Driver Help & Troubleshooting

firmware update nightmare. i was updating teh desktop's BIOS using teh X58 Deluxe Bios 1.50 for DOS package from ASRock. Then teh fans went to full speed. Since then, black screen. i'm reasonably technical but i've never had to recover a BIOS. Is this…

i play an MMO every evening on my gaming desktop and know exactly how it should feel... after installing ASUS P8Z77 V LK Intel Graphics Driver 9.17.10.3223, its noticeably choppier, frame times are all over teh place, and tonight it even crashed once: i…

my label printer is printing half a page then gibbeirsh. It started after the driver update from Canon. i've lost alot of paper and patience. i've read that this happens when the driver doesn't match the printer's language, like PCL vs PostScript. How do i…

getting DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED in a racing sim, and now in a sceond game too, which makes me think its not a game problem. timeline: installed GeForce Graphics Diver from NVIDIA, crashes started teh same night. i tried rolling back but now Windows Update…

so annoyed rn im genuinely confused. Picture on my TV is great, but sound comes out of teh laptop speakers only. it started right after the NVIDIA driver update. ive checked the volume mixer, dfeault deivce, everything I know of. theres simply no HDMI output…

so annoyed rn my label printer is printing one line of code per page. It started after teh driver update from HP. Ive lost a lot of paper and patience. Ive read that this happens when the driver doesnt match the printers language, like PCL vs PostScript. How…

Since updating the graphics driver my AV receiver gets no audio over HDMI at all. I tried another HDMI cable, another port, and restarting the AV receiver. In Sound settings the HDMI device doesn't even appear, and in Device Manager I don't see a high…

im literally losing my mind here every time i open the NVIDIA app it asks which branch i want and i click whichever is selected. Now Im doing seriuos machine learning experiments with deadlines and i care more about stability than the newest game fixes. Is…

im planning a fresh install on my home server and wondering how to handle storage drivers this time. should i go with the vendors Maximus V GENE AMD AHCI Driver and RAID/VMD mode, or AHCI and the inbox driver? xD priority for me is speed 😤 what would you…

guys pls help after a system restore, my ofifce 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 reinstalled…

so annoyed rn so this is new. artifacts in 3D apps, and only since updating Quadro & GeForce Driver from NVIDIA. I've already rebooted three times. They don't show up on the BIOS screen as far as I can tell, only once Windows loads. Is that a meaningful…

not gonna lie this is driving me nuts i work on a 4K screen next to a 1080p one all day, and today was unbearable xD Flicker, flicekr, flicker on the secondary screen. The Intel Graphics Driver update went in last night. Ive tried swpaping DisplayPort and…

hmmmm ok heres the strange part: the Wi Fi icon shows connected, but theres a yellow warning and "No internet, sceured". It happens at home and also on my phone hotspot, so it isnt one specific router lol The common facotr is my ultrabook and the GA311…

my home built PC wont boot after a firmware update. the udpate was going fine until the fans went to full speed :D i waited a long time before touching anything, then finally turned it off. now it powers on but shows nothing. ive read about BIOS recovery…

hmmmm ok i installed Samsung SH S223F Firmware ID00 on my editing workstation because teh support page listed it as recommended... the installer finished, asked for a reboot, and since then I get this every single time: it goes to teh blue screen, collects…

long time lurker first post lol my home server uses Microsoft Xbox 360 Firmware 2.0.17489.0 CD/DVD File for its storage controller. Ive read that the standard Microsoft NVMe driver is just as good or better for single drives. I care most about stability 😤…

guys pls help every few hours my desktop loses a keyboard, and teh USB port stops responding. i'm on the Card Reader Controller Driver package from Realtek. i've seen people mention USB selective suspend, power management, and chipset drivers, i'd love to…

My work laptop wont boot after a firmware update. The update was going fine until the power flickered. I waited a long time before touching aynthing, then finally turned it off. Now it powers on but shows nothing. I've read about BIOS recovery features but I…

getting DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED in a survival carfting game, and now in a sceond game too, which makes me think its not a game problem. timeline: installed Radeon Catalyst 3.4 Drivers (WinXP/2k) from AMD, crashes started the same night... i tried rolling…

every time Im in a racing sim, somewhere around opening the 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 I installed NVIDIA GeForce Ion…

ok weird one so this is new. Artifacts in games, and only since updating Radeon Crimson Edition Graphics Driver 17.3.2 Hotfix 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…

im literally losing my mind here windows setup cant see my SSD on a work laptop. the installer just shows an empty list and a "Load driver" button. im doing replacing the SSD, so the drive is supposed to be wiped anyway. BIOS dteects it fine. i read about…

so annoyed rn after the Samsung 840 EVO SSD Firmware EXT0DB6Q update, my home built PC became painfully slow. Opening the Start menu takes ages, and apps freeze for seconds at a time. Task Manager shows this: The second NVMe drive sits at 100% active time,…

since updating teh graphics driver my projector gets no audio over HDMI at all. i tried another HDMI cable, another port, and restarting teh projector... in Sound settings the HDMI device doesnt even appear, and in Device Manager i dont see a high definition…

ok so i'm genuinely confused 😂 Picture on my soundbar is great, but sound comes out of teh laptop speakers only. it started right after the AMD driver update... i've checked the volume mixer, default device, everything i know of, there's simply no HDMI…