what is this device?

[Suppersupport]

specs are 

core 2 duo

6gb RAM

the only thing connected to pci is the network adapter which is working.

[RobFRaschke]

Onboard Serial/parallel port?

[Falcon1986]

9 minutes ago, The King of the Undead said:

specs are 

core 2 duo

6gb RAM

the only thing connected to pci is the network adapter which is working.

While connected to the internet, right click on PCI Serial Port and select 'Update Driver' > 'Search Automatically' or 'Search for updated driver on Windows Update'.

 

If the correct drivers are installed, it will be identified afterward.

[Suppersupport]

5 minutes ago, RobFRaschke said:

Onboard Serial/parallel port?

sorry. apariently reading is hard.

[RobFRaschke]

1 minute ago, The King of the Undead said:

sorry. apariently reading is hard.

There's no guarantee that the second one is the parallel port, but I'd wager they're on the same controller. I was around when these were all new systems, and had this problem a lot especially migrating from XP to Win7 on these systems back in the day, so I imagine Win10 is doing a similar or the same detection.

[Applefreak]

Could also be Intel's Management Engine, it needs a separate driver. Try disabling it in bios.

[Suppersupport]

4 hours ago, RobFRaschke said:

There's no guarantee that the second one is the parallel port, but I'd wager they're on the same controller. I was around when these were all new systems, and had this problem a lot especially migrating from XP to Win7 on these systems back in the day, so I imagine Win10 is doing a similar or the same detection.

It has a parellel and a serial port because it old.