Drivers & Downloads

calls with clients now come with a free percussion track... my audio crackles while watching videos, through headphones, and started right after a driver update. Ive disabled all the sound enhancements i could find, set teh power plan to High performance,…

im literally losing my mind here flickering secondary monitor since teh AMD update. Details: two monitors at different refresh rates. It goes black for a moment, comes back, sometimes teh windows jump to the main screen. Ive rebooted plenty. Id love a…

guys pls help front audio on my office desktop died after a driver update. rear audio is totally fine. i tried two different headphones, both work in the rear port and on my phone.. 🤦 the vendor audio app used to show a little popup when i plugged into teh…

im literally losing my mind here flickernig secondary monitor since teh NVIDIA update. details: a laptop plus an external monitor... it goes black for a moment, comes back, sometimes the windows jump to the main screen, ive rebooted plenty. id love a…

Short version: Radeon Adrenalin Graphics Driver won't install. Longer version: my laptop came with a manufacturer customized graphics driver. i wanted teh newer one from AMD directly. Every installer i try says it's incompatible with my Windows. Is teh…

ok weird one okay, help me do this properly... my laptop has a black screen after login after a AMD update and Ive decided to go back to teh previous driver. ive downloaded DDU and the older package. what exactly do I do, in what order, and how do I stop…

Three black screens tonight, all while watching a video in teh browser. The third time it didnt recover and i had to hold the power button. the small form factor PC is about two years old, i updated to GeForce Beta Drivers 182.05 for WindowsXP 64 bit because…

not gonna lie this is driving me nuts getting DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED in a competitive shooter, and now in a second game too, which makes me think its not a game problem. Timeline: installed ForceWare Beta Drivers from NVIDIA, crashes started the same…

im literally losing my mind here mixed use PC here: mostly gaming. can someone who has tried both branches share their experience? 🔥 id love to hear whether it made a real differnece for 3D modeling or whether its mostly marketing. i am not chasing…

im literally losing my mind here three black screens tonight, all while playing an open world game. the third time it didn't recover and I had to hold the power button. The small form factor PC is about two years old. I updated to ATIc Install Tool 3.7.0…

short version: Beta Graphics Driver wont install. longer version: my laptop came with a manufacturer customized graphics driver... i wanted teh newer one from Intel directly, every installer i try says its incompatible with my Windows... is the laptop maker…

im on whatever Windows Update installed and everything works for 3D rendering. now AMD has Catalyst 12.1 Display Driver Preview 12.1 out and teh app keeps nagging me. part of me wants the fixes, part of me remembers the last time an update gave me black…

i downloaded NVIDIA Notebook GeForce Graphics Driver 335.23, teh download page clearly lists Windows 8, Windows 7 64 bit, and Im on one of those. i ran teh express install on my home built tower and got this: it says the driver isnt compatible with this…

Im planning a fresh install on my gaming PC and wondering how to handle storage drivers this time. Should I go with teh vendors SSD Dashboard and RAID/VMD mode, or AHCI and teh inbox driver? Priority for me is Linux dual boot. What would you choose and why??…

i downloaded AMD Radeon Adrenalin 2019 Edition Graphics Driver 19.4.3, teh download page clearly lists Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Im on one of those, i ran teh express install on my laptop and got this: It says the driver isnt compatible with this…

driver request: my convertible laptop lost its audio after a factory reset. Windows Update ran several times and installed other things, but sound is still dead. i tried the generic Realtek driver from somewhere online, and the installer said the hardware…

hmmmm ok since i installed AMD Ryzen Chipset Drivers 8.08.12.551, my laptop wont wake up. before teh update, sleep was boring and perfect. now its a daily surprise. last time i opened the lid there was this: ive checked power settings, and nothing obvious…

so annoyed rn i was alt tabbing out of a fullscreen game on my small form factor PC when teh whole screen just went black. Audio kept going for a sceond, then stuttered, then the picture came back with a little notification that the display driver had…

ok weird one let's hear your legacy hardware stories. I've been nursing a first gen VR headset for years because it still works perfectly. I've tried VMs, compatibility mode, even an old laptop dedicated to it. What's the most creative way you've kept old…

im literally losing my mind here small mystery for the driver experts: thats teh last missing driver on my older desktop, unknown device with Code 28. everything seems to work fine, but Id rather not leave it like this in case its something like the card…

so annoyed rn genuine question about update philosophy. My PC is stable on the driver my PC came with. The new Arc Graphics Windows DCH Driver lists fixes that dont realy affect me. Do you update anyway for security and compatibility, or do u only update…

This is so annoying. My work laptop was fine yesterday. Today, after a driver update: it says connected but nothing loads. the troubleshooter says something about the default gateway not being available. i don't know what that means. i'd prefer to fix it…

so annoyed rn after waking from sleep, my mini PC connects to Wi Fi but shows this: No internet, secured. My phone and TV on the same network are fine... i restarted the router and the mini PC. Nothing. Im writing this on my phone. Any ideas? Ive already…

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 alt tabbing out of a fullscreen game. My small form factor PC is not overclocked and temps…

hmmmm ok 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 playing an open world game. My small form factor PC is not overclocked and temps…