update for - STMicroelectronics - Other hardware - STMicroelectronics 3-Axis Digital Accelerometer.

[BEH]

I very recently received an update notification re:
STMicroelectronics - Other hardware - STMicroelectronics 3-Axis Digital Accelerometer.

Before I accept the install, does anyone have an idea of whether I should ? I have no idea what the install will do...
The notification msg reads in part - 'We need to do a separate installation to complete the update..."
I am running Windows 10 - 1607 and as far as I know I'm uptodate...

thanks

 

[Tim Locke]

You have one of these? Perhaps built in to a laptop? (to park the disk drive if you drop it. Some IBM and HP laptops used to have such a thing) Unless you know for sure you might care to see if such a device is in device manager.

 

[BEH]

Hi Tom... any idea what I should look for ? I see one unknown device - 'on PCI Express Root Complex' which
doesn't have a driver and the mfg is unknown as well... other than that I've flying blind... my laptop is a 5 yr old Dell..
I have no idea whay this is popping up now... is there any way to perm. bypass this update ?
thanks

 

[Tim Locke]

This is coming via Windows update right? Not by an email of something. If the latter I'd ignore it. If it is via Windows then maybe. STMicroelectronics have a website with a support page and a page where you could ask them what it is and what is doing in your machine. I think I'd do that.

They make these things quite specifically for mobile electronics.