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SMBus Controller Not Recognized by Windows*

Content Type: Troubleshooting   |   Article ID: 000005621   |   Last Reviewed: 02/05/2025

What am I seeing?
Device Manager displays an exclamation point for the SMBus controller or lists it under Other Devices.

Device Manager


How to fix it
Download and run the Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility so Windows* properly recognizes the SMBus controller.

 

Note SMBus is the System Management Bus used in personal computers and servers for low-speed, system management communications. A SMBus controller is integrated into most Intel® chipsets.

 

 

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