"Other Devices" Yellow Question Marks

In my quest to get sound on my computer, I have noticed that everything under my "Other Devices" tab under "Device Manager" has the yellow question marks beside them. I have a "Biometric Coprocessor" "Network Controller" "SM Bus Controller" and a "Unknown Device" tab listed here. Should I be concerned about these? And, if so, is this another driver issue like the sound was? Thanks for your time and here are my specifics.
MS Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3
CPU
Intel Core Duo T2700 @ 2.33GHz 54 °C
Yonah 65nm Technology
RAM
2.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MHz (5-5-5-15)
Motherboard
LENOVO 20088DU (None) 57 °C
Graphics
Plug and Play Monitor (1400x1050@60Hz)
512MB ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5200 (Lenovo)
Hard Drives
98GB Hitachi HTS721010G9SA00 (SATA) 33 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4083N
Audio
SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio
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This table might help you.
You also can try to identify the device in the device manager on the "Details" - tab of each device in the "Device instance ID".
If there is an ID like "PCI\VEN_yyyy&DEV_xxxx..." input the "xxxx" in the right imput field on www.pcidatabase.com
In the result list compare the "yyyy" (above) with the VEN-ID and then you have found the device name.
Other/similar "Device instance ID" starting with "USB..." or "ACPI" you will find in the table i've linked above.
The drivers you will find here
Have success.
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