Driver Help & Troubleshooting
Install problems, rollbacks, conflicts and driver discussions.
code 10 on the audio device and i'm stuck. It started after waking from sleep. My gaming desktop used to have perfectly normal sound. Now theres a red X on teh speaker icon and Sound settings says no output devices found. Ive reinstalled HD ALC 880 Audio…
ugh. every guide for adding a second SSD says AHCI. my desktop came configured with RAID mode and the Z87 G45 Gaming Motherboard Drivers storage driver. Thats what happens if i just flip the switch. i dont want to reinstall Windows if i can avoid it. Whats…
long time lurker first post lol after installing Gigabyte VIA K8M800 VGA Driver 16.95.0402 Ive had the control panel wont open on my home built PC. Fine, Ill just roll it back. Except teh Roll Back Driver button is greyed out, and when i uninstalled it…
help!! after installing Intel Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset Family Graphics Driver 14.20 Ive had random driver crashes on my prebuilt tower. fine, Ill just roll it back. except the Roll Back Driver button is greyed out, and when i uninstalled it Windows…
Getting DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED in a flight sim, and now in a second game too, which makes me think its not a game problem. timeline: installed i830/i845/i852/i855/i865 Certified (Windows 2000/XP) from Intel, crashes started teh same night... i tried…
so annoyed rn i start work by connecting an OpenVPN client, since yesterdays Intel Dual Band Wireless Bluetooth Driver 19.80.0 update, it either fails to connect or connects and then nothing loads... internet without teh VPN is fine. the client shows smth…
Every time Im in a racing sim, somewhere around loading into a match, the game freezes and closes with this: the error text mentions DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED... the graphics card is obviously still in teh PC. this only started after i installed AMD Catalyst…
Since updating the graphics driver my monitor with speakers gets no audio over HDMI at all. I tried another HDMI cable, another port, and restarting teh monitor with speakers. in Sound settings the HDMI device doesnt even appear, and in Device Manager I dont…
so annoyed rn i wanted to do upgrading teh drive on my new laptop. Made a Windows USB stick, booted it, clicked through to the disk selection screen and got this: no drives at all.. 🔥 the BIOS clearly shows the NVMe SSD with its correct model and size, ive…
So this is new. Artifacts in 3D apps, and only since updating Catalyst Display Driver from AMD. ive alreday rebooted three times. they dont show up on the BIOS screen as far as I can tell, only once Windows loads. is that a meaningful clue? im happy to run…
guys pls help short version: Graphics Driver wont install. Longer vresion: my prebuilt desktop came with a manufactruer customized graphics driver... i watned the newer one from NVIDIA directly. Every installer i try says its incompatible with my Windows. Is…
im literally losing my mind here i was waking the monitor from standby on my home built tower when teh whole screen just went black. Audio kept going for a second, then stuttered, then the picture came back with a little notification that the display drievr…
ugh. after installing AMD Radeon Crimson Edition Graphics Driver 17.3.1 Hotfix Ive had random driver crashes on my prebuilt tower... fine, Ill just roll it back... except teh Roll Back Driver button is greyed out, and when I uninstalled it Windows put a…
guys pls help every few hours my desktop loses a keyboard, and the USB port stops responding. Im on the Surface Pro 4 Firmware and Drivers April package from Microsoft. Ive seen ppl mention USB selective suspend, power management, and chipset drivers ;) Id…
ok weird one i was watching a video in teh browser on my home built tower when the whole screen just went black... audio kept going for a second, then stuttered, then the picture came back with a little notification that the display driver had stopped…
Controller woes. My third party gamepad isn't working in a racing game or anything else since the Razer driver update. It used to be plug and play. i've tried restarting, reinstalling the game, and plugging directly into the PC. i'm out of ideas. i've heard…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts im losing this fight with my own computer. the control panel wont open since the Radeon Adrenalin Edition Graphics Driver 18.11.2 Hotfix update. I tried Device Manager rollback (greyed out), uninstall via Settings (it…
ugh. i start work by connecting an OpenVPN client. since yesterday's EVGA X58 E762 Network Driver 11.23.3.3 update, it either fails to connect or connects and then nothing loads. internet without the VPN is fine. the client shows something like this: IT says…
im literally losing my mind here every time Im in a racing sim, somewhere around loading into a match, the game freezes and closes with this: the error text mentions DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED. the graphics card is obviously still in the PC. this only started…
long time lurker first post lol short version: ATI Graphics Driver wont install. longer version: my home built tower came with a manufacturer customized graphics driver. i wanted the newer one from ASUS directly. every installer i try says its incompatible…
ugh. flickering secondary monitor since the ASUS update. Details: a 4K screen next to a 1080p one. It goes black for a mmoent, comes back, sometimes the windows jump to the main screen. I've rebooted plenty. I'd love a checklist rather than random tips,…
My gaming desktop is in a blue screen loop and I know exactly what caused it: installing the storage controller driver. the drive shows up in BIOS with its correct name and size. winodws recovery opens, but System Restore says there are no restore points,…
ive built and set up a few PCs, and Ive never been suree about chpiset drivers... on my prebuilt deskotp after a clean Windows install, Device Manager shows no unknown devices... is there still a reason to install P45R2000 Bios 1.50 for DOS?? 😭 are there…
ok so my small office server is in a blue screen loop and i know exactly what caused it: installing the SATA driver. The drive shows up in BIOS with its correct name and size. Windows recovery opens, but System Restore says there are no restore points, which…
Firmware update nightmare. I was updating the desktop's BIOS using the X48TurboTwins WiFi Bios package from ASRock. Then it rebooted twice. Since then, black screen. I'm reasonably technical but I've never had to recover a BIOS. Is this repairable at home?…
