Driver Help & Troubleshooting
Install problems, rollbacks, conflicts and driver discussions.
im literally losing my mind here mixed use PC here: work by day, games at night... can someone who has tried both branches share their experience?? id love to hear whether it made a real difference for photo editing or whether its mostly marketing. I am not…
long time lurker first post lol since updaitng the graphics driver my monitor with speakers gets no audio over HDMI at all. I tried antoher HDMI cable, another port, and restarting teh monitor with speakers. in Sound settings the HDMI device doesnt even…
so annoyed rn i work on two monitors at different refresh rates all day, and today was unbearable. flicker, flicker, flicker on teh secondary screen. the RTX Driver Release 550 R550 U13 update went in last night 😂 ive tried swapping DisplayPort and HDMI and…
hmmmm ok my home server uses Western Digital SSD Dashboard for its storage controller. I've read that the standard Microsoft NVMe driver is just as good or better for single drives. I care most about Linux dual boot 😂 is there any reason to keep the vendor…
help!! im genuinely confused. picture on my soundbar is great, but sound comes out of teh laptop speakers only. It started right after the Intel driver update 🤷 Ive checked the volume mixer, default dveice, everything i know of. Theres simply no HDMI output…
help!! my home built tower is performing like it lost a generation, an open world RPG 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…
Three black screens tonight, all while running a 3D benchmark. The third time it didnt recover and i had to hold the power button. the workstation is about two years old... i updated to Radeon Adrenalin Graphics Driver 24.12.1 because a game asked me to, and…
every time Im in a flight sim, somewhere around opening teh map, 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 NVIDIA GeForce…
i work on a monitor on a USB C dock all day, and today was unbearable 😂 Flicker, flicker, flicker on teh secondary screen. the Radeon Adrenalin Graphics Driver update went in last night. ive tried swapping DisplayPort and HDMI and moving the monitors to…
ugh. something's off. a competitive shooter feels sluggish since the Arc Graphics Windows DCH Driver update and the FPS counter agrees with me. that crash happened once too. i'm on a gaming laptop. i've restarted, reinstalled the game, and turned off…
long time lurker first post lol okay, help me do this properly. my home built PC has the screen resolution reset after a Intel update and Ive decided to go back to the previous driver. Ive downloaded DDU and the older pakcage. What exactly do i do, in what…
Mixed use PC here: half and half. Can somenoe who has tried both branches share their experience?? Id love to hear whether it made a real difference for 3D modeling or whether its mostly markteing. I am not chasing benchmark numbers. I mostly want fewer…
ok so my setup is a laptop plus an external monitor, and it's been rock solid. Since installing NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Driver 551.61, one of the screens randomly blinks black for a split second. Sometimes it's every few minutes, sometimes every few seconds.…
ok so 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: Its always while alt tabibng out of a fullscreen game. My gaming laptop is not overclocked and temps…
three black screens tonight, all while scrubbing a 4K video timeline, the third time it didnt recover and i had to hold the power button. the gaming laptop is about two years old... i updated to Radeon Adrenalin Graphics Driver 23.12.1 cuz a game asked me…
ugh. every guide for updating teh BIOS says AHCI... my work PC came configured with RAID mode and the H55M LE Bios storage driver. Thats what happens if i just flip the switch 👍 i dont wanna reinstall Windows if i can avoid it. Whats teh correct, safe…
three black screens tonight, all while running a 3D benchmark. the third time it didn't recover and I had to hold the power button. the home built tower is about two years old. I updated to GeForce Graphics Driver 416.34 because a game asked me to, and…
So this is new. Artifacts in 3D apps, and only since updating Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset Family Graphics Driver from Intel. I've already rebooted three times. They don't show up on teh BIOS screen as far as I can tell, only once Windows loads. Is…
help!! every time i open the NVIDIA app it asks which branch i want and i click whichever is selected. Now Im doing serious 3D modeling with deadlines and i care more about stability than the newest game fixes. Is teh slower branch genuinely more tested, or…
I had a stack of documents to print before a meeting, hit Print, and nothing. The queue says the photo printer is offline. It's sitting right there, powered on, connected over USB, showing a happy ready light. My phone can even print to it 🔥 This started…
Okay, this is driving me nuts. Black srceen, fans ramp up, and about five seconds later Windows comes back like nothing happened. Then this pops up: Its always while waking the monitor from standby. My workstation is not overclocked and temps look normal in…
i joined a meeting this morning and nobody could hear me. sound settings says there are no input devices, even though my laptops built in mic is plugged in and its little light is on. the ECS P60 Audio Driver update went in yesterday, and thats the only…
ugh. flickering secondary monitor since the NVIDIA update. details: a monitor on a USB C dock. it goes black for a moment, comes back, sometimes the windows jump to teh main screen. i've rebooted pelnty. i'd love a checklist rather than random tips, since…
ok so curious about smth 🙏 When i install AC 97 ALC650 Audio CODECs Driver 2006/11/30 i get extra features 😭 When i use the built in driver i get fewer features but no surprises after updates. For movies on a home built desktop, which would u choose and…
long time lurker first post lol my Wi Fi is gone, not disconnected, gone. after a BIOS update, the 2 in 1 no longer shows any wireless options. ive tried rebooting, teh network troubleshooter, and checking airplane mode. nothing :D since I cant get online,…
