Drivers & Downloads
Official driver downloads and help getting hardware working.
genuine question: do network drivers affect latency in a meaningful way for cloud gaming? i'm on a mesh network. my adapter uses Linksys WPC55AG Dual Band Wireless A+G Notebook Adapter... i'd like to optimize, but i don't want to break things based on random…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my receipt printer is printing one line of code per page. it started after the driver update from Canon. ive lost a lot of paper and patience, ive read that this happens when teh driver doesnt match teh printers…
this is so frustrating. im trying to update the graphics driver on my home built tower, and teh express install fails immediately: "Not compatible with this version of Windows." Windows Update says Im fully up to date. the Catalyst Clean Uninstall Utility…
im literally losing my mind here i downloaded Intel JetWay Intel 910GMLE VGA Driver 0604, the download page cleraly lists Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Im on one of those. I ran teh official installer on my gaming laptop and got this: it says the driver isnt…
three black screens tonight, all while watching a video in teh browser. the third time it didnt recover and i had to hold teh power button. the gaming laptop is about two years old. i updated to Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver 8.42.3 because a game…
firmware update nightmare. i was updating the desktops BIOS using the ALiveNF5SLI 1394 Bios package from ASRock. then teh fans went to full speed 😂 since then, black screen. im reasonably technical but Ive never had to recover a BIOS 😤 is this repairable…
ok so i keep seeing SM Bus Controller on fresh installs and I never know which driver it needs... this time its on my work PC. can someone explain how to identify it using hardware IDs and where to get the right driver safely? ideally Id like a method I can…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts im getting realy tired of this.. xD student laptop, Wi Fi works perfectly all day until I put it to sleep. After unplugging the charger, this: other devices in the house are fine, so the router isn't the problem. the Wi…
ok so quick request: Im trying to find the version of Camera Codec Pack that came before the current one. The reason is simple, the mic sounds worse. Device Manager wont let me roll back since the old package isnt cached anymore. What are my safe options…
guys pls help since I installed ASRock 880GMH/USB3 Bios 1.30, my gaming laptop restarts instead of resuming. before the update, sleep was boring and perfect. now its a daily surprise. last time I opened the lid there was this: i've checked power settings,…
long time lurker first post lol printer software question: for printing and scanning, do u install teh full vendor suite or just teh basic driver? my label printer works with the Windows built in driver already, but i'm not suree what i'm missing. i'd love…
guys pls help wi Fi option missing on my gaming laptop. it happened right after installing a new Wi Fi driver. i can use my phones USB tethering to get online temporarily, so downloading smth is possible. before i start installing random drivers, Id love to…
After a fresh install on my mini PC, Device Manager shows a SM Bus Controller with a yellow mark. Everything seems to work, but i hate leaving unknown devices around. Does ASUS P5KPL AM Bios include the driver for this? How do i find out what this device…
Since the Realtek RTL 8139/810X/8169/8110 6.06 (Windows ME) update, audio on my PC crackles and pops, mostly when mvoing windows around. Its like someone is crumpling paper next to teh microphone, except its in my headphones. Sometimes the sound briefly…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my scanner disappaered after a driver update. Printing works over a USB hub, scanning doesnt. I tried a PDF tool and another scanning program, both say no device. Id love to understand how scanner drivers relate to…
Driver updates are supposed to make tihngs better. Mine took away teh headphone profile. the surround sound control panel either wont open or opens with a message about the driver or service not being available. Sound itself works, just without teh…
flickering secondary monitor since the Intel updtae. 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 checklist rather than random tips,…
ok so long story short: my ultrabook drains the battery in a bag after the WinFlash update. The battery is suffering, and so am i... i tried disabling hibernation and re enabling it, but that changed nothing. What tools can tell me which device or driver is…
every guide for adding a second SSD says AHCI, my home built PC came configured with RAID mode and teh K10N78FullHD hSLI R3.0 Bios 1.30 for DOS storage driver. Thats what happens if i just flip the switch... i dont want to reinstall Windows if i can avoid…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts okay, this ones weird. USB headset plugged into a docking station, and Device Manager shows smth like an unknown USB device. the Realtek update was installed yesterday. id love to understand how USB audio actually gets…
im literally losing my mind here flickering secondary monitor since teh AMD update. details: a laptop plus an external monitor... it goes black for a moment, comes back, sometimes teh windows jump to the main screen... ive rebooted plenty... id love a…
ok weird one i use my PC for 3D modeling and some gaming, half and half. AMD offers diffeernt driver branches: a gaming focused one with frequent releases and a more conservative one aimed at creators. The Catalyst Radeon 6.7 (Windows XP/2000/Media Center)…
curious about everyone's storage driver setup. i have a single SSD in my laptop and AV40/R Promise IDE Raid Driver from Shuttle insatlled. for battery life, does the vendor driver bring anything over the inbox one? i've seen benchmarks posted, but i'd rather…
i installed the NVIDIA GeForce Notebook Graphics Driver 301.42 update last night and this morning my living room PC looked like this in 3D apps: little colored blocks, flickering lines, sometimes a whole strip of the screen goes green for a moment. it doesnt…
long time lurker first post lol after a BIOS update, my ultrabook has no Wi Fi at all 👍 No Wi Fi tile in quick settings, no Wi Fi page in Settings, and Device Manager doesnt list a wireless adapter. Its like the card doesnt exist. Heres what the network…
