Device Unknown Problem

When I plug my computer, I get a message saying 'Unknown Device' I tried to find a driver but could not find one that helped. If anyone knows what is going on, please help.

Hi
Did I understand this correctly?
You have restored the A500 to the factory settings using the Toshiba recovery procedure and the unknown devices still appears in the device manager?
Thats strange because the Recover disk should set the notebook back to the same state like at the first day of purchase. So usually the unknown devices should not appear and all drivers should be installed properly.
However, I found an interesting and in my eyes useful HowTo document which should help you to find out which drivers are missing in your case.
+How to identify an unknown device (e.g. Wireless LAN module)?+
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/ann.jspa?annID=78

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