Many users have reported that they facing an issue with the Device Manager which says PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller Driver is missing.

If you found a yellow error with an exclamation sign that says the mentioned error and if you can’t find the driver, then you are just in the right place. 

We are going to provide all information about this driver and you can fix this issue on your computer by following our guide from this article.

What Is PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller Driver?

PCI means Peripheral Component Interconnection which is one kind of old local BUS of the computer. Many certain hardware devices such as network cards, sound cards, and disk controllers are used to connect to the computer using this bus.

If you are seeing a yellow exclamation error of PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller Driver, then it is because some important device such as the network card driver is disabled or missing on your computer.

Now the question is how to download this missing driver and how to fix this error on your computer? Let’s keep reading.

How to Fix Missing ‘PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller Driver’ on Windows 10

You may get worried by seeing a yellow exclamation error that one of your drivers is missing on your computer and you can’t find it on the website. But the good news is this is a very common error and it can be fixed very easily. 

You can fix this issue only by updating your drivers. Seems unbelievable? Let’s give it a try: 

Step-1: Open the web browser and go to the website to download drivers for your computer.

Step-2: Search for the Network card driver or chipset drivers of your computer. 

Step-3: Choose your operating system and click Download.

Step-4: Press the Windows key + R key simultaneously to open the Run dialogue box and type devmgmt.msc in it then click OK.

Step-5: Press the Window key + X simultaneously and select Device Manager.

Step-6: Find and expand the ‘Other devices’ and right-click on the PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller driver and then click Update driver.

Step-7: Select the option that says Browse my computer for drivers.

Step-8: On the next pop-up screen, click on Browse… and select the downloaded driver that you downloaded in the 3^rd step and click the Next button.

Step-9: Follow the further on-screen instructions to install the driver and restart your computer after completing the installation process.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Is PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller Driver?

PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller are a Base System Device Driver which allows users to interact with the hardware that is attached to the computer.

Basically, the computer collects and analyzes the data of the attached hardware through this driver. It passes the signals that come from the sensors on this hardware.

How Do I Identify an Unknown Device in Device Manager?

• First, open the Device Manager from the Winx list by Pressing the Windows key + x key simultaneously.
• Underneath the Other devices, right-click on the “Unknown Device” and click Properties.
• Then, go to the Details tab and expand the drop-down box under property and then select the Hardware Ids.
• You will find the Ids something like PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1916.

• The numbers in the red arrow in the picture are the Vendor ID, and the numbers in the green arrow are the Device ID.
• You can copy and paste on the search bar of the following website to find the Vendor and the Device:

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/home.aspx

• Here will provide a list that includes the name of the driver. Thus you can identify an unknown driver on your computer.

Do The PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller Driver Necessary?

A computer works as a system that involves both hardware and software. As hardware cannot connect to the computer without software, the software also cannot work properly without hardware. Both the hardware and software depend on and interact with each other. 

Similarly, a driver also needed to function as hardware properly. The Peripheral Component Interconnection (PCI) drivers are also used to transfer the signals from the hardware to a computer. So, some crucial hardware such as network cards, sound cards, chipset, etc. may not work properly if any of the PCI drivers is missing on your computer. 

So, it is best to fix the PCI driver missing error as soon as possible.

Conclusion

A yellow exclamation mark beside the PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller Driver in the Device Manager can make you worried a little bit because there is something wrong with the driver. As there is no specification for this driver so you can’t find it on the website without a hardware ID. But we hope you have found the solution to this problem quite easy to apply from this article.

Don’t hesitate to ask further queries or give your opinion in the comment section below. We will surely try to give you the best solutions.