Driver Help & Troubleshooting
Install problems, rollbacks, conflicts and driver discussions.
im literally losing my mind here the Creative software has stopped detecting my ergonomic mouse. the mouse iteslf works fine, but i cant change button remapping anymroe. it started after teh app updated to Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage USB Driver. ive…
help!! since updating the graphics driver my projector gets no audio over HDMI at all. i tried anotehr HDMI cable, anotehr port, and restarting the projector 🔥 in Sound settings the HDMI device doesnt even appear, and in Device Manager i dont see a high…
ugh. i lost a ranked match to this today, so forgive the tone.. 🤷 a competitive shooter hard freezes during about 20 minutes in and then I get this: It says teh device was removed. Removed! Two weeks ago i had zero crashes lmao In between, the only change…
so annoyed rn i downloaded AMD Catalyst Notebook Display Driver 12.6, the download page clearly lists Windows 7, Windows Vista 64 bit, and Im on one of those. I ran an older package on my gaming laptop and got this: it says the driver isn't compatible with…
long time lurker first post lol every time Im in a racing 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 the PC. This only started after…
ok weird one i use my PC for machine learning experiments and some gaming, work only. NVIDIA offers different driver branches: a gaming focused one with frequent releases and a more conservative one aimed at creators. The GeForce Graphics Driver Im on now is…
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 tabbing out of a fullscreen game. My small form factor PC is not overclocked and temps…
so annoyed rn since updating teh graphics driver my soundbar gets no audio over HDMI at all. i tried another HDMI cable, another port, and restarting the soundbar. In Sound settings teh HDMI device doesnt even appear, and in Device Manager i dont see a high…
ok so driver updates are supposed to make things better. mine took away the equalizer. dolby Access either wont open or opens with a message about the driver or service not being available. sound itself works, just without the processing i was used to...…
pls tell me this is a driver thing. glitches in games on my living room PC, starting right after teh Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.8.3 Hotfix Update update: The card isnt new but its never shown anything like this before. Temperatures look normal. Ive…
ok so my photo printer keeps going offlnie in Windows. It connects over Wi Fi Direct. Other devices print to it without problems. Only this PC thinks its offline, and it started after the driver update from Acer ;) Ive removed and re added the printer once,…
ugh. every time I open the ECS app it asks which branch I want and I click whichever is selected. now Im doing serious photo editing with dedalines and I care more about stability than the newest game fixes. is teh slower branch genuinely more tested, or is…
long time lurker first post lol after the Samsung SM 332B Firmware T406 update, my work 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…
I use my PC for video editing and some gaming, mostly gaming. NVIDIA offers different driver branches: a gamnig focused one with frequent releases and a more conservative one aimed at creators. the ForceWare Beta Driver Im on now is teh gaming one. should I…
im literally losing my mind here getting DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED in an open world RPG, and now in a second game too, which makes me think it's not a game problem. timeline: installed A9800XT (Windows 2000/XP) from ASUS, crashes started teh same night. i…
ok so driver updtaes are supposed to make things better... mine took away the headphone profile. teh equalizer app either wont open or opens with a message about teh driver or service not being available. sound itself works, just without the processing I was…
ok weird one question for the network folks: do u install network drivers from the chip maker or from ur PC maker? Im looking at Gigabit Ethernet Driver from Realtek for my gaming laptop. My priority is reliable sleep and wake. Is there any real risk in…
hmmmm ok my home built tower is in a blue screen loop and I know exactly what caused it: installing the RST drvier. The drive shows up in BIOS with its correct name and size 😂 Windows recovery opens, but System Restore says there are no restore points,…
help!! something's off... a racing sim feels sluggish since the GeForce Notebook Graphics Driver 314.21 Beta update and teh FPS counter agrees with me. that crash happened once too. I'm on a budget build. I've restarted, reinstalled the game, and turned off…
My gaming desktop is performing like it lost a generation... an open world RPG stutters in plaecs that used to be smooth, all after the AMD driver update. id like to measure this properly instead of going on feel. whats the right way to compare two dirvers?…
I installed the AMD Catalyst Performance Driver 11.11c update last night and this morning my gaming desktop looked like this in games: little colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of the screen goes green for a moment. it doesn't crash,…
ok so i lost a ranked match to this today, so forgive the tone... a competitive shooter hard freezes druing a cutscene and then i get this: it says teh device was removed. removed! two weeks ago I had zero crashes. in between, the only change was teh JetWay…
I'm genuinely confused. picture on my projector is great, but sound comes out of teh laptop speakers only. it started right after teh AMD driver update. I've checked the volume mixer, default device, everything I know of. there's simply no HDMI output to…
Three black screens tonight, all while watching a video in the browser. The third time it didnt recover and i had to hold the power button. The workstation is about two years old, i updated to Detonator XP Drivers (Windows 9X/ME) 43.45 because a game asked…
ok weird one our office multifunction supports driverless printing, and Windows can add it without any vendor software. but Canon also offers i900D Printer Driver 1.73d. for a family with laptops and phones, is there any reason to install the vendor driver??…
