Driver Help & Troubleshooting
Install problems, rollbacks, conflicts and driver discussions.
ok weird one my iknjet all in one now uses a driver I didnt install. the update came through Windows Update :) since then, it prints at teh wrong size. id like to go back to Stylus CX3200 Driver from Epson and make sure it stays. whats the proper way to do…
guys pls help question for the network folks: do you install network drivers from teh chip maker or from your PC maker? im looking at Sabertooth X79 Intel LAN Driver from ASUS for my home built desktop ;) my priority is low ping in games 😅 is there any real…
help!! im genuinely confused. picture on my AV receiver is great, but sound comes out of the laptop speakers only. it started right after the NVIDIA driver update. ive checked the volume mixer, default dveice, everything i know of. theres simply no HDMI…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts i sat down to join a call this morning and my home built tower was completely silent. no sound from teh a soundbar, no startup chime, nothing. the speaker icon has a red X and Sound settings says there are no output…
windows setup cant see my SSD on a new laptop. The installer just shows an empty list and a "Load driver" button. I'm doing a clean install, so the drive is supposed to be wiped anyway. BIOS detects it fine. I read about Intel VMD and RST, and that some…
ok so my Wi Fi is gone. Not disconnected, gone. After a Windows update, the 2 in 1 no longer shows any wireless options. Ive tried rebooting, teh network troubleshooter, and checking airplane mode. Nothing. Since i cant get online, every fix i find online…
after installing Dell XPS M1730 Ageia PhysX Processor Driver A00 Ive had the control panel wont open on my gaming desktop. fine, Ill just roll it back. except the Roll Back Driver button is greyed out, and when i uninstalled it Windows put a driver back on…
Three black screens tonight, all while running a 3D benchmark. The third time it didnt recover and i had to hold teh power button. the gaming laptop is about two years old... i updated to Adrenalin 2023 Edition Graphics Driver 23.3.1 because a game asked me…
I have a mechanical keyboard that works fine without any software, but the Logitech MouseWare MX 900/1000 app adds macros. the app runs at startup and sometimes updates itself. some people configure everything, save to on board memory, and uninstall the app.…
long time lurker first post lol two hours of troubleshooting and my headset mic is still invisible to Windows. what Ive tried: unplugging, other ports, teh sound troubleshooter, reinstalling teh streaming software, the AC 97 ALC650 Audio CODECs Driver update…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my setup is a 4K screen next to a 1080p one, and its been rock solid, since isntalling AMD Mobility Catalyst Display Drivers 11.1 Vista/7 32 bit , one of the screens randomly blinks black for a split second. sometimes…
Mixed use PC here: half and half. Can someone who has tried both branches share their expreience? Id love to hear whether it made a real difference for streaming and gaming or whether its mostly marketing. i am not chasing benchmark numbers. i mostly want…
two hours of troubleshooting and my XLR mic through an interface is still invisible to Windows. what i've tried: unplugging, other ports, teh sound troubleshooter, reinstalling the video call app. the Realtek AC97 Audio Driver update is the only change on…
help!! after the Samsung SN B043A Firmware SB00 update, my home built PC became painfully slow, opening teh Start menu takes ages, and apps freeze for seconds at a time, task Manager shows this: The NVMe SSD sits at 100% active time, with barely any read or…
ok so printer software question: for ink level alerts, do u install the full vendor suite or just the basic driver? My photo printer works with the Windows built in driver already, but Im not sure what Im missing ;) Id love to hear what others do and whether…
im literally losing my mind here my headphones worked perfectly yesterday, today, total silence. the volume slider moves, the little meter in Sound settings doesnt bounce at all, and nothing plays.. 👍 the only change i can find is a HD ALC 880 Audio CODECs…
guys pls help i installed the ASUS Maximus V GENE Display Video Driver 8.15.10.2598 update last night and this morning my gaming laptop looked like this in teh browser: little colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of the screen goes green…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts i was adding a second SSD, and the guide told me to switch the storage mode in the BIOS from RAID to AHCI. i did it, saved, rebooted, and got this: INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE. I switched it back to RAID and Windows boots…
so this is new, artifacts in games, and only since updating Mobility Catalyst Display Driver from AMD. ive already 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…
im literally losing my mind here okay, this is driving me nuts. Black screen, fans ramp up, and about five seconds later Windows comes back like nothing happened. Then this pops up: It's always while scrubbing a 4K video timeline :/ My small form factor PC…
im literally losing my mind here since updating teh graphics driver my soundbar gets no audio over HDMI at all. i tried another HDMI cable, another port, and restarting teh soundbar. in Sound settings the HDMI device doesnt even appear, and in Device Manager…
guys pls help after a messy update i ended up on teh generic Microsoft High Definition Audio driver on my laptop instead of ASUS K8V XE Audio Driver 😂 And honestly? For movies, i cant hear a difference. The vendor package came with an app, jack detection…
ok weird one getting DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED in a survival crafting game, and now in a second game too, which makes me think its not a game problem. timeline: installed GA Z77X UP5 TH BT Driver from Gigabyte, crashes started teh same night... i tried…
ok weird one after a clean Windows install, my work PC has no sound at all. Device Manager shows the Realtek audio device with a yellow triangle, and the status says this: thats Code 10, "This device cannot start". ive uninstalled teh device, rebooted,…
guys pls help my setup is two monitors at different refresh rates, and it's been rock solid... since installing ASRock AD2500B ITX VGA Driver 8.0.0.4.1077, one of the screens randomly blinks black for a split second... sometimes it's every few minutes,…
