acpi pnpb02f unknown device

I have spent a lot of time (too much) trying to solve the very annoying ACPI\PNPB02F Unknown device issue which asks me to scan the computer for a solution everytime I boot. This seems to be an issue I share with many other users.
I have noticed that my pocket pc usb cradle is stopped if I delete this item in the device manager, yet it appears from other threads that this is an issue with midi ports or game ports etc.
Does anyone have any idea what can be done?

The audio driver is probably providing only basic functionality. Check the manufacturer's website from time to time for updated drivers for Vista.
"Copenhagen" wrote in message

I have spent a lot of time (too much) trying to solve the very annoying ACPI\PNPB02F Unknown device issue which asks me to scan the computer for a solution everytime I boot. This seems to be an issue I share with many other users.
I have noticed that my pocket pc usb cradle is stopped if I delete this item in the device manager, yet it appears from other threads that this is an issue with midi ports or game ports etc.
Does anyone have any idea what can be done?

I wonder if the issue has to do with a specific motherboard, chipset or a specific audio device.
I have a VIA KT600 chipset on a K7VT4APro asrock mainboard with a Via VT8233/A AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller.

I keep telling you that the PNPB02F is a joystick port on a Creative audio device. Do a Google search on PNPB02F and see.
"Copenhagen" wrote in message

I wonder if the issue has to do with a specific motherboard, chipset or a specific audio device.
I have a VIA KT600 chipset on a K7VT4APro asrock mainboard with a Via VT8233/A AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller.

I've got one too!! Not Creative, but definitely a gameport device with no drivers. I disabled the bugger.
-- Jane, not plain ;) 64bit enabled ;) Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;) "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

I keep telling you that the PNPB02F is a joystick port on a Creative audio device. Do a Google search on PNPB02F and see.
"Copenhagen" wrote in message I wonder if the issue has to do with a specific motherboard, chipset or a specific audio device.
I have a VIA KT600 chipset on a K7VT4APro asrock mainboard with a Via VT8233/A AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller.

Personally I don't care if my Device Manager isn't squeaky clean of yellow bangs, but I guess disabling the thing works too.
"Jane C" wrote in message

I've got one too!! Not Creative, but definitely a gameport device with no drivers. I disabled the bugger.
-- Jane, not plain ;) 64bit enabled ;) Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;) "Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message I keep telling you that the PNPB02F is a joystick port on a Creative audio device. Do a Google search on PNPB02F and see.
"Copenhagen" wrote in message I wonder if the issue has to do with a specific motherboard, chipset or a specific audio device.
I have a VIA KT600 chipset on a K7VT4APro asrock mainboard with a Via VT8233/A AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

I keep telling you that the PNPB02F is a joystick port on a Creative audio device. Do a Google search on PNPB02F and see.

Not me....must be someone else you have told about that.
And, I don't have any Creative audio device, just an onboard Via VT8233/A AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller.
Disabling it or deleting it is not an option (I ahve tried numerous ways of doing that) as it stops my Pocket PC USB cradle from working for some reason.

Colin: Not quite a sound card problem. I have an SB Live 24-bit which doesn't have a game/midi combination port. That port is on the ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard which as an Realtek audio chipset. Notwithstanding it seems that the port is related to the mobo rather than Realtek because they supply no driver for it, even on Windows x86. On my dual boot Windows XP x86 installation the driver for both ports are from Microsoft. Also on the BIOS setup there are different entries for disabling the audio chipset and the ports, as if they were indepentent from each other. I also don't care about those 2 remaining question marks in Device Manager in Vista. I might just disable the ports on the BIOS and that should do it. Carlos
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

I keep telling you that the PNPB02F is a joystick port on a Creative audio device. Do a Google search on PNPB02F and see.
"Copenhagen" wrote in message I wonder if the issue has to do with a specific motherboard, chipset or a specific audio device.
I have a VIA KT600 chipset on a K7VT4APro asrock mainboard with a Via VT8233/A AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller.

WOW!!!! You are right!!! This solved the issue!
I had tried installing a game port driver but found that on the builin list of device that coudl eb isntalled manually when New Hardware wasn't able to install something, the category that included Game Ports actually didn't have a Game Port driver.
So, with the tip you gave here I went to the Bios setup and disabled the Motherbaord's built in Game Port (which I never use) and VOILA the issue is solevd and everythign works now!!!!!
They apparently forgot to include a Game Port driver for ACPI\PNPB02F !
Should be pretty easy to fix on the next update.
"Carlos" wrote:

Colin: it seems that the port is related to the mobo rather than Realtek because they supply no driver for it, even on Windows x86. On my dual boot Windows XP x86 installation the driver for both ports are from Microsoft. Also on the BIOS setup there are different entries for disabling the audio chipset and the ports, as if they were indepentent from each other. I also don't care about those 2 remaining question marks in Device Manager in Vista. I might just disable the ports on the BIOS and that should do it.