My Device Manager was showing ‘pci simple communications controller ‘ after i had reinstalled windows xp despite the fact that i had installed all the drivers.

The solution and description to this error is set out below;

Initially, i thought this was an issue with the modem so i downloaded the most recent version but this did not work.
After going through  the various different devices from the Dell Download page, i eventually realised that the problem was the PCMCIA Cardbus Adapter. 

It was down in the device manager as okay but it said ‘Generic Cardbus Adapter’

To resolve, just go to your manufacturers driver download page and download the correct drivers. In my case, it was the Dell Texas Instruments Driver.

I Hope you too have Found a Fix!