter]

Hi! The driver you're looking for is actually a software package called "Intel Management Engine Interface Software". You can download the latest official release from Intel's website (https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24500/Intel-ME-10-Management-Engine-Driver-for-Intel-NUC), or you can try this beta (http://station-drivers.com/index.ph...ine-Interface-(MEI)-Version-11.0.0.1133-Beta/). Note that the second link leads to the package "extracted" from one of the OEM distribution channels (although it doesn't bear any changes from the original 11.0 branch releases).

Edit. Hold on, I see you've got one of those new Skylake chips in your laptop. Then go for the beta first, I don't think that any MEI package older than 11.0 contains the right driver in it.

Thanks.. that was a gr8 piece of information... will install the beta today...

Double click on it, click on the Details tab, select Hardware Ids from the combo box, click on one of the lines in the Value box, CTRL+A to select all, and paste it in your reply.

will post the details today...

 

[Schmuckley]

Find out your motherboard/platform and install drivers for that.
edit:I'm not too hip on laptop stuff.

 

[alivehunter]

Hi! The driver you're looking for is actually a software package called "Intel Management Engine Interface Software". You can download the latest official release from Intel's website (https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24500/Intel-ME-10-Management-Engine-Driver-for-Intel-NUC), or you can try this beta (http://station-drivers.com/index.ph...ine-Interface-(MEI)-Version-11.0.0.1133-Beta/). Note that the second link leads to the package "extracted" from one of the OEM distribution channels (although it doesn't bear any changes from the original 11.0 branch releases).

Edit. Hold on, I see you've got one of those new Skylake chips in your laptop. Then go for the beta first, I don't think that any MEI package older than 11.0 contains the right driver in it.

thanks ..
downloaded the beta one and installed ....

 

[PeterRivera]

Hello All,
I was just facing the same issue and I found one of the blog post with complete step by step instructions, it was mentioned on one of the ecommerce site snapdeal.

A user had posted the link through which he solved the problem and it worked for me as well. here is the URL: http://www.techavin.com/hp-15-r205tu-k8u05pa-drivers-wifi-issue-solved/ hope you guys will find it useful.

Thanks.

 

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