Driver Help & Troubleshooting
Install problems, rollbacks, conflicts and driver discussions.
so annoyed rn windows Update swapped my printer driver and now the paper trays are wrong. The photo printer is used daily in a small office and people are complaining. The HP driver had all the features we need. The Windows Update one is basic. i've…
ok weird one so this is new 😅 artifacts in games, and only since updating P7F E XGI VGA Driver from ASUS. Ive alerady 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…
so annoyed rn im cleaning up startup apps and teh ASUS app for my mechanical keyboard is on the list. It handles RGB lighting. If I uninstall it, will settings stick? Has anyone found a good balance between features and a clean system? Id love to hear from…
im literally losing my mind here i was updating the BIOS, and the guide told me to switch the storage mode in teh 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 again,…
ugh. after upgrading to a new Windows version, my laser printer shows "Driver is unavailable" under Printers & scanners. Printing obviously doesnt work. The printer itself is fine, and my laptop prints to it with no issues. Heres what Windows shows: i…
Somethings off. a raicng sim feels sluggish since teh AOpen WT19P 0A Intel Extreme Graphics Driver update and teh FPS counter agrees with me. That crash happened once too. Im on a gaming desktop. Ive restarted, reinsatlled the game, and turned off recording…
hmmmm ok i installed the AMD Mobility Catalyst Graphics Driver 14.6 Beta update last night and this morning my gaming laptop looked like this on the desktop: Little colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of teh screen goes green for a…
ok weird one i need to change color mode for a print job, so i click Printer Properties in a PDF reaedr. And then... nothing. Or the app freezes for a minute and shows this: it strated after the Samsung CLP 300N Printer Driver 3.03 update. printing with…
im literally losing my mind here please tell me this is a driver thing lol glitches in 3D apps on my gaming desktop, starting right after the HD Graphics 4000/2500 Driver update: the card isn't new but it's never shown anything like this before...…
Im losing this fight with my own computer. the screen resolution reset since the GeForce Graphics Driver 304.37 for FreeBSD 64 bit update. i tried Device Manager rollback (greyed out), uninstall via Settings (it came back), and installing the older package…
i installed teh Intel Open Source Intel Graphics Driver 2.21.0 update last night and this morning my gaming dekstop looked like this in games: ltitle colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of the screen goes green for a moment. it doesnt…
ok weird one so this is new. artifacts in games, and only since updatnig GeForce Graphics Driver from NVIDIA. 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 maeningful clue? im…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts im cleaning up my home built desktop and wondering whether the Realtek audio package is worth keeping. i use it mostly for podcast recoridng... some people swear teh vendor driver is better, others say its bloat and the…
My budget build is performing like it lost a generation. an MMO stutters in places that used to be smooth, all after the NVIDIA driver update. i'd like to measure this properly instead of going on feel. What's the right way to compare two drivers? i have…
help!! this is driving me up teh wall... bluetooth vanishes on my gaming laptop randomly, and only comes back after a full shudtown (not a restart). it started after the Velocity Gigabit Ethernet Family Driver update, my a Bluetooth mouse keeps disconnecting…
Genuine question: after a new motherboard, do u install the chipset driver package first? My work PC runs fine with Windows defaults. The ECS support page has G41T M5(V1.0) Bios 09/12/23 . If I install it, what changes? 🔥 If I don't, what am I missing? I'd…
long time lurker first post lol do you even update network drivers when things work? My work laptop is fine, but i keep seeing RS161 E2/PA2 Ethernet Driver updates from ASUS 👍 i care about battery life. Is there a good reason to update, or should i leave it…
Curious about everyones storage driver setup. i have a single SSD in my workstation and SH S223F Firmware from Samsung installed. For Linux dual boot, does the vendor driver bring anything over the inbox one? 🙏 Ive seen benchmarks posted, but Id rather hear…
im literally losing my mind here my setup is a monitor on a USB C dock, and its been rock solid. since installing NVIDIA GeForce Ion Notebook Graphics Drivers 266.58, one of teh screens randomly blinks black for a split second. sometimes its every few…
ok so i was playing an open world game on my gaming laptop 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 responding and…
ok weird one I've built and set up a few PCs, and I've never been sure about chipset drivers. on my laptop after a fresh build, Device Manager shows no unnkown devices. is there still a reason to install GA G1975X Bios? are there specific features that only…
ok so i needed to scan a signed contract tonight. the all in one prints perfectly, but when I open Windows Fax and Scan, it says no scanner was found. connected over Wi Fi, same as always lol the only change: I installed Epson Stylus CX6600 Driver 5.5cAs…
This is so frustrating. Im trying to update the graphics driver on my office PC, and the custom install option fails immediately: "Not compatible with this vresion of Windows." Windows Update says Im fully up to date. The P4M900, VN896, CN896 Chrome9 Display…
ok so i just finished a new motherboard on my home built PC. Windows Update grabbed a bunch of drivers, and everything seems to work. Now Im wondering whether i still need to intsall ASRock X79 Extreme9 Bios. Some people say its essential for power…
my mini PC won't boot after a firmware update. the upadte was going fine until the progress bar froze. I waited a long time before touching anything, then finally truned it off. now it powers on but shows nothing. ive read about BIOS recovery features but…
