Driver Help & Troubleshooting
Install problems, rollbacks, conflicts and driver discussions.
well, that went badly. I updated the RAID driver on my work laptop, rebooted, and now its this: Over and over. Safe Mode also crashes. The update was the P43R1600Twins 110dB Bios 1.40 for DOS package from ASRock. The BIOS still sees the drive, so Im hoping…
ok weird one okay, i feel dumb, but Im stuck at step one. trying dual booting on my freshly built PC... windows setup shows no drives, i downloaded 970DE3/U3S3 Bios from ASRock on another computer, but its an EXE, not smth the installer can use... how do i…
Long story short: my ultrabook wakes up by itself at night after the N51Vn Bios update. the battery is suffering, and so am I. I tried disabling hibernation and re enabling it, but that changed nothing. what tools can tell me which device or driver is…
this is sooo frustrating... im trying to update the graphics driver on my home built tower, and the official installer fails immediately: "Not compatible with this version of Windows." Windows Update says Im fully up to date, the Catalyst Radeon Display…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts i downloaded ECS V10IL VGA Driver 0805, the download page clearly lists Windows XP, and I'm on one of those. I ran the custom install option on my gaming laptop and got this: It says the driver isn't compatible with this…
ugh. okay, I feel dumb, but Im stuck at step one. Trying replacing the SSD on my freshly built PC. Windows setup shows no drives. I downloaded H61M GE Bios from ASRock on another computer, but its an EXE, not something teh installer can use. How do I get teh…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts front audio on my home built tower died after a driver update... rear audio is totally fine. i tried two different headphones, both work in the rear port and on my phone lmao the vendor audio app used to show a little…
ugh. quick poll: do you update firmware on peripherals like a webcam? 🙏 the MV43V/N USB 2.0 Driver app has an update, but the release notes are vague, my main fear is losing settings... is that a realsitic concern, or am I overthinking it? id love to hear…
help!! ive built and set up a few PCs, and Ive never been sure about chipset drivers. On my gaming rig after a new motherboard, Device Manager shows no unknown devices. Is there still a reason to install X58B A2(V1.0) Bios 09/02/12? Are there specific…
so annoyed rn question for peripheral nerds: for custom DPI on a headset, do you keep teh vendor software installed? ive had issues with Logitech apps after updates before, so Im tempted to set things once and remove teh software... is that realistic, or do…
USB device not recognized. It's a USB microphone, and it was fine until the Pro Type Keyboard Driver update. Device Manager shows Device Descriptor Request Failed. i've tried rebooting and a few different ports. Sometimes it works for a moment then…
long time lurker first post lol i work on a 4K screen next to a 1080p one all day, and today was unbearable. flicker, flicker, flicker on teh secondary screen. The Mobility Catalyst Display Drivers 11.3 Vista/7 32 bit update went in last night. Ive tried…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my USB microphone is gone, not muted, gone. the browser lists no microphones, and Sound settings agrees. This started after the audio driver update from Creative. Output works fine, i can hear everything, which makes it…
I work on a 4K screen next to a 1080p one all day, and today was unbearable. Flicker, flicker, flicker on the secondary screen. The DisplayPort Firmware Update Tool update went in last night. I've tried swapping DisplayPort and HDMI and moving the monitors…
okay, i feel dumb, but Im stuck at step one. Trying a clean install on my new laptop. Windows setup shows no drievs. i downloaded Rapid Storage Technology RST Driver and User Interface from Intel on another computer, but it's an EXE, not something the…
im literally losing my mind here my home built PC wont boot after a firmware update. the update was going fine until the screen stayed black... i waited a long time before touching anything, then finally turned it off, now it powers on but shows nothing,…
hmmmm ok i installed teh NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Driver 390.77 update last night and this morning my gaming desktop looked like this in teh browser: little colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of the screen goes green for a moment. it…
ugh. im genuinely confused. Picture on my AV receiver is great, but sound comes out of teh laptop speakers only. It started right after the NVIDIA driver update. Ive checked the volume mixer, default device, everything I know of. Theres simply no HDMI output…
okay, help me do this properly. my home built PC has stuttering in every game after a NVIDIA update and Ive decided to go back to the previous driver. ive downloaded DDU and teh older package... what exactly do i do, in what order, and how do i stop Windows…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts since installing ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Champion Bios 1.20, the USB ports on my home built PC randomly stop working. a webcam disconnects, teh Windows disconnect sound plays, and then nothing in that port works until I…
I was a BIOS reset, and the guide told me to switch teh storage mode in teh BIOS from RAID to AHCI. I did it, saved, rebooted, and got this: INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE. i swicthed it back to RAID and Windows boots again, phew. but i still need AHCI for what Im…
i work on a laptop plus an external mnoitor all day, and today was unbearable. flicker, flicker, flicker on the secondary screen. the Quadro NVS Tesla GRID Graphics Driver update went in last night, ive tried swapping DisplayPort and HDMI and moving teh…
hmmmm ok i installed ASRock K10N78 Bios 1.00 on my work laptop because the support page listed it as recommended 🙏 The installer finished, asked for a reboot, and since then i get this every signle time: it goes to the blue screen, collects info, restarts,…
ok so i'm losing this fight with my own computer... stutetring in every game since teh Z77 Extreme4 VGA Driver update. I tried Device Manager rollback (greyed out), uninstall via Settings (it came back), and installing teh older package over the top…
im literally losing my mind here well, that went badly. I updated teh chipset package on my gaming desktop, rebooted, and now its this: over and over, safe Mode also crashes, the update was the Application Accelerator package from Intel, the BIOS still sees…
