i have this laptop IBM thinkpad T30, and uder Device Manager there is a yellow question mark, what is it?

Question

so under my computer there is a yellow question mark with exclamation mark too, its under OTHER DEVICES, then under that there are two things: 1 is unknown device, and the 2nd is VIDEO CONTROLLER(VGA COMPATIBLE) and both of those have the yellow question marks, meaning there is a problem...

the guy i bought this from just installed a fresh windows professional operating system on it

when i go on the internet, SCROLLING up and down is NOT smooth, this is what bothers me, that i cant even play simple games online (like from addictinggames.com) but mostly the internet surfing makes me mad that its not smooth

any advice?

windows xp pro

Answer 1

Sounds like they didn't install the right video drivers.

Update video drivers.

The "unknown device" delete it from device manager and reboot, see what it finds on reboot . . . might give enough clue to find the right driver for it

Answer 2

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Answer 3

your laptop doesn't have the video driver installed, and possibly a few other drivers.

for ibm thinkpad t30 drivers go to the site bellow.